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Explore the historical and genealogical materials related to our local African American communities. Learn about online library resources that complement these collections. Recommended for adults. Registration recommended. |
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Genealogy 101Thursday, February 5, 3:00 pm
Bruton Memorial Library -- Moody Community Meeting Room No Registration Required Interested in learning more about yourself through learning about your family? Get to know library genealogy and history resources to help you find out more about your family's past. Bringing your own device (laptop, smart phone, tablet, etc) is encouraged but the library can provide laptops for in-house use upon request. |
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Drum Sermons is a celebration of music that recounts its origin. This informative yet entertaining performance includes stories from far corners of African lands, spirited drumming, dance, and song. Recommended for children ages 6-12. |
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Learn about and explore this extraordinary photo archive! There are 20,000 images in the Burgert Brothers Photographic Collection, which chronicles the history of the Tampa Bay area and showcase the commercial, residential and social growth of Tampa Bay and Florida's West coast from the late 1800s to
the early 1960s. This program will show you how to access and explore the history and ongoing preservation of this collection. |
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Explore the historical and genealogical materials related to our local African American communities. Learn about online library resources that complement these collections. Recommended for adults. Registration recommended. |
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Saturday, February 21, 10:30 am
Austen Davis Library -- Community Room
No Registration Required Join us for an introductory look into genealogy where you will learn strategies and resources that will expand and add depth to your family history, as well as how ChatGPT can assist in research. |
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Come Write-InThursday, February 21, 6:00 pmJohn F. Germany -- Cecil Beach Conference Room No Registration Required Let's all work together on our writing projects! This program will use photos from the Burgert Brother Photographic collection as prompts for flash fiction writing. Participate and enjoy the quiet atmosphere of the library as you work to finish your writing project. Recommended for adults. |
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Create your own family tree with a little help. Recommended for children ages 6 to 12. Registration recommended. |
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by John Taylor
In 1540, Francisco Coronado led a band of soldiers, treasure-seekers, and Franciscan priests and friars into New Mexico, changing the lives of the Native Americans forever. In 1680, less than 100 years after the first Spanish colony imposed disease, serfdom, and zealous religious oversight on the indigenous peoples, the Pueblos rose up, forcing the Spaniards out. The uprising, known as the Pueblo Revolt, lasted for 12 years, but Catholic influence was reinvigorated following the 1692 Diego De Vargas reconquest. Over the next century, the Franciscans were gradually relegated to outlying pueblos while diocesan priests from Mexico and later from France and the United States dominated the Church's expansion in the Rio Grande Valley. Today Catholicism remains strong and vibrant in New Mexico, learning the lessons and building on the foundations from the past 500 years. |
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by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich A stunning and sure-to-be controversial book that pieces together, through more than two dozen nineteenth-century diaries, letters, albums, minute-books, and quilts left by first-generation Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, the never-before-told story of the earliest days of the women of Mormon "plural marriage," whose right to vote in the state of Utah was given to them by a Mormon-dominated legislature as an outgrowth of polygamy in 1870, fifty years ahead of the vote nationally ratified by Congress, and who became political actors in spite of, or because of, their marital arrangements. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, writing of this small group of Mormon women who've previously been seen as mere names and dates, has brilliantly reconstructed these textured, complex lives to give us a fulsome portrait of who these women were and of their "sex radicalism"—the idea that a woman should choose when and with whom to bear children. |
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by Tricia Martineau Wagner When the Civil War ended, black men left the Old South in large numbers to seek a living in the Old West—industrious men resolved to carve out a life for themselves on the wild, roaming plains. Some had experience working cattle from their time as slaves; others simply sought a freedom they had never known before. The lucky travelled on horseback; the rest, by foot. Over dirt roads they went from Alabama and South Carolina to present-day Texas and California up north through Kansas to Montana. The Old West was a land of opportunity for these adventurous wranglers and future rodeo champions.
