Historical Commission Agenda and Packet 2011 03 16

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Memorandum To:Historical Commission From:Bridget Bacon, Museum Coordinator Date:March 8, 2011 Re:Museum Coordinator’s Report Mary Kay Knorr, Debby Fahey, Sally Burlingame, and Jean Morganrepresented the Museum at st theANFRM Volunteer Group meetinghosted by Four Mile Historic Park on Feb. 21. It has been determined that we needto continue to have the Holiday Home Tour on hiatusuntil a time when there are more available City staff hours available for helping to organize the Tour, including in 2011. I have been assisting a local author who is writing a book about Louisville by providing historical information as well asimagesfrom the Museum’s collection. More information about the book will be forthcoming. The Winter 2011 issue of the Louisville Historianwas mailed in February. Mary Jane Bradbury will portray suffragist, pacifist, and Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin at th the Library on Thursday, March 24at 7 PM in recognition of Women’s History Month. The next History Book Club topic is “Saloons and the West.” The next meeting, organized by thnd Anne Robinson,is scheduled for Wednesday, April 6at 6:30 PM in the Board Room on the 2 floor of the Library. The volunteer interviewers and camera operators for the Oral History Program have started to view some of the interviews, and doing so has been a very worthwhile and educational effort. Iamhosting a bimonthly brown bag lunch and discussion of localhistory at the Library in 2011. The secondbrown bag is scheduled for 12:00 to 1:00 on Tuesday, April 5th, with the topic “Main Street Louisville” and featuring historical photos from the Museum’s collection. th Beth Barrett’s program on historic theaters in Colorado is scheduled for Wednesday, May 4at 7 PM at the Library. The City Council’s study session with the Historical Commission has been tentatively scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, June 14. Museum Visitors Report(these statistics represent visits to the Museum itself, andnot inquiries that come in by email or phone): Februaryvisitors: 53; YTD visitors: 112. (Note: the Museum was closed on one of its five public days in February due to the installation of the fire detection system.)