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Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 1997-1998 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, Spcol@Wku.Edu Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog Kentucky Library - Serials 1997 Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 1997-1998 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 1997-1998" (1997). Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog. Paper 10. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ky_hum_council_cat/10 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 97/98 xw' .MsrseBaeHeBgaaanassBSBBSB ' ' ' tfeg— .tjssas. ?sf^-ii?.s; r^^'rrr^SiaKaiwGe^i^tise3u>c»w ra^ mil '3ii ij«£isaa S:-: c fcg a.. ^aiH3 [jg^Aa-^jiafcaaBitaaaaeg aiBK •'K' aaiBMlEii 'ileSit&l. mtm-.". •.!«.• swssaBCsa^ «B>'.:^aiK.<-'4tiS ^ srsfe. ini^at @•11) k, ><d>i,\'iL iO^'j a® „ ..2»l ii»S£9»Safi»£9 aa^ii^agnw n.-m5SiiM ussssaK !£v3H^ Cir^jtitf- h-.-JZ'J r" layauBCtg^ aaBBffial^u. sBa ••sut:- aKin=3f; Hi^. Introducing six exciting new Kentucky Chautauqua characters! (Page 9) Kentucky Humanities Council Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau August 1,1997-July 31, 1998 Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Kentucky Humanities Council Speakers Bureau catalog! In 1997-98, the lead story is Kentucky Chautauqua. This year you'll have nine — yes, nine! — Chautauqua characters to choose from, and six of them are brand new. They'll be making their debuts at the first bookings from Contents this catalog. We're glad we can respond to the demand for this unique form of education and entertainment, but we haven't forgotten traditional speak ers. Year in and year out, they are the backbone of the Speakers Bureau. In Featured Speakers 1 this catalog, you'll find 38 speakers offering more than 80 fascinating talks on a remarkable variety of topics. From folklorist Lynwood Montell's ever- Kentucky popular "Kentucky Ghosts" to archaeologist Mary Powell's new talk on the Chautauqua 9 tales old bones tell, you'll find just the program to make your meeting a More smashing success. Speakers 14 As always, we hope you enjoy this catalog, and we thank you for using the KHC Speakers Bureau so enthusiastically and for supporting it so Speakers Bureau Travel Map 15 generously. Application Important points to remember about the Speakers Bureau: Instructions 16 > The Speakers Bureau is available, FREE, to nonprofit community groups Application anywhere in Kentucky. An audience of at least 20 adults is preferred. Forms inside Back Cover >• The Speakers Bureau is not available for classroom or student programs or to college sponsors. >• An organization is limited to two free Speakers Bureau programs, in cluding one free Chautauqua performance, each year {August through July). Admission to Speakers Bureau programs must be free. (You may KHC charge admission to Chautauqua performances your group has purchased 206 East Maxwell St. through KHC.) Lexington, KY 40508 >• KHC pays each speaker's honorarium and travel directly. Sponsors are 606/257-5932 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 The cover: New Ky. their travel to certain regions. Chautauqua characters, from left to right: Simon > Speakers Bureau funding runs out quickly, usually by October 1. Please Kenton, Samuel Drake, apply early, even for programs late in the funding period. Application Miss Dinnie Thompson, John C. Breckinridge, instructions and forms are at the back of this catalog. Winifred Green, and A. A. Burleigh, Photo > If you have questions or problems, please call Cathy Ferguson at the by Stephen Martin. Kentucky Humanities Council, 606/257-5932. Featured Speakers Talking with Kentucky writers Tracking the Muse: Kentucky Writers' Views of Creativity When Beattie was interviewing authors for her 1996 book, Conversations luith Kentucky VJriters, she asked them for their views on creativity. From Wendell Berry to Bobbie Ann Mason to James Still, the answers were diverse and fascinating. In this talk, Beattie shows how the writers' views of creativity inform their works. Lectern; microphone; overhead projector. L Elisabeth Interviewing: It's More than Just Asking Questions Beattie No matter what kind of information you're trying to gather, conducting inter views consists of much more than just asking questions. Beattie, author of Conver Associate Professor sations with Kentucky Writers, discusses what makes a great interview — how to of English &Journalism prepare to discuss any topic, where to conduct the interview, why all interviews Elizabettitown Community should serve at least one community. College Lectern; microphone; overhead projector. 