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SUMMARY:Expanding the Archive: Hidden Histories of Race in Houston
DESCRIPTION:In honor of African American History Month\, please joins us for a presentation by Dr. Tyina Steptoe. Steptoe will discuss the research process for her book\, Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City. Houston Bound focuses on the Creoles of Color\, Black\, and Brown communities in the Bayou City in the early twentieth century. Her talk will address the limitations of traditional archival research in histories of race\, as well as how she used oral histories and music as a historical source in her book. This program is a must for anyone interested in researching communities that did not leave many written records behind. \nTyina Steptoe is a Houston native who currently works as an associate professor of history at the University of Arizona. Her book\, Houston Bound: Culture and Color in a Jim Crow City (University of California Press\, 2016)\, has received several awards\, including the Kenneth Jackson Award for Best Book (North American) from the Urban History Association and the W. Turrentine Jackson Book Prize from the Western History Association. Her writing has appeared in publications like the American Quarterly\, Journal of African American History\, TIME\, Houston Chronicle\, and the Oxford American. She also hosts Soul Stories\, a weekly radio program that explores the history of rhythm and blues music\, on 91.3 KXCI in Tucson. \n** Click here to register! **
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/expanding-the-archive-hidden-histories-of-race-in-houston/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210109T103000
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SUMMARY:Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North
DESCRIPTION:This month author Gary Pinkerton will join us to discuss his book\, Trammel’s Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North. The trace initially served as a smugglers’ route in the early 1800s\, but it later became an important road for immigration into Texas from Tennessee\, Missouri\, and Arkansas. In fact\, many well-known historical figures traveled to Texas along this route including Sam Houston and David Crockett. The story of Trammel’s Trace is rowdy enough\, but Pinkerton will also introduce you to Nicholas Trammell\, the trail’s namesake\, a man whose legacy is clouded in myth as a smuggler\, gambler\, and alleged outlaw. \nGary Pinkerton has been an independent researcher of East Texas since his childhood. He has authored two books\, Trammel’s Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North and True Believers: Treasure Hunters at Hendricks Lake. Additionally\, his work has been included in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture\, the Handbook of Texas\, and the Journal of Diving History\, a publication of the Historical Diving Society. He also serves on the Editorial Board for the East Texas Historical Association. \n**Click here to register!**
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/trammels-trace-the-first-road-to-texas-from-the-north/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201205T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201102T200921Z
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SUMMARY:Cowtown Strategy: Planner James Toal's Urban Designs for Fort Worth
DESCRIPTION:With over 40 years of experience in landscape architecture\, urban planning\, and economic development\, James Toal shaped much of today’s Fort Worth. Join us as Librarian Linda Barrett reviews his career\, beginning with his role at the Fort Worth Planning Department in the early 1970s\, where much of his work involved parks and the Trinity River. He left the City in 1985 to work for a private firm and continued to influence the Fort Worth cityscape as a consultant on several projects until his death in 2013. To tell the story of James Toal is to tell the story of Fort Worth during those years. So don’t miss this chance to take a deep dive into how our modern city took shape. \nLinda Barrett is a certified archivist who manages the Genealogy\, Local History\, and Archives unit of the Fort Worth Public Library. She unofficially began her career in the preservation field as a volunteer with an archaeological project at the site of a 19th century pottery kiln in Denton County before spending a year working at the Courthouse on the Square Museum in Denton while completing her undergraduate degree. She came to work for the Fort Worth Public Library in 2013 and was promoted to Archivist after she completed her Master of Library and Information Science the next year. Linda lives in a 95-year-old house in a historic district\, so you could say she lives and breathes history. Her work at the library leads her to discover many fascinating people who lived and worked in Fort Worth. \nThis program will be conducted via Zoom. Click here to register!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/fort-worth-public-library-genealogy-history-and-archives-unit/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201107T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201107T120000
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SUMMARY:The Deadly Weapon Laws of Texas
