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Holiday Cooking and Holiday Center Pieces
Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:00 AM
Pioneer Woman Museum, Ponca City 
The holiday cooking class will show our students how to make a Yule-log. The holiday center piece class will allow each individual to create a holiday center piece and take it home. The cost for each class is $30.00. However, if the student signs up for both classes there will be a reduction in cost to $25.00 per class. The Holiday Cooking class starts at 10:00 a.m. The Holiday Center Piece class starts at 2:00 p.m.
For more information or to reserve a place in one or both of the classes, please call the museum at (580)765-6108. |
| Oklahoma History Center Wins Prestigious Redbud Award and Four Awards from the Oklahoma Museums Association
By Michael Dean, Public Information Officer
Oklahoma Historical Society
The Oklahoma History Center has been honored with awards from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department and the Oklahoma Museums Association.
The Oklahoma History Center took home one of the 29 Redbud Awards presented by Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Oklahoma Tourism  and Recreation Department Executive Director Hardy Watkins during the Governor's Conference on Tourism on October 19. The Oklahoma History Center was cited for "Outstanding Temporary Exhibit" for Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A rock and Roll Exhibit.
The annual awards were evaluated by out-of-state judges based on criteria including customer service, marketing effectiveness, media relations, variety of audiences reached, value, and overall creativity.
The Oklahoma Museums Association has announced the winners of its 2009 Annual Awards Program. The Oklahoma History Center took home four awards.
Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Family, was honored as the Best Interpretive Exhibit in the $500,000 and over category. The exhibit is no longer housed at the Oklahoma History Center, but you may click on the following link to view the new online exhibit, http://www.okhistory.org/unconquered/index.html.
In the Outreach or Educational Program category the Oklahoma History Center won with Taking History on the Road: Proactive Museum Education.
In the Best Website competition, the Oklahoma History Center won for Another Hot Oklahoma Night: A Rock and Roll Exhibit.
In addition, Richard "Dick" Sharp received a Certificate of Recognition for his work as a volunteer in the museum. |
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By Valerie Haynes,
Museums Director
Oklahoma Historical Society
Bring the kids to see Santa and Mrs. Santa in the Frank Phillips Home Garden Cottage and a camera to get some great photos! No admission fee for this event. Santa and Mrs. Santa are portrayed by Oklahoma Historical Society re-enactors, Brandon and Rachel Reid. Tours of the Home will be available beginning at 1:00 p.m. While at the Home on December 13th, enjoy the music  of Tuba Christmas, a music concert in cities worldwide that celebrates those who play, teach and compose music for instruments in the tuba family. Tubachristmases vary in size from a minimum of four instruments (two euphoniums and two tubas), to several hundred at the biggest events.
Any musician can play in a Tubachristmas as long as he or she plays an instrument in the tuba family. Musicians who attend usually range in age from 8 years old to over 80. There is a $5 participation fee and the booklet of music costs $15 for a small version or $20 for a large version. The booklet comes in bass and treble clef. Attending the concert is free. |
Tipi Etiquette Editor's Note: This interesting material was taken from the Fur Trade Teacher's Guide that is sent in our Fur Trade Education Trunk. It is typical of the research and information provided to teachers statewide by OHS educators.
If the flap is open, a friend may enter the tipi directly. But, if it is closed, he should announce his presence and wait for the owner to invite him to come in.
When a male visitor enters the tipi he goes to the right and waits for the host to invite him to sit in the guest place to the left of the owner at the rear. A woman enters after the man and goes to the left.
When invited to a feast, guests are expected to bring their own bowls and spoons and to eat all that they are given.
No visitor should ever walk between the fire and another person, but instead should pass behind the sitters, who for their part lean forward to make room.
Women should never sit cross-legged like men. They can sit on their heels or with their legs to one side.
In a group of men, only the older ones should initiate conversation. The younger men should politely remain silent, unless they are invited to speak by an elder.
When the host cleans his pipe, everyone should leave. |
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LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1900
- The average life expectancy in the United States was forty-seven.
- Only 14 percent of the homes in the United States had a bathtub.
- Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
- A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11.00.
- There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.
- The maximum speed limit in most cities was ten miles per hour.
- Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee each were more heavily populated than California.
- The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was thirty. The remote desert community was inhabited by only a handful of ranchers and their families.
- The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
- The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
- A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year; a dentist, $2500 per year; a veterinarian between $1500 and $4000 per year and a mechanical engineer about $5000 per year.
- Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
- Sugar cost 4 cents a pound, eggs were 14 cents a dozen and coffee was 15 cents a pound.
- Most women washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
- Ten percent of adults could not read or write.
- Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
- More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
- The five leading causes of death in the US were: pneumonia & Influenza, tuberculosis, diarrhea, heart disease, and stroke.
- Marijuana, heroin and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores.
- The population was 50 million versus 308 million in 2009.
Source: When My Grandmother Was a Child by Leigh W. Rutledge | |
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Oklahoma Historical Society
2401 N. Laird Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
(405)522-0317
Shelly Crynes, Editor
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Don't Miss These Upcoming Events |
12/12 Pioneer Woman Museum Holiday Cooking and Holiday Center Piece Classes, Ponca City, 10am. Fee Charged. (580)765-6108 or piown@okhistory.org.
12/13 Cherokee Strip Museum Annual Christmas Tea and Open House, Perry, 2-5pm. (580)336-2405.
12/13 Frank Phillips Home Meet the Santa Family, Bartlesville, 2-4pm. (918)336-2491.
12/17 Frank Phillips Home Reception and Open House, Bartlesville, 6:30-8:30pm. (918)336-2491.
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12/20 Spiro Mounds Archaeological Center Winter Solstice Walks, Spiro, 2pm. (918)962-2062 or spiro@okhistory.org.
12/21 Frank Phillips Home Reception and Open House, Bartlesville, 5-8:30pm. (918)336-2491. | |
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