July 29, 2014

Oklahoma History Center hosted first History Pioneers Junior Curator Camp

The Oklahoma History Center hosted the first History Pioneers Junior Curator Camp from July 9 to 11. Participants worked from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to create their own exhibit to display at the History Center with an exhibit opening on Friday, July 11 at 2 p.m. Fifteen students aged eight to fourteen learned how to handle artifacts, write labels, research, make mounts, and present an exhibit. Students learned what it was like to work in a museum from collections, research, exhibit, administrative and education staff at the Oklahoma History Center.  On the last day students held an exhibit opening for museum volunteers, families, and friends where they shared what they learned about their objects from their work at camp.

 

Death and the Hereafter Genealogy Workshop
Friday and Saturday, August 8-9, 2014
Oklahoma History Center | Oklahoma City, OK
Death and the Hereafter Genealogy Workshop
August 8 - 9

Summer Sizzler | Death and the Hereafter Genealogy Workshop
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Friday, August 8
10:00 a.m. - Doors open, Registration
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Lisa Windle-Westbrook, Cemetery Restoration
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. Break
11:45 - 12:15 p.m. Melvena Heisch, Identifying, Researching & Designating   Cemeteries as Historic Sites
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. Sue Bordeaux, Death Certificates
2:45 - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Debra Spindle, Alternatives to Missing Vital Statistics

 

Saturday, August 9
10:00 - 11:15 a.m. Carolyn Lea, Dying to Get in the News
11:15 - 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 - 12:30 p.m. June Stone, The Last Judgment: Court Records
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 - 3:00 p.m. La Nell Shores, Six Feet Under - But Where? Finding Cemetery Records and Using Online Grave Sites
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. Break
3:15 - 4:30 p.m. Billie Stone Fogarty, Final Regards: Having the Last Word

 

Registration is $35 for one day or $50 for both days. Lunch is included. Register online at www.okgensoc.org. Sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Genealogical Society

OKPOP Makes the News Rounds
OKPOP Banner Black Background
The OKPOP was covered in multiple news outlets last week through an in depth Associated Press article written by Justin Juozapavicius.  The article featured drummer Jamie Oldacker and Dr. Bob Blackburn and discussed the need for the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture proposed for the Brady Arts District in Tulsa, OK.   The article was featured in online news articles ranging from ABC News to the The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom to The Houston Chronicle.  To date, the AP story has appeared in over 47 online or print papers throughout the United States and various countries.

View versions of the article on ABCnews.com, Tulsa World, NewsOK
Commemorative Event Held at Honey Springs Battle Field

On Saturday, July 19  over 100 gathered to commemorate the 151st anniversary of the Battle of Honey Springs. The event this year included the groundbreaking for the planned Honey Springs Battlefield Visitor Center. The visitor center will be just over 6,000 sq. ft. and will include an exhibit gallery, gift shop, community meeting space, and the LeRoy H. Fischer Research Library.  Dr. Fischer joined the Oklahoma Historical Society Board of Directors in 1966 and served for 43 years. An early champion for historic preservation, Dr. Fischer worked tirelessly to save Old Central, the founding building at OSU, and Honey Springs Battlefield.  The research library is named for Dr. Fischer in recognition of his steadfast preservation efforts. 

 

Lifting a shovel at the groundbreaking were Bob Blackburn, OHS executive director, Dr. Fischer's sons, John and Andrew, members of the OHS board of directors, Friends of Honey Springs board members, representatives from the U.S.D.A., the National Park Service and the Osage Nation.

 

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