DESCRIPTION:How do you envision Texas during the late nineteenth century? Contrary to popular stereotypes\, Texas had some of the strictest weapon regulations in the country during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During this period\, Texas enacted a series of regulations commonly referred to as deadly weapon laws. These laws prohibited the carrying in public of concealable weapons such as pistols\, bowie knives\, and brass knuckles. Drawing from a wealth of county criminal records\, Rivas will discuss why the laws were put in place\, how the laws were enforced\, and what happened to people who violated these laws. \nBrennan Gardner Rivas is currently the Clements Fellow for the Study of Southwestern America at the Clements Center for Southwest Studies. She received her Ph.D. from TCU in 2019. Her article “An Unequal Right to Bear Arms: State Weapons Laws and White Supremacy in Texas\, 1836-1900” was published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly in January 2018. She recently received the Bill & Rita Clements Fellowship for the Study of Southwestern America for the 2020-2021 academic year. \nThis program will be conducted via Zoom. Click here to register!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-deadly-weapon-laws-of-texas/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201010T103000
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SUMMARY:Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wanted to know more about the man behind the museum? Join us for a virtual presentation on Amon G. Carter by Brian Cervantez\, who recently published the very first scholarly biography of the Fort Worth giant. After growing up in a one-room log cabin\, Carter rose to become a philanthropist and enthusiastic promoter of Fort Worth. He founded the Fort Worth Star-Telegram\, established Fort Worth’s first radio station\, lobbied for the American Airlines to headquarter in Fort Worth\, and secured government funding for an aircraft factory that would later become Lockheed Martin. Carter also funded or helped support various schools\, churches\, museums\, and parks. Drawing from the Amon G. Carter papers at Texas Christian University\, Cervantez will detail not only Carter’s life but his continuing influence in Fort Worth and the Southwest. Book signing will follow lecture! \nBrian Cervantez is an associate professor of history and an assistant divisional dean at Tarrant County College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 2011. He has published numerous book reviews in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and Military History of the West. His first book\, Amon Carter: A Lone Star Life\, recently won the Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History from the Texas State Historical Association. \nThis event will be conducted via Zoom. Click here to register!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/amon-carter-a-lone-star-life/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200912T103000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200812T205031Z
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SUMMARY:Food as Cultural Identity: European\, African and Indigenous Foods and Crops in America
DESCRIPTION:Register today to join us for our first VIRTUAL Community History Workshop program on ZOOM: Food as Cultural Identity: European\, African\, and Indigenous Foods and Crops in America with Dr. Peter Martínez! In honor of Hispanic American Heritage Month\, Dr. Martínez’s will discuss how crops and foods in the Pre-Columbian Americas impacted European and Asian countries through the Columbian Exchange beginning in the sixteenth century. You will hear how Europeans and Mexican elites viewed indigenous American foods and learn how the relationship between food and cultural identity evolved as European\, African\, and Indigenous foods and crops to combine to give us foods that are common to us today. \n\nDr. Peter Martínez serves as an Associate Professor of History at Tarrant County College – Northeast Campus. He earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History from the University of Texas at Arlington and his Doctorate in History from the University of North Texas in 2017. Dr. Martínez’s dissertation\, “Ready to Run: Fort Worth’s Mexicans in Search of Representation\, 1960-2000\,” was awarded Best Dissertation in Tejano/a Studies by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies – Tejas Foco in 2018. He is an active Board Member for the Fort Worth Latino History Group. \n\nClick here to register!!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/food-as-cultural-identity/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200423T183000
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SUMMARY:**POSTPONED** Extended Education Course (and Tour!) - Wall Street of the West: How Fort Worth Became the Livestock Center of the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Quentin McGown returns for a spring extended education class! Through a two hour lecture and accompanying six hour bus tour\, the class will explore the roots of the livestock industry in Fort Worth along with some of the places and personalities associated with the rise and eventual decline of the massive local market that came to define the city for much of its history. Lunch included. \nCourse meets Thursday\, April 23rd\, from 6:30pm – 9pm in Tucker Technology Center. The Saturday Bus Tour on April 25th departs at 9am and returns at 3:30pm. The fee is $158.00. Click here to sign up. Spots are limited! \n**This event has been postponed. We are currently working to reschedule in Fall 2020.**
