FEBRUARY 2007

• March 9, 2007 Heritage News Harrison County’s Walk of Fame, a newsletter of the Harrison County Historical Museum new exhibit opening (see p.2) TO VISIT MARSHALL MARCH 9, 2007

The Harrison County Historical Museum wel- • March 24, 2007 comes BILL MOYERS to several events on Friday, Irish Festival at March 9, 2007. These will benefit the Museum as Museum — 10:30 we prepare to move our main exhibits back to the Parade, 11-to-1:30 renovated County Courthouse. Purchase your tick- Lunch & Fun ets on line at www.HarrisonCountyMuseum.org and pick them up at the door, or stop by the Museum or the Chamber of Commerce to purchase them. • New Website: The activities start at 10 am at the Museum (in www.harrison the Ginocchio on N. Washington) where Bill Moy- countymuseum.org ers will be cutting the ribbon to open a new exhibit: Buy tickets on line!! Harrison County’s Walk of Fame. Then he will of- fer to sign his latest book for you. This event is free to the public. PHOTO right: Bill Moyers—1974 MOYERS’ Friday evening there are two fundraisers for the Schedule: Harrison County Historical Museum. The first is at the Civic Center Auditorium at 6:30 pm. Entrance is Friday March 9 $10 for adults and $5 for students. 10:00 am— The second event, a “Reception with Bill Moyers” will be held at The Marshall, Museum Ribbon- downtown. The $50 ticket for this event will also cover the Civic Center event. The Re- cutting “Notable ception will start at 8:00 pm. East Texans” Bill Moyers’ resume highlights: He was born in Marshall, worked as a reporter for the Mar- 10:30-Book signing shall News Messenger, and won a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. He helped start the Peace Corps, working first as Associate Director of Public Affairs in 1961, 6:30 pm— then as Deputy Director in 1962-63. He served as special assistant to President Johnson from Civic Center 1963-67, playing a key role in Great Society legislation and planning the 1964 election campaign. “An Evening with He was White House Press Secretary for almost 2 years. Bill Moyers” $10- Moyers was publisher for the Long Island daily Newsday from 1967 to 1970. Then he hosted the PBS news program “Bill Moyers Journal” from 1971-75 and from 1977-81. He also worked for Adults, $5-Students CBS as editor and chief correspondent for CBS Reports from 1976-1980, then senior analyst and commentator for CBS Evening News with Dan Rather from 1981-86. 8:00 pm— In 1986 Moyers and his wife Judith Davidson Moyers formed Public Affairs Television and The Marshall produced the popular PBS series Joseph Campbell and . Moyers hosted the TV “Reception with news journal “NOW with Bill Moyers” on PBS for three years. Moyers received the Lifetime Bill Moyers” $50 Emmy in 2006 and has received over thirty Emmys for various projects. In 2006, he edited a series for PBS called "Moyers on America". The programs included "Capitol Crimes," "Is God Green?" and "The Net at Risk". BILL MOYERS Quotes Harrison County’s Walk of PAGE 2 From "Moyers on Amer- Fame—Ribbon-Cutting March 9 at 10 am ica: A Journalist and by Bill Moyers His Time” Fifty-three years ago, on The museum has several students from East Baptist my sixteenth birthday, I University participating in our next exhibit, Harrison went to work for the County’s Walk of Fame. This is a special project for daily newspaper in the students to produce an exhibit on various persons, 1840 to small East Texas town the present, from Harrison County. where I grew up. It was Students will conduct photo research in the museum, a good place to be a cub write text labels for artifacts and write section panels for the exhibit displays. reporter — small enough to navigate but This project was made possible by board member Ben big enough to keep me Z. Grant and Professor Jerry Hopkins of ETBU. The ex- busy and learning some- hibit will open with thing every day. I soon a ribbon cutting by had a stroke of luck. Bill Moyers at Some of the old timers 10:00 am on March th were on vacation or out 9 . We hope you sick and I got assigned to cover what came to be known as will stop by and the Housewives’ Rebellion. Fifteen women in my home- see the hard work town decided not to pay the Social Security withholding of these students. tax for their domestic workers. They argued that Social Security was unconstitutional, that imposing it was taxa- tion without representation, and that — here’s my favorite part — “requiring us to collect the tax is no different from Claudia “Lady requiring us to collect the garbage.” Bird” Taylor The stories I wrote for my local paper were picked Johnson, one of up and moved on the Associated Press wire. One day, the the many photos managing editor called me over and pointed to the AP featured in the ticker beside his desk. Moving across was a no- museum’s next tice citing one Bill Moyers and the paper for the reporting exhibit we had done on the “Rebellion.” I was hooked!

BILL O’NEAL PRESENTS “War in East Texas: Regulators vs. Moderators” Anna Lane welcomes Bill O’Neal to the book signing Novem- ber 10. The Harrison County His- torical Commission and Friends of a Public Library sponsored the event. An overflow crowd enjoyed Bill O’Neal’s talk about the earliest years of Harrison, Panola and Shelby Counties. The book is available at the Mu- seum and Bill O’Neal will return to Marshall soon for a book signing at the Museum. You won’t want to miss his talk about his book! THE MUSEUM NEEDS YOU! PAGE 3

The Museum has many wonderful volunteer opportunities for our members and friends.

The Collections Committee needs volunteers to assist in the documentation and preservation of artifacts. A handbook and training is available.

Volunteers for the Exhibits Committee will assist with the research, design and installation of ex- hibits for the Harrison County Historical Mu- seum. If you would like to serve on these com- mittees, please contact Peggy Riddle at (214) 826-2420.

The Library/Research Committee needs volun- teers to help with the documentation and pres- ervation of books, documents and historical photographs. They need people to assist with research inquiries. The Library receives re- search requests from around the United States and abroad. Contact Bob Graves at (903) 938- Library volunteer Ruth Briggs and Bob Graves, 2680 if you would like to help. Library Committee Chair assist a volunteer.

Have some free time? Volunteers are always needed for a the museum. Call (903) 938-2680.

Education volunteers plan The Membership committee If you enjoy fixing things around and execute programs on works to increase membership the house, the Facilities commit- the rich heritage of Harri- of the corporation, maintain tee is for you! This committee son County. One of the records of the membership, reviews and recommends poli- special events for this com- recommend grants for projects cies and procedures necessary to mittee is to plan, promote and programs, prepare pro- maintain museum standards for and coordinate with local posals on behalf of the corpo- the artifacts and archival materi- schools the History Fair. ration, and provide oversight als in all facilities that house our of capital projects. collections.

YES! Sign me up as a volunteer. (Check committees you want to help.)

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As we plan for our new home at the restored YES! I want to help support the NEW museum. old Courthouse, we hope you will remember the museum with a gift. This may be in the Enclosed is my gift in the amount of $______form of a check, stocks or property. As we move forward with our NEW Harrison County Historical Museum, we will need your support Name______more than ever.

We must prepare our fragile historical arti- Address______facts for exhibition in the restored 1901 Harri- son County Courthouse and the restored 1928 Marshall City Hall. This requires research and City______State_____Zipcode______proper conservation. A gift to our NEW Mu- seum project will go towards a grant received from the Summerlee Foundation in Dallas. Phone ______Please complete the form and mail your gift today. For additional information, please con- tact Martha Robb, Development Committee Email______Chair at (903) 938 –2680.

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