Annual lecture series on topics relating to Carmel's colorful past. Presented by the Henry Meade Williams Local History Department, which is devoted to acquiring, preserving and making available historically significant items concerning the history of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Annual lecture series on topics relating to Carmel's colorful past. Presented by the Henry Meade Williams Local History Department, which is devoted to acquiring, preserving and making available historically significant items concerning the history of Carmel-by-the-Sea.