Collaborating with a number of students, scholars, and local residents, Tess Chakkalakal led the effort to renovate the Harriet Beecher Stowe House. The house is a National Historic Landmark and an official stop on the historic Underground Railroad. She serves as program director of the Writing Room, where she invites students and the general public to learn more about Stowe's life and work. She is currently at work on new book about Harriet Beecher Stowe's marriage to Calvin Stowe, class of 1824. For more information, email tchakkal@bowdoin.edu or call 207-721-5150.