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/extended-education-course-wall-street-of-the-west-how-fort-worth-became-the-livestock-center-of-the-southwest/
LOCATION:Tucker Technology Center\, 2840 W Bowie St\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76129\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200307T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200307T120000
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SUMMARY:The Texas Suffrage Movement and Changes in Citizenship & Voting Rights
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month and the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment\, please join us for a talk on the women’s suffrage movement in Texas. Dr. Rachel M. Gunter will share her expertise on the route to ratification of the amendment in Texas in 1919 and national acceptance in 1920. The story of women’s suffrage does not end there\, however! Changes in women’s right to participate in primaries and elections impacted other groups before and after 1920 including immigrants\, servicemen\, WWI veterans\, Mexican Americans\, and African Americans. Moreover\, the modifications to suffrage law affected the meaning of citizenship in America. \nRachel M. Gunter received her Ph.D. in history from Texas A&M University and is a Professor of History at Collin College. Dr. Gunter is a consultant\, interviewee\, editor\, and co-writer for a documentary of the Texas Suffrage Movement from the Ruthe Winegarten Foundation for Texas Women’s History coming in Augusut 2020. She is the Texas Coordinator for the Online Biographical Dictionary of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States and serves on the Executive Advisory Committee of the Handbook of Texas Women for the Texas State Historical Association. Her publications include “Without Us\, It is Ferguson with a Plurality\,’ Woman Suffrage and Anti-Ferguson Politics” in Impeached: The Removal of Texas Governor James E. Ferguson (2017) published by Texas A&M University Press and a forthcoming article in the Suffrage Centennial Special Issue of the Journal of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era on suffragists’ efforts to disfranchise immigrant permanent residents. She is active on twitter @PhDRachel and her website is RMGunter.Owlstown.com. \nFree admission!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-texas-suffrage-movement-and-changes-in-citizenship-voting-rights/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200201T120000
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SUMMARY:History of the African American YWCA  in Dallas\, 1920 - 1960
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of African American History Month\, join us for a talk on Dallas African American women’s activism. Dr. Kimberly Hill will present the history of the African American Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Dallas from the 1920s to 1960. She will demonstrate how the social justice work of the women anticipated the local civil rights movement and analyze the YWCA’s connections to other Texas organizations and major regional events. She will also share examples from the wealth of archival resources she has uncovered. Don’t miss! \nKimberly Hill specializes in African American transnational history and Protestant missions studies. Hill earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 and studied abroad at the University of Cape Town for two semesters. She has taught within the University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts and Humanities since 2014 with a previous appointment at Del Mar College. Her forthcoming book\, Feeding Body and Spirit\, analyzes the influence of historically black industrial education on African American Presbyterians working in the Belgian Congo. It will be published by the University Press of Kentucky this October. \nAdmission Free!!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/history-of-the-african-american-ywca-in-dallas-1920-1960/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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SUMMARY:Austin to ATX: The Hippies\, Pickers\, Slackers & Geeks who Transformed the Capital of Texas
DESCRIPTION:Ever wonder how Austin became a city proud of its “weirdness”? Join us for a stellar example of local history with Joe Nick Patoski! In Patoski’s book\, Austin to ATX: The Hippies\, Pickers\, Slackers & Geeks who Transformed the Capital of Texas\, he traces how Austin became Austin. He covers the origins of the music\, television\, film\, food culture\, and technology that created the capital city as it is today. Patoski additionally profiles the individuals who shaped the city\, such as Willie Nelson\, O. Henry\, and Molly Ivins. Book signing will follow the discussion. \nJoe Nick Patoski is an author and journalist who writes about Texas and Texans. He has been a staff writer for Texas Monthly magazine\, a one-time reporter at the Austin American-Statesman\, and has written for numerous publications\, including the New York Times\, National Geographic\, the Texas Observer\, and No Depression magazine\, for whom he was a contributing editor. Patoski has authored or co-authored biographies of Willie Nelson\, Selena\, Stevie Ray Vaughan\, and the Dallas Cowboys\, and collaborated with photographer Laurence Parent on books about the Texas Mountains\, the Texas Coast\, and Big Bend National Park. He also wrote essays for the 2015 book Homegrown: Austin Music Posters\, 1968-1982 and the 2005 book Conjunto by John Dyer with Juan Tejeda. \nAdmission Free!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/austin-to-atx-the-hippies-pickers-slackers-geeks-who-transformed-the-capital-of-texas/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191207T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191207T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
