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Garden, Orchard and Henhouse: Immigrant Women Put Food
on the Table
Immigrants who came to Missouri in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries
faced many challenges. One of the most difficult and important, the task of
feeding families, fell most directly on women. Through hard work, ingenuity
and a willingness to adapt to the demands of their new environment, immigrant
women in Missouri’s cities and rural areas alike found ways to put food
on the family table.
German Settlement in Missouri: Putting Down Roots in New Soil
Using stories from the lives of individual women and immigrant communities,
Robyn Burnett and Ken Luebbering will show how women found surprising and
ingenious ways of providing food for their families.
Projection screen required.
Missouri’s fertile river valleys and beautiful wooded hills attracted
thousands of immigrants from the German states, making them our state’s
largest immigrant group. They settled along the state’s rivers and spread
throughout the state, building successful family farms wherever they went.
Missouri’s German farms were renowned for their diversity, producing
virtually all the food consumed by the family as well as materials for building,
clothing and tools.
Gospels in Glass: Stained Glass Windows in Missouri Churches
Using information gleaned from letters, memoirs and other personal documents
written by the immigrants themselves, Robyn Burnett and Ken Luebbering will
show how agriculture impacted virtually all aspects of life in Missouri’s
German communities.
Projection screen required.
Missouri’s stained glass windows comprise a treasure of religious art.
Whether one is looking at a window depicting biblical characters or stories,
the lives of the saints, or events in church history, these windows tell us
something about who we are as a people. Through use of original slides, Robyn
Burnett and Ken Luebbering will present an introduction to the history, symbolism
and artistry of Missouri's stained glass, focusing on the work of the state's
German immigrant glassmakers.
From stories of well-known people and events to tales that explain the unlikely
appearance of mice, spiders and dragons in church windows, the presentation
will help audiences better understand this art form and see their own churches
in a new light.
Projection screen required.
PRESENTERS:
Robyn Burnett: Writer, Photographer and Speaker
Ken Luebbering: Author, Scholar and Lecturer
3915 State Road AA
Tebbetts, MO 65080
phone: (573) 295-4392
e-mail Robyn: robynburnett at yahoo.com
e-mail Ken: kluebber at tranquility.net
America the Bountiful: A View from the Gateway Arch
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Like the nation that it symbolizes, the bold, magnificent Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial poses enormous and baffling contradictions: a national
historic site on the ruins of forty blocks of historic riverfront, a national
park in the heart of a major metropolitan area, a civic symbol that memorializes
the American political thinker who called cities "sores on the body politic."
It is the perfect place to consider historic tensions within American culture
about the American Land.
By understanding the phenomenon of the Gateway Arch on its fortieth anniversary (2005), we shine the light of the past on our future path. How do communities understand their collective identities and places in the natural order? How does American culture understand its place in nature? And how on its fortieth anniversary shall we understand our largest national monument, what one architectural critic christened "the most ambitious symbolic monument undertaken in the twentieth century"?
Laptop, Projector, and Projection screen requested.
PRESENTER:
W. Arthur Mehrhoff, Ph.D.:
Author, Scholar, Historian
2001 Sunborough Drive
Columbia, MO 65203
phone: (573) 446-2907
e-mail: s.mehrhoff @ att.net
Voices from the Lewis and Clark Trail, Bird Woman and the Women's Way
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Long before our land would be called “America - The Bountiful,”
Sacagawea, Bird Woman, would share her knowledge of the plants and animals
with the men of the Lewis and Clark expedition. A rich heritage of Plains
Indian farming and a knowing “naturalist’s eye” would prepare
Sacagawea for her journey into the unknown. Compelling trail narrative interspersed
with journal entries such as M. Lewis’ “scenes of visionary enchantment”
lead us into a pristine world of natural beauty mingled with the savage survival
the expedition endured in ..... “a place where dragons lie.” Historic
dress, a display of primitive farming tools, animal skins and cultural items
with the option of a live animal complete this hour long program.
PRESENTER:
Dianne Moran: Folklorist, naturalist
P.O. Box 223
Richwoods, MO 63071
phone: (573) 678-2210
e-mail: diannemoran@earthlink.net
RELATED WEB SITES:
Dianne Moran's Living History http://www.members.tripod.com/dmoranstoryteller
American Indian Contributions to the Abundance of America
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This presentation will include slides and actual objects dating back to the
19th century from Mr. Nichols' personal collection. Over sixty percent of
the world’s crop production was developed in American Indian gardens
before the Columbian landfall. What were the spiritual/philosophical foundations
of the native peoples, which impacted America’s founding fathers?
Pre-twentieth century objects produced by native peoples are more than beautiful art objects. They are reflections of how they saw/see their relationship to the universe and how the universe is ordered and structured. Audiences will have the opportunity to examine real historical items, such as beadwork, pottery, basketry and sculpture while discussing possible symbolism, as well as philosophical and spiritual interpretations.
PRESENTER:
Gil Nichols:
Educator, art historian
2114 Northeast 79th Terrace
Kansas City, MO 64118
phone: 816-420-0557
e-mail: hawk2276 at cs.com
Nathaniel "Stub" Borders - Ozark Brawler, Miner and Timberman
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Born in 1873, Stub Borders was of the generation which built America's western
railroads. At his core Stub is a representative man of his era, yet more conflicted
than courageous. He could fit the stereotype of an ornery white man who enjoyed
drinking and fighting as part of a hand-to-mouth existence. He is a complex
figure who commands attention, in part because his life was so close to the
land.
In addition to colorful storytelling, this presentation makes use of a variety of hand tools and other items of material culture associated with frontier agriculture and forestry. Artifacts, slides and taped segments of oral history by timberworkers help create a multimedia experience. Stub saw himself as an adventurer and a daring character. In his day drinking and fighting to see who was 'the best man' was a favorite amusement. Have things changed? Stub is not so sure.
PRESENTER:
Alex T. Primm:
Oral historian, writer, educator, curator, performer, artist
14310 County Road, #3200
Rolla, MO 65401
phone: (573) 341-2464)
e-mail: okra@rollanet.org
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