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SUMMARY:The History of Baseball in Fort Worth
DESCRIPTION:With baseball season coming to a close\, let’s look back on the history of the game in Fort Worth. Author Mark Presswood will discuss the trajectory of baseball in the city from its beginnings in the 1870s through the formation of the more recent Fort Worth Cats team and all the fun and drama in between. As part of the Texas League of Professional Baseball Clubs\, the Fort Worth Panthers became one of the most famous minor league teams in history winning six straight championships in the 1920s. After World War II\, the Brooklyn Dodgers purchased the Panthers which meant that many star Dodgers of the 1950s had once passed through the city. Join us to learn all about how the game has been played in Fort Worth. \nMark Presswood is President of Panther Real Estate Solutions. His community involvement includes service on the Fort Worth Housing Solutions Board\, the Near Southside Board\, and as past Chairman of Fort Worth’s Development Advisory Council in addition to other Fort Worth Committees.  His passion\, however\, is baseball and in particular the history of the Fort Worth Cats. Presswood co-authored two books on the Fort Worth and Dallas minor league baseball teams and was instrumental in producing When Panthers Roared\, a history of the Fort Worth Cats. \nThis program will be offered both in person and over Zoom. Click here to register for Zoom.
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-history-of-baseball-in-fort-worth/
LOCATION:Fort Worth Library\, 500 W. Third St.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76102-7305\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fort Worth to 1895 (Extended Education Course)
DESCRIPTION:The first of a three part series on Fort Worth history given by Quentin McGown\, the course focuses on the city’s growth and development to 1895\, including a discussion of the area’s prehistory and the events leading to the establishment of the 1849 military post. Highlights of the covered time period include the development of the livestock industry\, the arrival of the railroad and the challenges of a frontier town growing into a major city. The class meets on campus for two evening lectures supplemented by two evenings of walking tours to significant locations identified with Fort Worth’s early years. \nMeets every Tuesday from 6:30pm – 8:30pm\, September 21\, 2021 to October 12\, 2021. \nCourse fee: $126.00 \nRegister here!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/fort-worth-to-1895-extended-education-course/
LOCATION:Texas Christian University\, 3015 Merida Ave.\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210911T103000
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SUMMARY:George T. Ruby: Champion of Equal Rights in Reconstruction Texas
DESCRIPTION:We’re kicking off the new season with a discussion of an early civil rights leader in Texas\, George T. Ruby. While his name may not be familiar now\, Ruby was the most widely known of the first generation of Black politicians in the state during the Reconstruction era. In this talk based on his recent contribution to the Center’s Texas Biography Series\, author Carl Moneyhon explores Ruby’s journey from his childhood in New York and Maine to his work in Haiti and Louisiana\, before coming Texas in 1867. While teaching school and working for the freedman’s bureau\, he became active in politics by organizing African Americans to vote\, assisting with campaigns\, and successfully running for state senate himself. Anyone with an interest in political history\, civil rights\, or Reconstruction in Texas won’t want to miss this one! \nCARL H. MONEYHON is professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. A scholar of Civil War and Reconstruction history\, his publications on Texas include Edmund J. Davis: Civil War General\, Republican Leader\, Reconstruction Governor; Texas after the Civil War: The Struggle of Reconstruction; and Republicanism in Reconstruction Texas. He holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Texas and a PhD from the University of Chicago. \nDue to COVID concerns\, this program will be over Zoom. All future programming will be decided on a case by case basis. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/in-person-preserving-our-past-lectures-return-at-fort-worth-public-library/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210605T103000
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SUMMARY:TCU Explores Its Past to Expand Its Future
DESCRIPTION:Starting in August 2020\, TCU began its multi-year Race and Reconciliation Initiative (RRI). This effort seeks to understand TCU’s past in regard to racism and people of color through research revealing important untold stories. The first year of the initiative focused on Black Americans and TCU’s relationship with racism\, slavery\, and the Confederacy. Dr. Frederick Gooding\, Jr.\, chair of the Race and Reconciliation Initiative\, will join us to discuss the results of the first year of the RRI and share key facts that have recently been uncovered. Gooding will also outline both the recommendations for the future submitted to the TCU Board of Trustees and changes already made. \nFrederick W. Gooding\, Jr. (PhD\, Georgetown University) is an Associate Professor within the Honors College at Texas Christian University. Gooding critically analyzes race within mainstream media. Gooding’s best-known work is You Mean\, There’s RACE in My Movie? The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood\, which has been utilized in high schools and universities nationwide. His latest book\, Black Oscar\, expands his reach into cultural studies by analyzing African American Academy Award winners and how their narratives reflect and reinforce larger American history. \nClick here to register for this free virtual program!
