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NEW MEXICO Crossroads of NewandAncient 1999 – 2000 Speakers Bureau & Chautauqua Programs Millennium Edition N EW M EXICO E NDOWMENT FOR THE H UMANITIES ABOUT THE COVER: AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER MARKO KECMAN of Aztec captures the crossroads of ancient and modern in New Mexico with this image of Comet Hale-Bopp over Fajada Butte in Chaco Culture National Historic Park. Kecman wanted to juxtapose the new comet with the butte that was an astronomical observatory in the years 900 – 1200 AD. Fajada (banded) Butte is home to the ancestral Puebloan sun shrine popularly known as “The Sun Dagger” site. The butte is closed to visitors to protect its fragile cultural sites. The clear skies over the Southwest led to discovery of Hale-Bopp on July 22-23, 1995. Alan Hale saw the comet from his driveway in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, and Thomas Bopp saw the comet from the desert near Stanfield, Arizona at about the same time. Marko Kecman: 115 N. Mesa Verde Ave., Aztec, NM, 87410, 505-334-2523 Alan Hale: Southwest Institute for Space Research, 15 E. Spur Rd., Cloudcroft, NM 88317, 505-687-2075 1999-2000 NEW MEXICO ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES SPEAKERS BUREAU & CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAMS Welcome to the Millennium Edition of the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities (NMEH) Resource Center Programming Guide. This 1999-2000 edition presents 52 New Mexicans who deliver fascinating programs on New Mexico, Southwest, national and international topics. Making their debuts on the state stage are 16 new “living history” Chautauqua characters, ranging from an 1840s mountain man to Martha Washington, from Governor Lew Wallace to Capitán Rafael Chacón, from Pat Garrett to Harry Houdini and Kit Carson to Mabel Dodge Luhan. And say hello to 29 new speakers topics, from the history of nuclear weapons to the impact of the sunflower, from poetry to storytelling, from Hollywood spin to the borders of Aztlán, from the cultural mosaic of the Española Valley to the Apaches to the millennium. Whatever your group’s interests, you’ll find a sharp, engaging speaker or Chautauqua performer who – for the low price of $50 – will delight, inform, and leave lasting cultural impressions with your group. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE: turn the page to find booking steps and application form; the speakers and performers appear in the Guide alphabetically by their own names; turn to the Index at the end of the Guide to look up characters’ names like “Mabel Dodge Luhan” and various categories of programs like “New Mexico History” or “Storytelling.” “SB” means speaker; “CH” means Chautauquan. What are the humanities, and who is NMEH? We were created in 1972 as a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the people of New Mexico. Our mission: to deliver humanities programming to every corner of our state. Our programs address the ideas and meanings of life – our experiences of living in a multicultural society – through languages, literature, history, anthropology, philosophy, art history, comparative religions, and some aspects of law and social sciences. We overlap a lot with the arts, as in our new programs on photography and poetry. HOW DO I BOOK A PROGRAM? Any not-for-profit group can order up to six of our programs per calendar year. FIRST: Call the scholar and negotiate a date, place, and time (phone numbers and e-mail addresses listed in this Guide). SECOND: Make a photocopy of the “Program Application Form” (next page) and send it to NMEH with a check for $50.00 (our address is on the Application). Do this at least 30 days before your program date or as far in advance as you can. Money is tight and scholars get busy. THIRD: Advertise and promote your program to the general public as well as your membership. You need to have at least 20 people attend. The speaker or performer will supply you with photo and promotion kit. HOW TO RUN THE PROGRAM: We prefer to be associated with free programs, but you can charge a nominal entrance fee to help meet your expenses, but not to make any profit. (You cannot use our programs as fundraisers.) If the scholar is traveling to your site, we appreciate any help you can give on room and meals. All programs must have questions and discussion during or after the presentation. LAST: After the program, fill out the Evaluation Form we mailed to you (we can’t pay the speaker until you return the evaluation form to us.) Help us spread the word about our excellent, unique people and programs by reporting key images, impressions, and interactions that you and your audi- ence enjoyed. We need your reports to show legislators and other funders. SPECIAL NEEDS FOR CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAMS: Your master of ceremonies introduces the Chautauquan (“Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome First Lady Martha Washington!”) The performer talks as the character for about 45 minutes to an hour, using your podium or table, and slide projector or sound system, if needed. At the end of the character’s talk, we need you to help the audience address their questions to the Chautauquan in character – “And now President Roosevelt will take your questions.” This helps extend the spell of the character’s presence among us, willing to answer questions not only about his or her time period, but about our times, too. That's part of the fun! Then, when there are no more questions for the character, your MC invites the audience to ask the performer questions. Now the Chautauqua “time machine” experience is complete. PLEASE COPY THIS FORM SO THAT IT MAY BE REUSED HUMANITIES RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM APPLICATION THIS FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 30 WORKING DAYS BEFORE THE PROGRAM Please type or print clearly. Enclose check for $50.00 payable to: NMEH, 209 Oñate Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1213. Your Organization ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Program Director ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Phone –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mailing Address ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– City ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Zip Code –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Scholar ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Title of Presentation –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Date ––––––––––––––––––––––– Time ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Location of Program –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COST SHARE (DOLLAR EQUIVALENTS OF YOUR EFFORTS) A. Volunteer time spent on this program No. of volunteers x no. of hours x $10 = –––––––––––––––––– B. Expense funds: publicity, postage, rental, etc. = –––––––––––––––––– C. Services and materials contributed = –––––––––––––––––– D. Estimated cost of facilities = –––––––––––––––––– (if you had to rent on open market) E. Any other program expenses = –––––––––––––––––– F. TOTAL (A+B+C+D+E) = –––––––––––––––––– AS PROGRAM DIRECTOR, I agree to ensure that acknowledgment of NMEH funding will appear on all promotional materials and will be made at the program. I also agree to complete and return the evaluation form within ten days after the program. Failure to submit the evaluation will result in late honorarium payment to the scholar. BY SIGNING AND SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION, the authorizing official of the applicant organization is providing the applicable certifications regarding debarment and suspension, federal debt status and compliance with the nondiscrimination statutes, as set forth in the instructions for Certification. Signature ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– (OFFICE USE ONLY) Application Approved Application NOT Approved CCP# ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– MARILYN ADAMS SUSAN B. ANTHONY IN 1895 (CH) Born into a progressive Quaker family, Susan B. Anthony became the consummate symbol of feminism. Never before had there been a single, independent woman leader with no male to fall back on. This program begins on Anthony’s 75th birthday tour. Colorado had just joined Wyoming, Utah and Idaho in extending the vote to women. Anthony believed all human beings equal and entitled to justice; she fought for 50 years against the social restrictions that made women legally incompetent. A MINORITY OF MALES: MEN WHO STOOD WITH WOMEN FOR EQUALITY (SB) History has largely forgotten the heroic men who, braving the taunts and jeers of the male majority, believed that women should share in the responsibilities of government by being granted suffrage. They were willing to fight in tandem with women for justice and fairness in other areas as well: for health and safety concerns, for equal pay for equal work, for an end to the sexism that still pervades our society. Their stories need to be told, their words to be heard, their continued efforts for equality between the sexes to be admired and emulated. Marilyn Adams, a former English teacher, now researches women’s history, creating one-woman performances that dramatize the lives of 19th century women. 2 Manzano Lane,