2010

HUNGRY FOR HISTORY?
Bring your lunch and fill your stomach and brain at the same time!
Third Thursday, 12 Noon, Nebraska History Museum, 15th. and P Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Free admission and now on TV!
 

February 18

"History of Lincoln Police Department," starting with the 1880's through the 1940's. Captain Citta will concentrate on the earlier interesting history in the 1800's and early 1900's.

Presenter: Capt. Joy Citta - A captain with the Lincoln Police Department with over 34 years of law enforcement experience including commanding the Personnel and Training Unit, Community Services, Inspections and Planning, and 10 years as the team captain for one of Lincoln's geographic police teams in the downtown/university area. Her current assignment is the commander for Management Services Unit which handles the national and state Accreditation, Research and Planning, policy, technology, public information, department historical research and grants. She holds a BA and an MAA from Doane College and teaches law enforcement classes in the state of Nebraska. She is an instructor for Responsible Hospitality Service in the liquor industry, a guest instructor at several colleges in the area and has taught a senior/graduate level course in Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska.

March 18

 "Conservation of Grant Wood's Corn Room Murals at the Gerald Ford Conservation Center"
Numerous fragments of painted corn farm scenery from the Council Bluffs Chieftain Hotel, painted by Grant Wood in 1927 and destroyed in 1970, have recently come to light after having been lost and dispersed for the past four decades. The range of conservation problems and issues will be discussed in the context of the effort to reunite the fragments and eventually return them to public display.

Presenter: Kenneth Bé, Head of Paintings Conservation, Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center

April 15

"Make-work Projects of the New Deal in Nebraska."
"It isn't just about buildings, but all kinds of projects throughout the state under any number of programs; CCC, WPA, PWA, CWA, NYA and FERA. They are not necessarily all still in existence, but I plan to focus on the ones that are. They are not all on the National Register either, but many would be eligible."

Presenter: Jill Dolberg, NSHS Historic Preservation, Review and Compliance Coordinator

May 20

"How To Take Care Of Your Family Photographs"

Presenter: Karen Keehr (Photographs Curator)

June 17

"What Remains?: Historic Salvage at the Beaver Creek Trail Crossing Site"

Presenter: Nolan Johnson (Archeologist)

July 15

"Wearing the Hempen Neck-Tie: Lynching in Nineteenth-Century Nebraska"

Presenter: Jim Potter (Historian, Editor)

August 19

"Marie Sandoz - a Personal Reminiscence"

Presenter: Ron Hull ()

September 16

"Presenting Frightmares Since 1958 - A History of Nebraska's Creature Feature Hosts"

Presenter: Dale Bacon (Photographs, collector of ghost stories)

October 21

"Memory Quilts"
Throughout history, quilters have been recording their personal memories and stories in quilts. Signature quilts from the 1830's to today's computer generated photo-transfer quilts will be shown in this PowerPoint presentation. Sheila Green and Shirley Chaffin will share their research of quilts that evoke memories.

Presenters:
      Shirley Chaffin is a Charter member of the Nebraska State Quilt Guild and the Lincoln Quilters Guild, former VP. She is a Discover Nebraska volunteer in the fourth grade classrooms. Shirley has been quilting for 34 years and created the 2002 Nebraska State Quilt Guild raffle quilt.
      Sheila Green is Past President of the Lincoln Quilters Guild, Education Chair for the Nebraska State Quilt Guild, and presenter for Discover Nebraska in the fourth grade classrooms. She is a docent at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum. She has been quilting since 1998.

November 18

"Fifty Years of Nebraska History"
Excerpts from interviews with Sandoz, Neihardt, Sandy Dennis, Terry Carpenter, Frank Morrison, etc.

Presenter: Ron Hull ()

December 16

"Background and dedication of Abraham Lincoln Statue"

Presenter: Gayla Koerting (Archivist)

Held every third Thursday of the month at 12 noon in the Blackman Auditorium, Museum of Nebraska History, 15th & P Streets (131 Centennial Mall North), Lincoln, NE. 402-471-4754.

Free Admission

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Brown Bag Lecture Series on TV!

Time Warner Cable, Channel 5 in Lincoln

Check the Broadcast Schedule for the most current air times.

• Mondays, 5:30 p.m.
• Thursdays, 12 noon and 11:30 p.m.
• Fridays, 9:30 p.m.
• Sundays, 6 p.m.

Watch the Brown Bag lecture series each month on Time Warner Cable, government access channel 5 in the Lincoln area.

Funding for filming of the Brown Bag Lecture Series is provided by the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation.

VHS tapes of previously presented Brown Bag Lectures may be borrowed from the Museum of Nebraska History Education office.