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/tcu-explores-its-past-to-expand-its-future/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210501T103000
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SUMMARY:Saving a Great Neighborhood: Oakhurst and its History\, Architecture\, and Sense of Place
DESCRIPTION:Start National Preservation Month off right! Preservation consultant Libby Willis is joining us to discuss her experience saving her own neighborhood. Oakhurst\, a 1920s-era development located on the northeast side of Fort Worth\, is now a National Register Historic District with an active association of residents. Willis will explain the steps required to become a historic district and the art of maintaining the integrity of the neighborhood and its landscapes after designation. This is a great opportunity to learn from someone who has spent decades in the trenches working to preserve Fort Worth history. Don’t miss it! \nLibby Willis is a historic preservation consultant\, author and Fort Worth community leader.  She was the first Texas area administrator for the National Trust for Historic Preservation regional office and the first executive director of Preservation Texas. In addition to her current civic involvement with Fort Worth ISD\, she is a past president of the Fort Worth League of Neighborhood Associations and the Oakhurst Neighborhood Association. Willis is the author of Fort Worth’s Oakhurst Neighborhood (2014). \n** Click here to register – it’s free! **
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/saving-a-great-neighborhood-oakhurst-and-its-history-architecture-and-sense-of-place/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210412T183000
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SUMMARY:How to Research the History of a Building (Extended Education Course)
DESCRIPTION:Would you like to know the story behind your historic home? Or maybe there’s a historic building that you believe deserves to be documented and preserved?  Well then\, you need to join us for this two-night course with local author\, historian\, and preservationist Carol Roark. Combining her own research experience with over 20 years as an archivist at the Dallas Public Library\, Roark is well positioned to teach you the basic skills necessary to uncover the history of any historic structure. In the first session\, you’ll learn about the techniques and historic resources needed to start your own research. Return for a “research check” in session two to review your project and get help with challenges you encountered. \nCourse dates: April 12 and April 19 \nCourse fee: $25.00 \n** Click here to register for this virtual course! **
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/how-to-research-the-history-of-a-building-extended-education-course/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210403T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210403T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20210202T200546Z
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SUMMARY:The Bass Reeves Trilogy: The Rememory of a Legend
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered how historical fiction writers are able to stay period-accurate while creating an engaging story? Then join us for Sidney Thompson’s virtual program “The Bass Reeves Trilogy: The Rememory of a Legend.” Thompson is the author of two (eventually to be three!) novels about real-life figure Bass Reeves\, the first Black deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi. Thompson will discuss reconstructing the past with a fictional bent and the line between fact and fiction. He will talk about how historical research allows him to piece together the Reeves’s life and patch those with ideas from the present. For anyone who has ever been curious about the process of writing a story about a real-life figure or how to include realistic details in period pieces\, this program is for you! \n  \nDr. Sidney Thompson teaches creative writing and African-American literature at Texas Christian University\, where he also serves as a writing consultant for the William L. Adams Center for Writing. He holds a Ph.D. in American literature\, with a specialization in African-American narratives\, and an M.F.A. in creative writing (fiction). He is the author of Follow the Angels\, Follow the Doves: The Bass Reeves Trilogy\, Book One (Bison Books\, 2020)\, historical fiction about the legendary African-American lawman Bass Reeves. Hell on the Border\, Book Two is due out April 2021. Thompson’s other books include You/Wee: Poems from a Father (Prolific Press\, 2018) and Sideshow\, winner of Foreword Magazine’s Silver Award for Short Story Collection of the Year (River City\, 2006). \n** Click here to register – it’s free!**
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-bass-reeves-trilogy-the-rememory-of-a-legend/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210331T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210331T203000
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SUMMARY:Imperfect Vision?: A Review of the Elections of 2020 (Extended Education Course)
DESCRIPTION:In this follow up to his popular pre-vote lecture last fall\, “Perfect Vision?: Evaluating the Elections of 2020\,” Dr. Riddlesperger returns to provide his expert analysis of the electoral outcome. Drawing on over 35 years of experience\, he will discuss the historic 2020 election and its lingering impact. Bring your questions and come prepared for a fascinating discussion during this one-night-only course. \nCourse fee: $10.00 \n** Click here to register for this virtual course! **
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/imperfect-vision-a-review-of-the-elections-of-2020-extended-education-course/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210306T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210306T120000
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CREATED:20201208T220015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T172227Z
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SUMMARY:The Texas Ranch Sisterhood: Portraits of Women Working the Land
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Women’s History Month as Alyssa Banta talks about her book\, The Texas Ranch Sisterhood: Portraits of Women Working in Land. Most think of ranchers as exclusively men\, but Banta’s photographs tell a different story. She will present the experiences of multiple women ranchers throughout Texas–some of whom are part of a long family legacy on the land. To truly understand ranch work\, Banta spent more than a year with these women\, living in their homes\, and working with them in the field. The result is a terrific example of how to document the present for the future. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear her unique insights into the lives of women ranchers across the Lone Star State.\n\nAlyssa Banta is an award-winning photojournalist and writer. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree of Austin College and a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin. She has photographed for publications such as The New York Times Magazine\, Smithsonian Magazine\, and Harper’s Magazine\, and for the aid agencies United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Red Cross.\n  \n** Click here to register – it’s free! **
URL:https://texasstudies.org/events/the-texas-ranch-sisterhood-portraits-of-women-working-in-the-land/
LOCATION:TX
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210206T103000
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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
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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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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201010T120000
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200912T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200423T213000
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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
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20200128T214900Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T215022Z
UID:859-1580553000-1580558400@texasstudies.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200104T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200104T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20200128T215007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T215007Z
UID:860-1578133800-1578139200@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20191107T203657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191107T203657Z
UID:835-1575714600-1575720000@texasstudies.org
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
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20190627T162319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190627T162319Z
UID:831-1567852200-1567857600@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20190213T225554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T225554Z
UID:814-1557052200-1557057600@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20190213T230457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T230616Z
UID:815-1556217000-1556377200@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20181126T215309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T225635Z
UID:802-1554546600-1554552000@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20181126T215211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190213T225823Z
UID:801-1551522600-1551528000@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
CREATED:20181126T215039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181126T215039Z
UID:800-1549103400-1549108800@texasstudies.org
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:20260410T035134
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:20260410T035134
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181103T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181103T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20180515T184916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T184916Z
UID:760-1541241000-1541246400@texasstudies.org
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181006T120000
DTSTAMP:20260410T035134
CREATED:20180515T183841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180515T183841Z
UID:759-1538821800-1538827200@texasstudies.org
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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