Portrait photograph of Crawford A. Peffer (1868-1961) taken about 1890. Crawford A. Peffer founded the Redpath Chautauqua of New York and New England, the northeast circuit of the Chautauqua movement (1913-1933), a national cultural movement.

It was the summer counterpart, which was held in the tents of the Redpath Lyceum, a speaker's circuit held in the winter.

At its peak, there were 72 towns on the northeast circuit, including the following Maine towns: Kennebunk, Skowhegan, Farmington, Rumford, Waterville, Auburn, and Gardiner.