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SUMMARY:Freedom to Play? Fort Worth City Parks during Jim Crow
DESCRIPTION:The City of Fort Worth created the Park Commission in 1909. Part of its mission called to improve and expand city parks for citizens’ well-being. Join us for Fort Worth Public Library Archivist Jennifer Brancato’s discussion on how the Park Board and the Recreation Board executed this mission and shaped public outdoor spaces for African Americans during the era of “separate but equal.” \nBrancato is an Archivist at the Fort Worth Public Library where she is responsible for making Fort Worth history accessible through the management\, preservation\, and processing of collections\, as well as through exhibits and presentations. Brancato holds an MA in Public History from Stephen F. Austin State University. She is a Certified Archivist and a Digital Archives Specialist. \nAdmission Free!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/freedom-to-play-fort-worth-city-parks-during-jim-crow/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190907T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190907T120000
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SUMMARY:Preserving Our Past Community History Workshop Series
DESCRIPTION:Look for September program news coming soon!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/preserving-our-past-community-history-workshop-series/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190505T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190505T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
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SUMMARY:True Tales from the Texas Fence Cutting Wars\, 1880-1890
DESCRIPTION:Across the Texas in the 1880s\, battles broke out between permanent ranchers and landless cattlemen over access to resources that were vital to them both—grass and water.  Before this chapter in Texas history closed\, enemies were made\, property was damaged\, and lives were lost.  This month historian Brooke Wibracht will share true tales from her research into the men and women who participated in the Texas Fence Cutting Wars.  Ranchers\, cutters\, and the Texas Rangers all had their parts to play as state and local authorities sorted through accusations and quelled violent outbursts—or did not in some cases.  After you hear how this complex struggle over Texas lands unfolded\, we think you will agree with Wibracht that in the end “finding justice was complicated.” \nBrooke Wibracht received her Ph.D. from Texas Christian University\, M.A. from Loyola University Chicago\, and B.A. from Texas A&M University.  Her research focuses on the Texas Fence-Cutting Wars\, and she examines the role of the state government\, the Texas Rangers\, and ranchers as they fought over barbed wire and public land.  She contributed to the forthcoming book\, Texas Women and Ranching: On the Range\, At the Rodeo\, In their Community with a chapter titled\, “Mabel Doss\, Mary Ketchum Meredith\, and the Texas Fence-Cutting Wars” and teaches Texas History at TCU. \nAdmission is free and street parking is plentiful.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/true-tales-from-the-texas-fence-cutting-wars-1880-1890/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190425T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190427T150000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20190213T230457Z
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SUMMARY:The Trinity River: Its History and Evolution
DESCRIPTION:Through a two-hour lecture/discussion April 25 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm and six-hour Saturday tour (with lunch) from 9:00am to 3:00pm\, local probate judge and historian Quentin McGown will lead an exploration of the history and evolution of the Trinity River and its role in the development of Fort Worth and Tarrant County. The river has become the centerpiece of North Texas flood\, recreation and greenbelt preservation planning efforts. Together\, we’ll take a historical perspective on how we’ve used—and occasionally abused—the “Rio de la Santisima Trinidad” and discuss what the future holds for our precious waterway. Fee of $117 includes course\, tour\, and delicious box lunch and helps fund future Center for Texas Studies programs. Discounts available to seniors and TCU faculty\, staff\, and students.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-trinity-river-its-history-and-evolution/
LOCATION:Texas Christian University\, 3015 Merida Ave.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190406T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190406T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20181126T215309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T225635Z
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SUMMARY:Making History Come Alive: WBAP-TV Archives Project
