2019 TOPIC | Our Rosenwald Schools & Their Teachers

March 23, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

1901 HARRISON COUNTY COURTHOUSE | 1 PETER WHETSTONE SQUARE
MARSHALL, TEXAS

FREE
thanks to a generous grant from THE JONESVILLE FOUNDATION

 -- PROGRAM --

Registration 9:45-10:00

10:00-10:45 Overview of Rosenwald Schools In Harrison County

        Speaker: Gerald Gibson

Mr. Gibson will take you on a virtual journey of his hunt for an existing Harrison County Rosenwald school on behalf of the
Harrison County Historical Commission

Mr. Gibson is a retired archivist who spent most of his career at the Library of Congress.

11:00-12:00 Teachers Of Rosenwald Schools: Their Stories

Speaker: Angela Fitzpatrick

Ms. Fitzpatrick will present research on women teachers
of Harrison County's Rosenwald schools.

Ms. Fitzpatrick is prinicipal of David Crockett Elementary School in Marshall.

Lunch Break

Lunch on your own at one of our great downtown restaurants

1:00-2:00 Women Preservationists in Action

The Pleasant Hill Quilting Group presents
“Secret Codes and Quilt Patterns of the Underground Railroad”

The Pleasant Hill Quilting Group of Linden, Texas meets weekly at the Pleasant Hill  Rosenwald School to quilt.  The two-room school was built in Cass County, Texas with funding from a Rosenwald grant in 1925 to serve the African American community.  It was in continuous operation until 1964.  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building is now used as a community center. Each quilt sewn by the club is sold to help cover the costs of maintaining the Pleasant Hill School.

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HOMETOWN HEROES

Honor your Harrison County family members who served our country by adding their service records  to our online exhibit--its free

ENTER HOMETOWN HEROES HERE

QUESTIONS? Call 903-935-8417 Ext. 1 or email info@harrisoncountymuseum.org

This project is partically funded through a grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Grant Number MA-05-10-0291-10 

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MARCH

12    BROWN BAG LUNCH* GENEALOGY WORKSHOP

TIME:  11:30-1

TOPIC:  Researching African American Genealogy

COST:  Free (Reservations preferred)

WHERE:  1901 Harrison County Courthouse | 2nd Floor Jury Room

Call 903-935-8417 x 1 for reservations or email hchminfo@gmail.com

An experienced researcher will lead the discussion & we will talk about your research with other researchers and share ideas.

*Bring your lunch and we'll have drinks.

                    

23    WOMEN IN EAST TEXAS HISTORY

                     Our first annual symposium featuring women who impacted
                East Texas.  It's FREE

                     TOPIC: ROSENWALD SCHOOLS OF HARRISON COUNTY & THEIR TEACHERS

MEMORIAL DAY-LABOR DAY

 We are a Blue Star Museum.  FREE to all military personnel & their families. We also include all veterans & their families at our musuem.

 

JUNE

24-28  HISTORY ROCKS! Summer Kids Day Camp

SEPTEMBER

21    SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM DAY

           We're joining thousands of museums across the nation to open our
           doors FREE.

OCTOBER

TBA    FALL LUNCH & LEARN SERIES

               Our poular lunch & learn series will be back this fall.