Guest Speaker Series “Dyder Smith, Perspective of a former slave living in the south”

The Holland Land Office Museum is proud to announce the next presentation of our
2026 Guest Speaker Series on Friday, February 13th. Oakfield resident, Dyder Smith,
will be sharing the perspective of a former slave living in the south. Ms. Smith grew
up in the state of Alabama and will be sharing stories from her life and the life her
ancestors living in the southern states. Admission is by suggested donation, please
contact the museum at 585-343-4727 or hollandlandoffice@gmail.com if you would
like to attend.
Thank you to Tompkins Community Bank and the Batavia Rotary Club for sponsoring in part the
Guest Speaker Series.
“This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant
program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the Support of the office of the Governor and
the New York State Legislature and administered by GO ART!”
“The Holland Purchase Historical Society acknowledges that the land on which we operate is the
ancestral and unceded territory of the Seneca Nation, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy. We honor the Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land for generations and
continue to do so today. We recognize the ongoing presence and contributions of Native communities in Western New York and are committee to fostering respect, inclusion, and healing through our
work.”