DESCRIPTION:Dallas-Fort Worth residents are familiar with KXAS\, or Channel 5\, but they may not realize that it signed on the air in 1948 as WBAP-TV\, the first television news station in Texas.  In fact\, it pioneered many broadcast techniques in Texas and the Southwest\, including the local newscast\, professional weather reporting\, all-color news film\, and more.  Luckily\, speaker Brian Hocker and some of his colleagues at the station were not only aware of the role of WBAP In television history\, but wanted to preserve its past.  Through a partnership with the Portal to Texas History which is maintained by the University of North Texas Libraries\, Hocker led the charge to save a basement full of invaluable film reels and news scripts so they could be digitized and made available online to the public.  Join us to learn the details of this important preservation success story! \nBrian Hocker joined the broadcast industry in 1986\, initially holding positions in audience research and advertising.  As Vice-President—Digital Media\, Programming\, and Research\, Hocker is responsible for the purchase\, scheduling and production of local and syndicated programs along with general station operations.  Has served in leadership roles in professional organizations such as the A.C. Nielsen Company’s National Policy Guidelines Committee\, which advises on policies and practices for the television ratings industry\, and the American Marketing Association’s DFW Chapter.  Locally\, he volunteers on several community boards including the Cowtown Marathon\, where he is the past chairman of the board of directors. \nAdmission is free and street parking is plentiful!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/making-history-come-alive-wbap-tv-archives-project/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190302T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190302T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
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SUMMARY:The Lady Was a Doctor: Fort Worth Medical School\, 1894-1918
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, we welcome local historian Ruth Hosey Karbach to discuss the trailblazing women who studied and practiced medicine Fort Worth in late nineteenth and early twentieth century.  Opened in 1894\, the Fort Worth Medical School\, once a part of Texas Christian University\, admitted women from its inception.  Over its twenty-four year history\, ten female students received degrees including Frances Daisy Emery Allen\, M. D. who was the first woman to graduate from any Texas medical school (1897) and worked in Fort Worth.  Karbach will examine the personal and professional lives of these unconventional women who forged roles in public education\, politics\, community organizations\, and medical societies. \nRuth Hosey Karbach is an independent scholar living in Fort Worth.  A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington\, she pursued further studies at Sam Houston State University.  Karbach supervised an oral history project for a university archives\, served as curator of a historic house museum\, and was associated with the National Cowgirl Museum.  She contributed chapters to the Grace & Gumption: Stories of Fort Worth Women series\, Celebrating 150 Years: A Pictorial History of Fort Worth\, and Texas Women: Their Histories\, Their Lives. \nAdmission is free and street parking is plentiful!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/fort-worth-medical-college-and-the-education-of-women-physicians/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190202T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
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SUMMARY:I. M. Terrell: How a Handful of Graduates from One Black High School Changed Music History
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of Black History Month\, don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the outstanding musical legacy of Fort Worth’s I. M. Terrell High School. Now an academy for STEM and Visual Performing Arts education\, I. M Terrell opened in 1882 as the city’s first black school during the era of formal racial segregation. Under the leadership of director G. A. Baxter\, the music program trained many students who would become influential jazz and rhythm & blues performers of the twentieth century including Ornette Coleman\, King Curtis\, Dewey Redman\, Ronald Shannon Jackson\, Cornell Dupree and others.  For many years speaker Tom Reynolds\, a fellow musician\, has studied and preserved the musical history of I. M. Terrell through documents\, musical recordings\, oral interviews.  Admission Free! \nFort Worth native Tom Reynolds took up guitar at age twelve and electric bass at fifteen and never looked back.  Having studied with the great jazz guitarist Jim Hall as a teen\, he went on to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston and Hampshire College in Amherst\, MA. After returning to Fort Worth\, Reynolds played in the house band at the famous Blue Bird Night Club in Como backing blues singer Robert Ealey.  He has since performed with numerous singers and musicians primarily in Texas and California including John Raitt\, Smokey Robinson\, Steve Miller\, Wilford Brimley\, and Doyle Bramhall.  Reynolds can be heard regularly at the Kimbell Art Museum\, the Modern Art Museum\, and other Fort Worth venues.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/i-m-terrell-how-a-handful-of-graduates-from-one-black-high-school-changed-music-history/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190105T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190105T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20181126T214949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181126T214949Z
