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Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 1999-2000 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, Spcol@Wku.Edu Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog Kentucky Library - Serials 1999 Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 1999-2000 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ky_hum_council_cat Part of the Public History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 1999-2000" (1999). Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog. Paper 9. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ky_hum_council_cat/9 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Speakers Bureau 1999-2000 5^7-;•< J New Chautauqua characters (left to right): Lily May Ledford, Alben W. Barkley, Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sallie Ward Kentucky Humanities Council Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau August 1,1999 - July 31, 20.00 Contents Credits 1 Introduction 2 Featured Speakers 3 Kentucky Chautauqua 14 More Speakers 19 Speakers Bureau Travel Map 23 Application Instructions 24 Application Forms insideBack Cover Credits Wethank these contributors for their important gifts to the Speakers Bureau. Their generosity makes it possible for thousands more Kentuckians to enjoy and learn from the speakers and Chautauqua performers in this catalog. Are you or your company interested in supporting the Speakers Bureau in your part of the state? Please contact Virginia Smith at 606/257-5932. TOYOTA TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA. INC. The Kentucky Humanities Council gratefully acknowledges a major gift to the Speakers Bureau from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. ofErlanger, Kentucky. The gift will be used to support Speakers Bureau programs in northern Kentucky. BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY The Kentucky Humanities Council gratefully acknowledges a significant gift to the Speakers Bureau from the Bluegrass Community Founda tion of Lexington. The gift will be used to support Speakers Bureau programs in central Kentucky. OUNDATION National CHy. The KentuckyHumanities Council gratefully acknowledges a generousgift to the Speakers Bureau from National City Bank of Kentucky. The gift will be used to support Speakers Bureau programs in central Kentucky. 1999-2000 KHC Speakers Bureau Introduction Welcome to the fourteenth edition of the Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau catalog! In 1999-2000, we're proud to bring you the biggest and best Speakers Bureau ever. We always say that, of course, and it's always true. This catalog includes twenty-two Featured Speakers, another thirty-seven speakers on our More Speakers roster, and seven Chautauqua characters. These sixty-six presenters are offering more than 130 programs for you to choose from. Your favorites are here, plus new talks on a stunning variety of subjects ranging from African-American music to Appalachian food to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel. We hope you enjoy our latest speakers smorgasbord, and we thank you for using the Speakers Bureau so enthusiastically and for supporting it so generously. Important points to remember about the Speakers Bureau: >• Our programs are free to community groups anywhere in Kentucky. Minimum audience size: 25 adults for talks; 40 adults for Chautauqua. > The Speakers Bureau is not available free for classroom or student programs or to college sponsors. It is available at cost ($225 for speakers; $350 for Chautauqua) to these groups and to for-profit organizations. There is no limit on the number of programs a sponsor can purchase. >• A nonprofit organization is limited to two free Speakers Bureau pro grams, including one free Chautauqua performance, each year (August through July). There is a $35 application fee, which covers up to two free programs per sponsor. This fee is nonrefundable if the program you selected is available. It will be returned if your program is not available. > Admission to Speakers Bureau programs must be free. (You may charge admission to talks or Chautauqua performances your group has purchased through KHC.) > KHC pays each speaker's honorarium and travel directly. Sponsors are responsible for overnight accommodations, if needed. > All Featured Speakers and Chautauqua performers will travel statewide. Those listed under More Speakers may, as noted in the listings, restrict their travel to certain regions. > Speakers Bureau funding runs out quickly, often before September 1. Please apply early, even for programs late in the funding period. Application instructions and forms are at the back of this catalog. > If you have questions or problems, please call Cathy Ferguson at the Kentucky Humanities Council, 606/257-5932. 1999-2000 KHC Speakers Bureau Featured Speakers African-American musical traditions African and African-American Musical Connections in Appalachia In this talk/demonstration. Bullock traces the development of African-American music in Appalachia. Beginning with the African musical heritage, she moves to this side of the Atlantic to look at folk songs, spirituals, work songs, blues and gospel music. Asshe explores the connections between the African tradition and the new American experience. Bullock shows how this music is a path to a better understanding of African-American culture in Appalachia and America. Kathy W. Microphone. Half-inch VCR and monitor, CD or tape player, and piano are Bullock helpful but not necessary. Ifno piano, please provide an outlet for an electric keyboard and a small table to put it on. Associate Professor of Music Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Music Tradition BereaCollege Spirituals and gospel music are much more than pleasing, comforting sounds— 1020Moonlight Drive they are a powerful reflection of the triumphant spirit and faith of African-Ameri Berea, KY 40403 cans. This talk/demonstration includes audience participation. Home: 606-986-6088 Microphone; CDor tape playerand pianoare helpful but not necessary. Ifno Fax:606-986-6115 piano, please provide an outlet for an electric keyboard and a small table to put it on. Tales of heaven and earth Seasons of Celebration Many traditional holidays originated in the seasonal changes of earth and sky. FromGroundhog Day to Halloween, our holidays hearken back to ancienttimes, reflecting the rhythms of nature. Burnes explores these connections through songs and stories from the Appalachian and European folk traditions. Microphone; slide projector and screen. Roberta M. Simple Gifts: Songs of the Shakers Burnes The Shakers had a remarkable influence on the economic and religious life of Kentucky. Dressed in 19th-century costume, Burnes uses Shaker songs and dances Performing artist/educator to reveal the human side of these intensely spiritual people. 154 Hamilton Park Microphone on stand. Lexington, KY 40504 Home; 606-225-3866 Star Stories and Comet Tales For thousands of years, people have been watching the stars and tellingstories of the constellations. Burnes brings the human fascination with the heavens alive in this program of star lore from around the world. Microphone; slide projector and screen. 1999-2000 KHC Speakers Bureau Featured Speakers From mind maps to Okieville Mind Mapping: The Consequences of Contemporary Neuroscience The neurosciences are in the middle of a miraculous, and frightening, revolution. Soon, thanks to mind mapping, it will be possible to manipulate a person's thoughts and emotions, raising ethical, spiritual and political dilemmas much thornier than any we've faced before. Microphone; carousel slide projector with remote control, stand, and screen. Michael Why IWas Bornin Okieville: The Dust Bowl and Western Migration Campbell Campbell, born in southern California, is a descendant of the migrants called Okies. In this talk, he puts what he calls his "odd family history" into the historical Assistant Professor and cultural context of the 1930s, when refugees from the drought-ravaged Mid of English west — the Dust Bowl — flocked to California. Department of English Microphone; carousel slide projector with remote control, stand, and screen. Georgetown College Georgetown, KY 40324 Country Music: How it Got to Be"Country" Office: 502-863-8090 Why is country music called country? How did early fans see it as different from Home: 606-381-9460 other kinds of music, and where does it get its hallmark quality, authenticity? These are some of the questionsCampbellwill explore as he digs into the history of this hugely popular music. Microphone; tape or CD player. The Appalachian melting pot Aliens in Appalachia: Immigrant Life in the Coal Fields Beginning in about 1870, people from all over the world started arriving in eastern Kentucky to work in the coal mines. Italians, Hungarians, Poles, Arabs, Mexicans, Russians, and many others turned up in the mountains — it wasn't uncommon to find twenty or more languages spoken in a single coal camp. In this talk, Cantrell will discuss the various immigrant groups and the communities they created to adjust to life in the coal fields of eastern Kentucky. Douglas E. No equipment required. Cantrell Himlerville:AHungarian Villagein EasternKentucky Associate Professor of In Martin County, a group of Hungarian immigrants launched a unique History experiment in cooperative capitalism when they founded a town and a coal Department of History company named after their leader, Martin
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