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www.louisvillehistoryfoundation.org. Please make any checks payable to the Louisville History Foundation, Inc. Oral History Program Update 1 Thank you so much to the following people for allowing the Museum to interview them about their memories of Louisville! (As a token of our appreciation, a complimentary annual membership is given to each participant who is not already a lifetime member.) Darlieen Del Pizzo Robert Del Pizzo Also thank you so much to the team of volunteers who have been working on the Museum's Oral History Program: Barbara Gigone, Ady Kupfner, Jean Morgan, Noelle Gatto, David Kuykendall, Dustin Sagrillo, Diane Marino, Corrine Stewart, Barbara Hesson, and Claudia Lund If you'd like to help with this fun program, we have a need for more volunteer interviewers and camera operators as well as volunteers to transcribe the interviews. Training will be provided. Please contact the Historical Museum! Louisville History Book Club By Anne Robinson, Historical Commission Member The History Book Club meets from 6:00 to 7:45 PM on the second Wednesday of each month from September to May in the second floor Board Room of the Louisville Public Library. Unlike most book clubs in which members all read the same book, in this book club we select a topic and everyone reads what they wish on the topic. Participants read books or articles and we discuss what we learned with the group. Members of the public are welcome to join us, and newcomers should feel free to come and observe. September Topic: Reader's Choice on a Small Colorado Town Wednesday, September 9, 2015 October Topic: Battle of Little Bighorn Wednesday, October 14, 2015 November Topic: Contested Plains by Elliott Smith Wednesday, November 11, 2015 December Topic: Santos in New Mexican and Colorado Hispanic Culture Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Upcoming Historical Programs The public is invited to join us for our upcoming historical programs! For more information, please visit www.louisville-library.org; email museum@louisvilleco.gov; or call the Museum at 303- 665-9048. "Louisville's Neighborhood High School," Thursday, September 3, Noon to 1 PM For this Brown Bag presentation, Museum Coordinator Bridget Bacon will share photos and the history of the former Louisville High School building located at Garfield & Walnut in Old Town Louisville. From 1920 to 1939, junior high and high school students attended this school, and it was during this period that they became known as the "Pirates." Participants are welcome to bring their lunches. Location: first floor meeting room of the Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce Street. First Friday Art Walk Events at the Museum, Monthly through October Come listen to 15-minute chats about topics from Louisville history, next to the replica of original downtown Louisville at the Museum from 6 PM to 8 PM during the First Friday Art Walks! These chats will be repeated regularly during the two hours. • Friday, September 4: "Louisville Parades in Old Photos" — In anticipation of the Labor Day weekend, we'll look at a sampling of the parade photos from downtown Louisville that are in the collection of the Museum. • Friday, October 2: "Murders and Other Crimes in Downtown Louisville" — we'll talk about the crimes that were specific to Louisville's active saloon culture as well as other wrongdoing. Walking Tour, "Main Street Stories," Saturday, August 29, 9:30 AM Anne Robinson will reprise her fun tour covering the development of Louisville's Main Street. It leaves at 9:30 a.m. from the front steps of the Louisville Public Library, 951 Spruce Street. Suggested donation: $5 per person. Walking Tour of Louisville's Miners Field Neighborhood, Saturday, Sept. 12, 9:30 AM As a follow-up to last year's Little Italy tour, Diane Marino leads this tour of the neighborhood of small homes around the historic local ball park off Highway 6