UID:799-1546684200-1546689600@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Lost\, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings
DESCRIPTION:For Bronson Dorsey\, Lost\, Texas represents the forgotten architectural “reminders of the state’s history\, its economic booms and busts\, and the hopes and dreams of the people who settled this land.”  Join us as he tells the story behind his quest to locate and document structures that fit his description before they disappear forever.  Through his skillful photographs\, he will illustrate the important factors in the development of six nineteenth-century Texas towns and what led to their decline.  After the program\, Dorsey will sign copies of his book\, Lost\, Texas: Photographs of Forgotten Buildings.  Admission Free! \nDorsey is a fourth-generation Texan\, whose family settled in East Texas in the mid-1800s. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from UT Austin in 1974. After retiring from an international career in architecture and construction management in 2009\, he embarked on a second career as an architectural photographer. After its beginning as a blog of abandoned buildings\, (www.lost-texas.com) Lost\, Texas\, was published by Texas A&M Press in May\, 2018.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/lost-texas-photographs-of-forgotten-buildings/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181201T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20181126T214822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181126T214822Z
UID:798-1543660200-1543665600@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:How Bridges Shaped Fort Worth History
DESCRIPTION:How many times a day do you cross the Trinity River? Aren’t you glad you don’t have to cross by ferry or ford? Let local historian\, photographer\, and librarian Rene Gomez explain how the first bridges in the area were financed and built across the river. In addition to improving the quality of life for local residents\, they made a significant contribution to the growth and prosperity of the city. Gomez will highlight our well-known historic and modern bridges\, as well as our crossings of the future that are coming with the Trinity River Vision project.  Admission Free!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/how-bridges-shaped-fort-worth-history/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Public Library – Southwest Regional\, 4001 Library Ln\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181103T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181103T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180515T184916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T184916Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring Lost Restaurants of Fort Worth
DESCRIPTION:Local food writer Celestina Blok will take us down memory lane to some of the most beloved restaurants now lost to Fort Worth history. Free Admission! Book signing to follow program.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/exploring-lost-restaurants-of-fort-worth/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180515T183841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T183841Z
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SUMMARY:Oakwood Cemetery: Exploring a Cultural Landscape
DESCRIPTION:Join us as historian\, preservation consultant\, and author Susan Allen Kline will discuss the history of Fort Worth’s Oakwood Cemetery. Kline will discuss the primary sources that help to illuminate that history and explain gaps in the story. She will also explore the cemetery’s outstanding collection of funerary art and architecture.  Admission Free!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/oakwood-cemetery-exploring-a-cultural-landscape/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180908T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180908T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180515T183656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T185638Z
UID:758-1536402600-1536408000@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Tejano Tiger: Santos Benevides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jerry Thompson will speak on his latest publication through the Center for Texas Studies at TCU and the TCU Press\, Tejano Tiger: Jose de los Santos Benevides and the Texas-Mexico Borderlands\, 1823-1891. Book signing to follow program.  Admission Free!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/tejano-tiger-santos-benevides-and-the-texas-mexico-borderlands/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180428T150000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180112T161146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T161146Z
UID:748-1524765600-1524927600@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Fort Worth Architecture through 1945
DESCRIPTION:Explore Fort Worth’s architectural history from the founding of the city through the World War II years with Quentin McGown\, local historian and probate judge. This two-hour evening discussion complemented by a six-hour bus tour focuses on both existing and lost structures and sites associated with the city’s first century of growth. The course will also feature profiles of the clients\, architects and builders whose design decisions continue to shape our community identity. The Saturday bus tour includes lunch and visits to some of Fort Worth’s landmark buildings. Thursday night class meets on TCU campus. Fee $111. Discounts available to seniors and TCU faculty\, staff\, and students.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/fort-worth-architecture-through-1945/
