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Dallas Historical Society
May 2013 |
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Greetings!
May is going to another busy month for the DHS with two Historic Tours and a special Brown Brown lecture on the history of Dealey Plaza.
DHS is also hosting Oliver Holmes Middle School, Dunbar Learning Center, Jackson and Bowie Elementary schools for educational tours of the Hall of State. Thanks for all your support! Jack Bunning Executive Director Dallas Historical Society
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HISTORIC TOURS- MAY 2013
Take a ride through history and join the Dallas Historical Society on one of our Historic City Tours. For May, DHS is offering some of our most popular tours and tour guides and they are filling up quickly. Book your seat now!!
To reserve a seat on any tour, click here
CEMETERY TOUR- SATURDAY MAY 18
10 A.M. - NOON
Whether they scare you or fascinate you, cemeteries hold our past and are some of the best examples of local folk art outside museums. No one knows more about Dallas cemeteries than Frances James (a.k.a. "The Cemetery Lady"). Come hear her stories as she guides visitors through the Pioneer Cemetery next to the Dallas Convention Center. Tour participants will meet at the cemetery.
RUNNING WITH BONNIE AND CLYDE- MONDAY, MAY 27
MEMORIAL DAY MONDAY 9 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Always one of the Society's most popular tours, spend your Memorial Day learning about Dallas' most famous outlaw lovers. Author John Neal Phillips has written extensively about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow and guides the tour. Lunch is included.
To reserve a seat on any tour, click here
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BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES (FREE)
DEALEY PLAZA, THEN AND NOW
Tuesday , May 14- Noon
Hall of State- Fair Park
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Photo courtesy of Hillsman S. Jackson, SMU
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Judith Segura, Author and former President and Trustee of the Belo Foundation
will present the history of Dealey Plaza and the renovation of the historic site for the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK.
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FROM THE DHS COLLECTION
Something old...
By Samantha Dodd
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Mary Kay in front of office 1968
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In 1990, Mr. Tom Colasacco donated a collection of photographic negatives from a Mr. Ed Miley to the historical society. This collection contains thousands of negatives of places and people in Dallas, covering over 628 subjects from the 1960s until the 1980s. Mr. Edwin M. Miley was a staff photographer for the Dallas Morning News, and owned his own photography studio on Commerce Street in Dallas. Mr. Miley, a Texas native, studied photography at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He moved to Dallas in 1945 and joined the Morning News as a photographer. He worked for the news for five years after which he opened his own photography studio in 1950. Some of Miley's work appeared in major publications including Time, Life, the Dallas Morning News, and Newsweek magazine and he won numerous awards for his work. Images shown here are from the Mary Kay section of the Miley Collection (V.90.15). For more information about this collection please contact the collections department.
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Mary Kay at Lagoon in Fair Park 1973
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DHS FELLOWS MEMBER EVENTS
Recently the DHS was proud to host several events for its Fellows Members. To become a Fellows Members and enjoy special events throughout the year click here.
GUNS AND DIAMONDS
April 10, 2013
deBoulle Jewelers
(with special thanks to Dennis Boulle, Dr. Goram Klintmalm,
Alan Katz and Harry Slack)
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Dennis Boulle examines Davy Crockett's pistol from the DHS collection
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 | Former DHS Board Chairs, Bill Graue
and Gerry Crystal |
 | | DHS Board Chair, Margaret Keliher, DHS Board Member, Searcy Ferguson with Lester Keliher and Hannah Ferguson |
UNFLINCHING COURAGE
PIONEERING WOMEN WHO SHAPED TEXAS
Book premier and signing with
Former Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
April 16, 2013
Hall of State- Fair Park
NOTE: SIGNED COPIES OF THE BOOK ARE STILL
AVAILABLE - ORDER HERE
See Sen. Hutchison talk about her book on C-SPAN by clicking here
 | Sen. Hutchison with Camille Keith and DHS Board Member,
Dr. Clare Buie Chaney. |
 | | Sen. Hutchison discussion her book with Allie Beth and Pierce Allman |
 | | Jo Hoppe buying books as gifts! |
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Join DHS or Renew Your Membership Today!
The Dallas Historical Society's members value the unique history of Dallas and Texas and believe it should be shared with others. Membership in DHS helps provide the additional funds to offer educational programs and to help preserve and build the collection of The Society.
Your membership helps strengthen The Society and also offers you direct benefits. Members receive various discounts and previews to exhibits and events as well as special "member only" events.
For more information on becoming a member of the DHS or to pay by credit card please Click Here or call Nora Lenhart at
(214)421-4500 ext 101.
DHS Annual Member Meeting
Monday, May 13, 2013
Hall of State- Fair Park
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