Nantucket Historical Association Internship.
Nacogdoches Railroad Depot Event.
THC Announcements.
The Texas Historical Commission has a new website. Check out it's user friendly interface, and useful information at: http://www.thc.state.tx.us/
Also, you can now go on to the THC website and nominate a historic business for the Texas Treasure Business Award! More information at : (http://www.thc.state.tx.us/preserve/projects-and-programs/texas-treasure-business-award)
Legacy Oral History Program Workshop.
Legacy Oral History Program presents the 20th annual Oral History Training Workshop, June 6-8, 2013 located at the Department of Dance, Texas Woman’s University (Denton TX), led by Jeff Friedman, Ph.D., Department of Dance faculty, Rutgers University. The three-day intensive workshop will provide all training necessary for participants to launch their own oral history projects. Drawing on references and examples in the performing arts, the workshop is designed to be appropriate for those involved in anthropology and cultural studies, museum studies, and social history, at masters or doctoral levels.
The workshop will cover: Project Design; Legal/Ethical Issues; Technology; Funding; Interviewing techniques; Transcription and Editing: producing research-quality documents or other final products; Performance applications in dance, music and theater
Fee: $400; $450 after April 15. Registration begins February 1, 2013. Fee includes 22 hours of lectures/movement workshops,, special readings, and a lecture-performance.
In order to give personal attention to each participant, workshop is limited to 18 total participants. NOTE: 8 spaces are already reserved for TWU’s doctoral Dance Studies Program cohort; additional spaces are limited.
Contact workshop director Jeff Friedman at jfdance@rci.rutgers.edu for more information.
Workshop Leader Jeff Friedman, Ph.D. founded Legacy Oral History Program in 1988 and continues as senior advisor. He is Associate Professor for the Department of Dance, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University-New Brunswick and a leading international artist/scholar in the area of performing arts oral history. Legacy’s workshop has been offered internationally in Canada, German, Korea, and New Zealand
Baylor Online Oral History Workshop
February 25,2013
Learn more about the workshop topics, faculty, computer system requirements, and registration at baylor.edu/oralhistory <http://www.baylor.edu/oralhistory>. Click the blue button on your bottom right that reads "Getting Started with Oral History" to get started.
East Texas Archives and Museums Meetings
Rosenwald School Centennial Grant Fund
The National Trust for Historic Preservation's Rosenwald School Centennial Fund is Currently Accepting applications for bricks and mortar presercation grants for Rosenwald Schools. Grants up to $20,000 will be awarded and require a cash match. Interested applicants should click here to review the grant guidlines and eligibility criteria. The deadline for the Rosenwald School Centennial Fund is April 15th. The National Trust's Centennial Fund is made possible by a lead gift from the righteous Persons Foundation.
Caddo Mounds Program: Native American Legends and Myths
April 15th, 2013
NCPTT 2013 Summer Internships
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NAI Workshop In Manhattan, KS.
January 22, 2013: Hello fellow interpreters, Some of you have experienced trouble accessing online registration for the NAI Region 6 Workshop in Manhattan, KS. As many of you are aware NAI has recently had problems with their website. You can still access online registration by going to, www.naimembers.com/store/acatalog/NAI_Region_6.html which takes you directly to registration. You can also go through www.interpnet.com and then click on the link to access the NAI store page. While the NAI website is down, you can still access the store site. If you are still experiencing trouble registering with a credit card you may mail in registration with your credit card number or pay by check. Remember, the early registration deadline is January 24. If you have any questions or problems with registration please contact Andrea Johnson at (913)826-2806 or andrea.johnson@jocogov.org. Can’t wait to see you in the “Little Apple!” |
How the Caddo made their pottery
January 22, 2013
From website: Caddo Mounds State Historic Site invites the public to participate in a Saturday program on Caddo pottery. Much of the information that we know about how the Caddo made their pottery comes from the shape of the vessel and the decoration on it. In addition to the exterior style and form of Caddo vessels, they also made intentional decisions about what items to add to the clay while making the pottery. Archaeologists study both the exterior style as well as the hidden information contained in the clay. Dr. Leslie G. Cecil, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Stephen F. Austin State University, will discuss how the Caddo made their pottery as well as the techniques used by archaeologists to discover their hidden secrets. There is a $2 admission fee for the program, which includes a tour of the Caddo Mounds site. Seating is limited, so please call 936-858-3218 to indicate interest in attending. http://www.visitcaddomounds.com/index.aspx?recordid=825&page=396 |
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IMLS Museums for America Grant Guidelines Now Available
Museum Assessment Program Grant Applications Now Available
Baylor University Institute for Oral History - Grants
archive, and present their history. In 2013, BUIOH will make available a grant up to $2,500 to support a nonprofit group conducting oral
history research at the community level in the state. Baylor University will partner with recipients in their efforts and provide training,
equipment, consultation, and processing of the field interviews, which will be made available online as well as co-deposited at Baylor University
and a local public archive. The community members who carry out the oral history project will also develop and arrange public programming to
highlight the accomplishments of their endeavors. The deadline for grant applications is January 13, 2013. For additional details on this
initiative including information on our past recipients, please visit baylor.edu/oralhistory.