LOCATION:Texas Christian University\, 3015 Merida Ave.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180303T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180303T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180112T160511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T160511Z
UID:746-1520073000-1520078400@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Prostitution and Power: Madams of Hell’s Half-Acre\, 1876-1920
DESCRIPTION:This month\, we will meet the women who lived and worked in Hell’s Half-Acre\, Fort Worth’s red-light district\, between the 1870s and the 1920s. TCU PhD candidate Jessica Webb will discuss the madams who ran the brothels and the influence they wielded in the city of Fort Worth–politically\, economically\, and in their own social sphere. Webb is writing her dissertation on the red-light districts of Fort Worth and San Antonio at the turn-of-the-century. Admission is free. Downtown street parking is free on Saturday.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/prostitution-and-power-madams-of-hells-half-acre-1876-1920/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180112T160358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T160358Z
UID:745-1517653800-1517659200@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:The Center for Stop Six Heritage
DESCRIPTION:You may have heard the buzz about Fort Worth’s Stop Six neighborhood\, but you may not know its fascinating history. Join us as we welcome former city councilman and current Center manager Frank Moss who will share the story of Stop Six from its founding through its current development. In addition\, Moss will focus on the creation of the Center for Stop Six Heritage which not only provides a gathering place for the community\, but also promotes neighborhood pride by involving students\, parents\, and teachers in the effort to preserve local history through exhibits\, oral interviews\, and research projects. \nA realtor by profession\, Franklin Moss is also an avid historian. He has previously served on the Tarrant County Historical Commission\, the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society\, Fort Worth/Tarrant County Branch of the NAACP\, and Ambassador Club of Fort Worth. He is a Prince Hall Mason. Among his many awards\, he was named a distinguished alumni of UT Arlington in 1999. He represented District 5 on the Fort Worth City Council for twelve years.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-center-for-stop-six-heritage/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180215T200000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180112T160909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T160909Z
UID:747-1517509800-1518724800@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Blessed be the Tie that Binds: The Religious History of Texas
DESCRIPTION:Religion played an important role in the history of Texas. Learn from Dr. Lisa Barnett\, TCU lecturer and ordained minister\, how competing groups of differing faiths shaped the social and political landscape of the Lone Star State. As Christian denominations grew\, split\, and evolved\, practices within local Texas congregations reflected the broader transformations at work in the rest of the country. Meanwhile\, changes that originated inside Texas affected religious communities outside its borders. In addition\, non-Christian groups contributed to the state’s diverse religious ethos. Anyone with an interest in Texas history\, religious studies\, or genealogy will find this class stimulating and informative. Fee $73. Course will met on TCU campus. Discounts available to seniors and TCU faculty\, staff\, and students.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/blessed-be-the-tie-that-binds-the-religious-history-of-texas/
LOCATION:Texas Christian University\, 3015 Merida Ave.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180106T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180106T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20180112T160221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180112T160221Z
UID:744-1515234600-1515240000@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:The Religious Frontier of Fort Worth
DESCRIPTION:Learn how Christian denominations and other religious groups put down roots in the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from TCU historian Lisa Barnett. In a story filled with big personalities such as Baptist minister J. Frank Norris and important religious events\, Barnett also will explain the rise of religious/theological education that resulted in the establishment of TCU\, Brite Divinity School\, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. \nDr. Lisa Barnett serves as a lecturer in the TCU History Department\, specializing in American Indian and religious history. Barnett is also an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She is the author of two chapters in Institutional Change in Theological Education: A History of Brite Divinity School (TCU Press\, 2011) and wrote the biographical sketch of Colby Hall for the reprint of his book\, History of Texas Christian University (TCU Press\, 2014).
