Join us here at noon on Wednesday, March 2, to hear Scott Andrews speak about the Wisdom Archive and share some video excerpts from the archive which looks to preserve New Mexico’s vanishing cultural traditions.
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1st Wednesday Lecture: Hoofbeats Through History
This month, Cynthia Culbertson joins us to share the unique history of the horse in New Mexico.
When we think of New Mexico history we sometimes forget that the humans in the narrative have often been dependent on their equine companions. The influence of New Mexico on the history of the horse in the Americas is both fascinating and profound. From the pre-historic ancestors of the horse found here millions of years ago, the first horse breeding and racing in the Americas, the introduction of the horse to Native Americans and the subsequent development of some of the greatest horse cultures in history, New Mexico is arguably the most significant state when it comes to the history of the horse in the U.S. A horse lover since birth, Cynthia Culbertson is proud to have served as a consultant for multiple museum exhibitions featuring horses. She served as co-curator of an exhibition at the International Museum of the Horse featuring artifacts from 27 museums around the world, including such prestigious institutions as the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She has also served as a consultant for the equine components of many other projects, including a UNESCO World Heritage museum. Cynthia is the author of several books on the subject of Arabian horses and is a regular contributor to international equine media. She has been a lecturer in more than ten countries and has scripted and narrated multiple educational videos, including a New York Times Vision Award recipient. Friends of History is a volunteer support group for the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its mission is to raise funds and public awareness for the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Friends of History fulfills its mission by offering high quality public history programs, including the First Wednesday Lecture Series. For more information, or to join the Friends of History, go to friendsofhistorynm.org
Watch Live: Royal A. Prentice: Pioneering Archeaologist in Eastern New Mexico
Watch this month’s Friends of History 1st Lecture right here today at 12pm Mountain time. More information on the talk can be found here.
1st Weds Lecture – Royal A. Prentice: Pioneering Archaeologist in Eastern New Mexico
Neg. 006017. Palace of the Governors Photo Archives, New Mexico History Museum
| Photographer and former Rough Rider, Royal A. Prentice was also an early volunteer who contributed valuable archeological information to the Museum of New Mexico. The live presentation can be seen on YouTube and via Zoom. Richard Ford, Allison Colborne, and Gary Hein have undertaken a study of Royal A. Prentice, an early volunteer who contributed valuable archaeological information to the Museum of New Mexico in the first three decades of the 20th century. Although he published several useful research papers during those years in El Palacio, the quarterly magazine of the Museum of New Mexico, Prentice remains generally unknown today. The presentation will provide an overview of his life focusing on his archaeological research, stressing that the value of this work has earned him a well-deserved place in the history of New Mexico archaeology. Our speakers for this event are: Richard I. Ford Arthur F. Thurnau, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Botany, University of Michigan Research Associate, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Allison Colborne Librarian, Laboratory of Anthropology, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Gary Hein Volunteer, Office of Archaeological Studies and Rock Art Rock Art Council Member, Archaeological Society of New Mexico This is the latest in the Friends of History monthly lecture series and is presented in collaboration with the Friends of Archaeology. Several of Royal A. Prentice’s photographs are currently on exhibit in our Working on the Railroad Exhibition which remains open until October of 2021. You can also visit the exhibition from home via the Virtual Version . You can view all of Prentice’s photographs in our digital collections portal. Friends of History is a volunteer support group for the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its mission is to raise funds and public awareness for the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Friends of History fulfills its mission by offering high quality public history programs, including the First Wednesday Lecture Series. For more information, or to join the Friends of History, go to friendsofhistorynm.org |
1st Wednesday Lecture Happening today at 12pm.
Our monthly history lecture presented by the Friends of History will be starting in little over an hour. Colin G. Calloway from Dartmouth will be speaking on the 1779 smallpox epidemic that devastated tribes throughout Western North America.
1st Wednesday Lecture – Dave DeWitt: Chile Peppers: A Global History
Dave DeWitt joined us for January’s Friends of History 1st Wednesday Lecture to discuss how he earned the name “Pope of Peppers” and his new book that charts the spread of chile peppers throughout the world.
The Museum’s Friends of History group organizes a monthly lecture on New Mexico history by a historian, held on the the first Wednesday of each month. Informative/Promotional Text we are adding to FoH related online postings/Lecture descriptions: Friends of History is a volunteer support group for the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its mission is to raise funds and public awareness for the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Friends of History fulfills its mission by offering high quality public history programs, including the First Wednesday Lecture Series. For more information, or to join the Friends of History, go to friendsofhistorynm.org
Dec 2, 2020, the next Friends of History 1st Weds Lecture: Cathleen Cahill presents Recasting the Vote.
Join us December 2nd at 12pm (MST) on our Youtube channel for December’s 1st Wednesday Lecture.
Will be joined by Dr. Cathleen Cahill, Associate Professor of History at Penn State University. Professor Cahill will tell the powerful stories of a multiracial group of activists who propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights. Most suffrage stories are centered in the East and the Southwest as an afterthought at best. But Cahill asks what happens when we refocus the lens to center the stories in NM and the wider region? This talk reveals that suddenly our suffrage history is more diverse and more complicated than we anticipated. She will especially focus on New Mexico by exploring the important role of Spanish-speaking suffragists, the activism of African American women, and the debate over the Native American right to vote. With suffragists of color in the foreground, Cahill will recast the suffrage movement as an unfinished struggle that extended beyond the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.
Cathleen D. Cahill, PHD is associate professor of history at Penn State University and the author of Federal Fathers and Mothers: A Social History of the United States Indian Service, 1869–1933, winner of the 2011 Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award and finalist for the 2012 David J. Weber-Clements Prize, Western History Association.
Friends of History is a volunteer support group for the New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Its mission is to raise funds and public awareness for the Museum’s exhibitions and programs. Friends of History fulfills its mission by offering high quality public history programs, including the First Wednesday Lecture Series. For more information, or to join the Friends of History, go to friends-of-history.org
You can find a playlist of previous 1st Wednesday Lectures on our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/nmmuseum and also on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NewMexicoHistoryMuseum