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Stephen Sloan, PhD
Director, Institute for Oral History
Center for Texas Public History Grant to Aid small historical groups By Ann Friou
University News Service September 27, 2012 A $50,000 grant from the Summerlee Foundation of Dallas will help the Center for Texas Public History (CTPH) at Texas State University-San Marcos to provide public history assistance to small historical organizations in Texas. “We are extremely grateful to the Summerlee Foundation for being a partner in our endeavor to work with public historians around the state,” said Lynn Denton, CTPH Director. “The CTPH receives numerous requests from county historical commissions and small non-profit historical organizations for assistance on projects that range from cataloging collections and conducting local oral history projects to planning new exhibits,” Denton explained. “The grant will enable us to help more communities meet their needs for documenting and preserving their history.” Under the one-year grant, the CTPH will focus on five areas of demand that also reflect the Center’s expertise: assistance with historical marker research and applications, Historic Texas Cemetery designations, fundamentals of oral history training and research design, interpretive planning and research for museum exhibits, and assessments of the management and preservation of historical collections. The work will be done by Texas State graduate students trained in public history and supervised by Denton and CTPH Chief Historian Dan K. Utley, who collectively have decades of experience in a wide variety of public history endeavors throughout the state. “Students will be hired based on their previous coursework, skills, and experience applicable to each project and will be organized into project teams,” Denton said. “While the students obviously will gain additional practical field experience on these projects, we will put a priority on utilizing students who can bring demonstrated background and accomplishments to each project.” In all cases, Denton, Utley and students will be available to make onsite visits to project sites as appropriate to and delineated in the scope of work, Denton said. “This direct, one-on-one interaction is a primary strength of the initiative since it addresses requests from county historical commissions and small non-profit organizations for such in-person consultations that may no longer be met by government agencies due to staff and budget reductions.” Although the CTPH plans to make its assistance available statewide under the grant, Denton anticipates that the Center will focus its efforts initially on projects in Central Texas. “We are in the process of determining what types of projects we will be able to accept,” she said. The grant will help the CTPH to meet three goals: to foster diverse partnerships with private and public sector institutions and organizations; to collaborate with partners and students to make a significant contribution to understanding the past; and to enhance career opportunities for students through service and practice. More information is available by contacting CTPH Director Lynn Denton, pd16@txstate.edu, or CTPH Chief Historian Dan K. Utley, du11@txstate.edu. Bankhead Highway
08.07.12––As the first step on an exciting journey to identify, designate, and promote the historic highways of Texas, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) has contracted with the Austin consulting firm of Hardy-Heck-Moore to begin surveying the Texas route of the coast-to-coast Bankhead Highway, established in 1916.
For general information on the route of the Bankhead, which in Texas reached from Texarkana to El Paso, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankhead_Highway. |
Applications for 2013 Official texas historical markers now being accepted AUSTIN, Texas––The Texas Historical Commission (THC) is currently accepting applications for subject markers, designated Historic Texas Cemeteries (HTC), and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (RTHLs). Applications must be submitted to the appropriate county historical commission (CHC), and the deadline for CHCs to forward applications to the THC is November 15, via email, to markerapplication@thc.state.tx.us. Education and RTHLs are the thematic priorities for 2013 applications. RTHLs are properties judged to be historically and architecturally significant, and must be at least 50 years old. Topics addressing those themes will receive additional points when new applications are scored.
The THC will approve up to 225 new applications; up to 20 additional markers will be approved through the Undertold Stories marker program. One of the most visible programs of the THC, historical markers commemorate diverse topics from the history and architecture of houses, commercial buildings, religious congregations, and events that changed the course of local and state history, to individuals who have made lasting contributions to Texas. There are more than 15,000 THC markers throughout the state. Complete information regarding the marker applications process can be found on the THC website at www.thc.state.tx.us. To learn more about Official Texas Historical Markers, RTHLs, and HTC designations, contact the THC’s History Programs Division at 512.463.5853. |