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-religious-frontier-of-fort-worth/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171202T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20170817T210016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170817T210016Z
UID:715-1512210600-1512216000@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:The Murder of William Clark
DESCRIPTION:Police first thought they had a suicide on their hands when they discovered wealthy oilman William Clark’s body sprawled across a bedroom floor in his  opulent Park Hill neighborhood mansion in the spring of 1953.  Instead\, Clark’s death touched off a bizarre investigation involving a murder-for-hire plot\, connections to the criminal underworld of the infamous Jacksboro Highway\, and two subsequent killings. Let the library’s own Rene Gomez lead you through all the twists and turns in this sensational case that resulted in one of the longest trials in Fort Worth history. \nA native of Fort Worth\, Gomez is a unit supervisor in the Genealogy\, Archives and Local History unit of the Fort Worth Library.  He holds a master’s degree from the University of North Texas and has been with the library since 2001.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-murder-of-william-clark/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171104T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20170817T205909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170817T205909Z
UID:714-1509791400-1509796800@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Fort Worth and the "Summer of Love\," 1967-1972
DESCRIPTION:To commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Summer of Love\,” local historian Harry Max Hill will discuss the spread of the youth counterculture phenomenon from its epicenter in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco to Fort Worth\, Texas.   Although the trend appeared more slowly here than in other parts of of the country\, the city’s clubs featured local musicians and touring acts influenced by the movement.  Hill will highlight groovy venues like the Cellar and concerts held in the Fort Worth area including the Texas International Pop Festival in 1969 at Lewisville. \nSpeaker Max Hill retired as assistant manager of the Genealogy & Local History Unit of the Fort Worth Public Library in 2005 after almost 29 years of service.  Today\, he researches the history of local golf courses\, nightclubs\, and movie censorship among other interests.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/fort-worth-and-the-summer-of-love-1967-1972/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171026T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171026T203000
DTSTAMP:20260410T081847
CREATED:20170817T215152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171002T161405Z
UID:718-1509042600-1509049800@texasstudies.org
SUMMARY:Flashback to WWI: Camp Bowie
DESCRIPTION:Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of World War I with a tour of historic Camp Bowie\, a training camp which covered much of the modern day neighborhood of Arlington Heights. This two-hour course (10/26\, 6:30 – 9:30) and day-long tour (10/28\, 9:00am – 3:00pm) will explore the camp’s history and physical location from 1917-1919. Using maps and hundreds of period photographs\, instructor Tyler Alberts\, executive director of the Military Museum of Fort Worth\, will give attendees a complete understanding of the camp layout and its lasting impact on the west side of Fort Worth. Box lunch included.  Course fee: $146.  Discounts available.  Reserve today at TCU Extended Education! \nTyler Alberts currently serves as executive director of the Fort Worth Military Museum.  Combining his background as an audio/visual technician for touring Broadway theater productions with a love of history\, Alberts has preserved and shared countless archival military films with the public through his company\, Combat Reels.  In addition he serves as historian of the 90th Infantry Division Association and the 227th Assault Helicopter Battalion Association for Vietnam Veterans.  He has interviewed over 500 veterans of the 90th Division\, the unit in which his grandfather served during World War II.  Alberts is a native of Fort Worth and graduate of Arlington Heights High School.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/flashback-to-wwi-camp-bowie/
LOCATION:Texas Christian University\, 3015 Merida Ave.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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