Award-winning teacher and nationally acclaimed Chautauqua performer Larry Bounds explores the contradictions that reveal the amazing life of this Anglo/American icon. Larry Bounds will perform as Winston Churchill in the June Festival.

This is the first of four monthly discussions on Chautauqua 2012 “They Came to America” -

Alexis De Tocqueville and Gustav Beaumont, March 13
Golda Meir, April 10
Denmark Vesey, May 8

For more info:  www.greenvillechautauqua.org or 864-244-1499

Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Historical Association- 3 March 2012-
Hosted by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.

A broad program with sessions ranging from slavery and its postwar legacy, Civil War technology and 20th century South Carolina to the New SC Digital Newspaper project are just a few of the topics included in twelve sessions totaling thirty-four individual papers. There is also a luncheon followed by the keynote by:

Janet Hudson, USC Extended University, “White Supremacy Shapes Progressive-Era Reform: Democracy at Work in South Carolina.”

For registration and more details about the annual meeting  go to www.palmettohistory.org/scha/scha.htm or contact Fritz Hamer, local program coordinator, at 803- 777-1345.

Feb 11 – Living History with Harriet Tubman, a dramatic presentation by Maria Dowell, retired Greenville County school teacher. 10:30 a.m.

Feb 18 –Black Heritage Stamp Exhibit. Brenda Brock, who has been a stamp collector for 25 years, will display U.S. and world stamps honoring black history and persons.  Short program about the stamps at 11:00 a.m.

Feb 23 – Tracing Your Roots.  Ruth Ann Butler, retired history teacher and founder and curator of the Greenville Cultural Exchange Center, will present a genealogy workshop.  Ms Butler has traced her own family to Africa and will give tips for tracing your family.
Pre-registration by Feb. 20 required. Call (864)-877-3377 to leave your name and phone number. No charge. 10:00-11:30 am

Feb 24 and 25 - Quilt Show. Quilters from Mrs. Bobbye Mobley’s class from Senior Acton will display their quilts during regular museum hours.

Feb 25 -  Quilter Mrs. Bobbye Mobley will present a 30 min program at 11:00 a.m. to explain codes shown on the Underground Railroad Sampler, a quilt was made by the beginner’s class of Bobbye Mobley at the Senior Action’s Sears Shelter. It was made February 2007 by 6 quilting students.

All programs are free.  Parking available across the street or in the lot behind the museum, accessed from W. Poinsett via Miller Street beside First Baptist Church. For information call the museum at 864-877-3377.

You won’t want to miss our upcoming history opportunities.  This Thursday night, the Spartanburg History Hub will meet for networking and some 1879 history.  On Friday, Lunch & Learn Spartanburg features Aliene Shields and the Civil War Letters of her great-grandfather.  Both of these are at the Chapman Cultural Center (200 E. St. John Street, Spartanburg).  Then we’ll meet on Sunday at the Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport to hear about its history and more from Airport Director Darwin Simpson.  More details are below.

See you this week!
Becky

Becky Slayton, Executive Director
Spartanburg County Historical Association, 864-278-9664
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Spartanburg History Hub: “Murder Takes the Angel Shape of Justice – 1879”
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7-8 pm; Free

Chapman Cultural Center West Wing Conference Room
     The Spartanburg History Hub is a network of individuals and organizations committed to Spartanburg County history and meets from 7-8 pm one Thursday each odd month except July. An expert speaker joins us to share from their experience and knowledge. This month, Dr. Carol Loar, Assoc. Professor of History at USC Upstate will present ‘Murder Takes the Angel Shape of Justice’: Rape, Reputation and Retribution in Spartanburg County. It discusses the lynching of John J. Moore, who, in 1879, was arrested and charged with the rape and murder of a young woman before being taken from the custody of the sheriff and lynched. The talk explores the events leading up to the lynching as well as local, regional, and national interpretations of Moore’s death.

     There is also time for networking. If you or your organization has a historic event or project, please plan to share during our opening networking time during the meeting. The History Hub is managed by the Spartanburg County Historical Association and you may send your email to us to be added to our electronic Spartanburg History Hub mailing list. scha@spartanburghistory.org
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Lunch & Learn Spartanburg: The Legacy of a Civil War Soldier
Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:30-1:30 pm; $5
Chapman Cultural Center West Wing Conference Room

     Join the Regional History Museum for an hour each month to learn interesting pieces of Spartanburg’s history from various speakers. Bring your lunch and learn from experts! This month, Aliene Shields will share the legacy of a Civil War soldier – her great-grandfather Private Thomas M. Shields. She is the co-author with Mac Wyckoff of the book The Legacy of a Common Civil War Soldier Private Thomas Marion Shields: A Collection of 34 Letters 1861-1865. Private Shields was born in 1834 and grew up in the Fingerville area. This book shares letters among the family during the Civil War which depict the hardships and every day life of a Spartanburg family during the war.
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Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport: Past, Present & Future           

Sunday, January 29, 2012, 3:00-5:00 pm; Free and Open to the Public       

500 Ammons Road, Spartanburg

     Join the Spartanburg County Historical Association at the recently renovated Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport.  Airport Director Darwin Simpson will share an entertaining and informative perspective of the impressive history, expansive present, and optimistic future of the Airport and its impact on the Spartanburg community.

There will be refreshments and a brief, open business meeting.

Gallery Talk: Veteran docent Mikel Murphy examines the imagery in Jasper Johns, an exhibition drawn from the Museum’s extensive collection of work by this acclaimed South Carolina artist. Many of Johns’ major themes will be examined and explained. 

For a look at Sundays@2 programs in early 2012, see greenvillemuseum.org/sundays.html
Admission, of course, is absolutely free. 

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The Greenville County Museum of Art is open Tuesday-Saturday 11-5, Sunday 1-5.
For information, call 864/271-7570 or email info@greenvillemuseum.org.
Admission is always absolutely free.

Chris Vinson, Interim Head, Digital Initiatives and Information Technology at Clemson, and Digital Projects Librarian, will travel to Furman to provide an update about the SC Digital Library.  He would like for us to consider the Upstate presence. Do we want to have a theme for our materials or focus on a certain format? In addition, he mentioned that the Upstate section of the collection does not have many historical manuscripts, and he would like to change that status.  

One suggestion I have is to augment the South Carolina Room’s collection entitled, “Women’s Education in Early 20th Century Greenville”.  I know Furman has Greenville Woman’s College and Chicora College materials that we could share.  Perhaps we could broaden this topic to include nineteenth-century materials or even add another gender.

Please bring your ideas to the meeting.
DebbieLee Landi
Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist
debbielee.landi@furman.edu
library.furman.edu/specialcollections/
Special Collections on Facebook: www.facebook.com/furmanspeccoll
206B James B. Duke Library
Furman University
3300 Poinsett Highway
Greenville, SC 29613-4100
864-294-2714

Chautauqua veteran Dr. George Frein discusses the eminent psychiatrist’s use of art. The 2:00 program will be followed by a visit to the galleries. In case there’s snow or ice, call the MuseumSnow date: January 22 at 2:00 pm.

For a look at Sundays@2 programs in early 2012, see greenvillemuseum.org/sundays.html
Admission, of course, is absolutely free. 
 
 
The Greenville County Museum of Art is open Tuesday-Saturday 11-5, Sunday 1-5.
For information, call 864/271-7570 or email info@greenvillemuseum.org.
Admission is always absolutely free.