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Portrait of a President: An Evening With Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 2009
Museum Opens at 6:00 PM
Program begins at 7:00 PM Join the Oklahoma History Center and President Abraham Lincoln on the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address! This fascinating evening will bring the president to life for audience members of all ages. From 6:00 - 7:00 museum visitors can visit the galleries or enjoy the music of the period. President Lincoln will begin his program at 7:00 PM. Actor Richard "Fritz" Klein of Springfield, Illinois has been a professional actor and speaker for many years. To prepare for a performance, it takes about an hour with costume and make-up. However, if you happen to have Lincoln in mind, his natural resemblance to Abraham Lincoln can be quite convincing. Several years ago when visiting Washington D.C. he created something of a stir  when he walked into Ford's Theater, the place where Lincoln was shot. Though Klein was dressed in ordinary street attire, with his 6'3" height and Quaker beard one woman screamed outright when she looked up to see him casually strolling down the stairs. Using a Kentucky accent based upon research about Lincoln's speech patterns, Klein usually peppers his performances with humor, stories, and passion. "The programs are varied," he says. "Adaptation is a specialty. In addition, there is a great variety of flexible and interactive one-man shows on various topics, which have been developed over the years. An exciting part of these shows has been the element of audience participation. It becomes both entertainment and education.
After over 30 years of research, Klein knows his subject. "It is amazing how well Lincoln's words and ideas bear upon the present," he says. "Leadership training, management, and problem solving skills take on a new depth of meaning in a historical context, and have a deeper impact when tempered with dramatic narrative, humor, and personal involvement." A member of the National Speakers Association and a student of Lincoln himself, he has had opportunity to travel the world, portraying Lincoln on stage, in feature films, documentaries, and for many kinds of professional speaking engagements. |
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Chinese Dragon Robe by Mary Lee, Assistant Registrar
I love Chinese Dragon Robes. Combining the inherent coolness of dragons with rich color, exquisite detail and an excess of symbolism, they present a visual overload that always attracts my attention. Working at the Oklahoma History Center I never expected to find a dragon robe in our textile collection. I was so excited by the chance to physically examine this  robe that I lost control and my obsessive tendencies overwhelmed me, resulting in more information and photographs than needed for a normal blog entry. Acknowledging that everyone does not share my fascination with dragon robes, I have omitted the section where I counted all of the stitches in the dragon's scales and told the origin of every symbol on the robe. I hope you appreciate this concession and are not afraid to continue reading.
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The central theme of Double V is the promise held out to African American military personnel that service in World War II would deliver to them a "double V." That meant victory over tyranny abroad and victory over racial prejudice at home. They fought Nazi-Fascism abroad and prejudice at home.
SCHEDULE:
10:00 to 10:30 a.m. -- Registration
10:30 to 11:00 a.m. -- Opening remarks and live performance
Tyrone Stanley & Wings of Harmony
11:00 to 12:30 p.m. -- Screening of "Inside Buffalo"
12:30 to 2:00 p.m. -- viewing of exhibit, selling and autographing of
"Inside Buffalo"
2:00 to 2:30 p.m. -- Remarks by Director Fred Kuwornu
2:30 to 3:30 p.m. -- Roundtable with WWII vets and live performance
Tyrone Stanley & Wings of Harmony
3:45 to 4:15 p.m. -- Tribute to 597th -- Vivian Clark-Adams and
members of 597th
For more information, please call (405) 522-0765. |
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Buckskin Making Class
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 1:00pm
Pawnee Bill Ranch & Museum, Pawnee
The Pawnee Bill Ranch is offering a buckskin making workshop in the museum conference room on Sunday, November 8, 2009. The fee for the workshop is $10.00 per person and pre-payment and pre-registration is required.
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Oklahoma's National Register Nominations now on the Web
by Melvena Heisch, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
The State Historic Preservation Office is a Division of the Oklahoma Historical Society with offices in the Oklahoma History Center. Among the many duties of the State Historic Preservation Office is the identification, evaluation, and nomination of properties in Oklahoma for listing in the  National Register of Historic Places. For detailed information on the nomination process, contact Lynda Schwan, (405)522-4478.
The National Register of Historic Places nomination forms for Oklahoma's listed properties are now available on the web. The project is the result of the continuing cooperative effort between the SHPO and the Department of Geography, Oklahoma State University (OSU) to provide easy access to the state's National Register information and to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory (OLI). The latter contains the SHPO's documentation on tens of thousands of architectural/historic resources collected from a variety of sources.
 We believe that government agencies, preservation professionals, and interested citizens will find this website useful. Researchers can now obtain the complete National Register nomination form in PDF, selected photographs, and maps (if available for scanning) for each of the buildings, structures, sites, districts, and objects listed in the National Register, unless the location of the property is restricted pursuant to National Park Service regulations.
To access a National Register nomination, go to either:
http://www.okhistory.org/shpo/nationalregister.htm (select "National Register Nomination Forms and Interactive Map)
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http://www.ocgi.okstate.edu/shpo/allsites.htm (select a property name and click "Complete National Register Site Documentation" at the top of the page) |
For Parents, Grandparents, and Teachers To learn more about educational programs at the Oklahoma History Center click on the links below.
Don't forget to visit our calendar of events to find out what's going on at the Oklahoma Historical Society. |
Research/Public Services Department appreciates its VolunteersBy Steve Hawkins, Volunteer Coordinator
Why would anybody in their right mind give their time and energy to a job that looks like, feels like, smells like a job that deserves a paycheck? What kind of person would do a thing like that? Someone with a servant's heart, that's who.
Volunteerism is charity in its purest form. This is the exact opposite of those who do receive a paycheck and complain about how much they have to do or groan about having to be at work so early. The givers will  receive the true blessings of life as well as other intangible rewards.
The Research/Public Services department of the Oklahoma Historical Society has over fifty active volunteers on the roster. Among those volunteers are (right) Paul Quillen, LaNell Shores, Michael Shores, and (below) Ernie Leonard, Jodie Cole, and Burl Keeton. In addition, there are over one hundred fifty volunteers available for any special projects that come along. They come from all walks of life; attorneys, computer programmers, retirees, homemakers.
Our volunteers keep the department moving and surviving. They process  photographs, shelve books, transcribe audio interviews, catalog collections, fix video equipment...the responsibilities go on and on. They don't accrue leave time, don't claim work-adjust. They laugh, work, talk about their weekend. They want to be a part, to contribute, to see a project from beginning to end. They do it all for a pat on the back and (hopefully) a "thank you." | |
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October 27, 2009
Shelly Crynes, Editor
(405)522-0317
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