17111 Polo Fields Lane Louisville, KY 40245 Home: 502-245-7604 Tales of heaven and earth Seasons of Celebration Many traditional holidays originated in the seasonal changes of earth and sky. From Groundhog Day to Halloween, our holidays hearken back to ancient times, 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 or clipboard/easel. 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 Writer and naturalist to reveal the human side of these intensely spiritual people. 154 Hamilton Park Microphone on stand. Lexington, KY40504 Home; 606-225-3866 Star Stories and Comet Tales For thousands of years, people have been watching the stars and telling stories 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. 1997-1998 KHC Speakers Bureau Featured Speakers Hallmarks of Kentucky culture The Derby: A Celebration of Kentucky and its Heritage Claypool traces the origins and development of the Kentucky Derby, the world's most famous horse race and a strong influence on Kentucky society and culture. He will use memorabilia collected during his 40-year passion for the race. Lectern; half-inch VCR with monitor (speaker can supply if necessary). Singing from their Hearts: Kentucky's Marvelous Women Singers James C. From Jean Ritchie to Loretta Lynn to Rosemary Clooney, women singers from Claypool Kentucky have been national pacesetters. Claypool's talk, combining taped ex cerpts with lively discussion, examines where these women came from, how it Professor of History affects their music, and why it's fair to say that "they sing from their hearts." Northern Kentucky Lectern; electrical outlets for audio equipment. University 129 BurdsaU Kentucky and the Birth of the Genteel Racing Tradition Fort Mitchell, KY 41017 This talk traces the origins of the thoroughbred racing industry in the Upper Home: 606-341-3201 South, focusing on how Kentucky emerged dominant. Revisiting legendary tracks, Office: 606-572-5485 horses, and horsemen, Claypool colorfully describes the culture and customs that helped shape the Kentucky Derby and the horse industry of Central Kentucky. Lectern; table to display pictures. Civil War bluffs and bluster "Stovepipe" Johnson and the Great Newburgh Raid of 1862 It must have been the Civil War's biggest bluff. Confederate raider Adam Rankin Johnson of Henderson, Kentucky, had his heart set on a big cache of Yankee rifles. Problem was, they were across the Ohio River in Newburgh, Indi ana. Craig tells the tale of how the ingenious Johnson, using a stovepipe and other props, hoodwinked Newburgh's defenders into surrendering the rifles, and the town, without firing a shot. Berry Lectern. Craig Len G. Faxon: Kentucky's ''Rebelest" Editor Associate Prof, of History Some Kentuckians had doubts about which side to support in the Civil War, but Paducah Community not Len G, Faxon. Faxon, editor of the Columbus Crescent, was rebel to the core, College and in the columns of his newspaper he let everyone know it. His verbal broad 409Highland Street sides against "bow-legged, wooden-shoed, sauerkraut stinking, bologna sausage Mayfield, KY 42066 eating, hen roost robbing" Yankees were, says Craig, as withering as any published Home: 502-247-8960 during the war. Office: 502-554-9200, Lectern. ext. 177 1997-1998 KHC Speakers Bureau Featured Speakers Thinking for themselves MentallyFree — EmilyTubman, An IndependentSouthernWoman In this talk. Dew examines the life of Emily Tubman, whom she describes as a "passive feminist." Tubman, who grew up in Frankfort, didn't try to change the system, but neither did she let the norms of nineteenth-century society hem her in. A "mentally free" woman, she was a success in business, a supporter of education for women, and in 1843 she emancipated the 144 slaves she owned. Lectern; microphone (for large room). Aloma Dew Political Activist vs. Southern Belle: Conflicting Views of Suffrage In 1895, two Kentucky-born women wrote articles on the women's suffrage Lecturer in History question for a Boston magazine. The authors were Josephine Kirby Henry of Kentucky Wesleyan College Versailles, and Anna Robinson Watson, a Memphis resident originally from 2015 Griffith Place E. Louisville. As Dew's talk shows, their views were radically divergent, with one Owensboro, KY 42301 urging women to fight for their rights, and the other urging them to trust in God, Home: 502-685-2034 not the ballot box. Lectern; microphone (for large room). Cholera: The story of a killer The Scourge of Cholera in Nineteenth-Century Kentucky During the nineteenth century, cholera rampaged through Kentucky. An out break in 1833, for example, killed 10 per cent of Lexington's population. Dick, who's written a book on the cholera epidemics, tells the story of the devastation.
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