A long overdue testament to the courage and skill of black cowboys, Black Cowboys of the Old West finally gives these courageous men their rightful place in history. |
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Arizona, the 48th state of the United States of America, is a land of diverse environments and unbelievable natural beauty. It is also a land where many cultures-each with its own food, architecture, music, and art-came together as part of the American story. Historic Photos of Arizona highlights the unique history of this state as captured in nearly 200 images reproduced in vivid black and white. A photographic journey from the Wild West days of Arizona lore to the modern state Arizona was soon to become, this book showcases landscapes as varied as those of the Sonoran Desert and the state's ponderosa pine forests. From images of frontier life and copper mining boomtowns, to turn-of-the-century Grand Canyon vistas, to Harvey Houses and Route 66, Historic Photos of Arizona presents a fascinating view of a changing land and the people who called it home-a land to which many are still drawn to fulfill their dreams today. |
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by Henrietta M. Christmas
Containing abstracts of wills from 1774 - 1896, this book covers three governmental time periods in the history of New Mexico - Colonial, Mexican, and Territorial. The early Colonial Spaniards made their wills in a more elaborate fashion, as compared to the Mexican Period of New Mexico which showed less flourish but still maintain the same detail; and Territorial wills which left out more of the religious pieces, but kept the minor details of their estates. These abstracts are from Book 'E' of the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Probate and Will Books, located at the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The earliest wills were probated much later from 1877-1897, as their families needed to deed property in their own names. The represent a broad range of wealth, such as the deceased person's house, land, and animals, to personal property which could be clothing, jewelry, weapons, etc. Items used for day-to-day work play a large part in these wills. Women's rights were upheld in terms of property they owned and could pass on as inheritance to their children, as evidenced in these wills. |
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by Elsie M. Szecsy
Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo medicine man, U.S. Army Nurse Corps second lieutenant Adele Slivers helped bridge a gap between traditional healing practices and modern medicine. Arizona author Elsie Szecsy details momentous local challenges and achievements from this pivotal era in American medicine. |
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by Gayle Shirley Moving portraits of eighteen independent women who helped make Colorado what it is today Remarkable Colorado Women profiles the lives of eighteen of the state's most important historical figures-women from across Colorado, from many different backgrounds and from various walks of life. Read about Julia Archibald Holmes who became the first white woman to ascend to the summit of Pike's Peak in 1858; Frances Wisebart Jacobs, the compassionate housewife who devoted her life to supporting Colorado charities in the late nineteenth century; and Mary Elitch Long, founder of the famed pleasure grounds known as Elitch Gardens. The third edition features new biographies of frontier teacher Mabel Barbee Lee, who left a lasting impact on the students of Cripple Creek; Mo-Chi, the first female warrior of the Cheyenne; and Mildred Montague Genevieve "Tweet" Kimball who became the Cattle Queen of Colorado's Front Range in the twentieth century. With enduring strength and compassion, these remarkable women broke through social, cultural, or political barriers to make contributions to society that still have an impact today. |
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Hispanic Arizona, 1536-1856by James OfficerDrawing on previously unexplored primary sources, James E. Officer has now produced a major work that traces the Hispanic roots of southern Arizona and northern Sonora—one which presents the Spanish and Mexican rather than Anglo point of view. Officer records the Hispanic presence from the earliest efforts at colonization on Spain’s northwestern frontier through the Spanish and Mexican years of rule, thus providing a unique reference on Southwestern history.
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Slavery in Zion: A Documentary and Genealogical History of Black Lives and Black Servitude in Utah Territory, 1847-1862by Amy Tanner ThiriotWhile writing this book, historian Amy Tanner Thiriot documented around one hundred enslaved or indentured African American men, women, and children in Utah Territory. This work of historical biography corrects previous misrepresentations and gathers valuable source data for future interpretive analysis. The first section contains an introductory history, chapters on the Southern and Western experiences, and information on life after emancipation. The second section is a biographical encyclopedia with names, relationships, and experiences. Although this book contains material applicable to legal history and the history of race and Mormonism, its most important goal is to be a treasury of the experiences of Utah's enslaved Black residents.
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Check out the Genealogy & History page for other library databases and online resources that can aid you in your research. |
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