Fri Oct 25, 2024
12:00 - 5:00 pm

The 15th Annual Fred Harvey History Weekend in New Mexico takes place October 24th-28th.

Don’t miss your chance to:

• Attend engaging Harvey History Talks at the New Mexico History Museum (or online) on Friday and Saturday afternoons, October 25th & 26th.
• Enjoy a historically delicious Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner & Auction at the La Fonda Hotel Ballroom on: Saturday night, October 26th.
• Participate in other exciting events throughout the weekend.

Net proceeds benefit the New Mexico History Museum, specifically projects concerning Fred Harvey, the Santa Fe Railway, and the cultural, culinary, architectural, and economic history of the Southwest.

Friday, Oct. 25 NMHM Lecture Schedule:

11:30am-Doors open for pre-ticketed check-ins and seating

                 (All seats must be pre-reserved. No tickets will be sold at the door)

                  Bottled water only-No food or other beverages allowed.

12:00 Introduction by Meredith Schweitzer

12:10: #Fred15 A mini documentary by Katrina Parks

12:30: The Harvey Revival and 15 Years of FredHeadery, lecture by author Stephen Fried marking the 15th year of Fred Harvey History programming in Santa Fe, the 50th anniversary of the revival of interest in all things Harvey, and the 150th anniversary of the beginning of Fred’s railroad restaurant and hotel empire. Will include previously unknown material from the late J. Stewart Harvey, Jr. and Byron Harvey III.

Followed by a conversation with Harvey Weekend founders Fran Levine, Jenny Kimball, Meredith Schweitzer, Katrina Parks, Daggett Harvey, Jr. and others.

2:00 pm: Wimmer Prize presentation, Kathleen Dull (NMHM), and update on the Fred Harvey online research tools from the Chavez Library site.

2:30: break

2:45: Our Aunt Mary Colter: Reminiscences and Never-Before-Seen Collectibles from the Legendary Fred Harvey Designer’s “Second Family” in Minnesota, the Larkins: Q&A with Smithsonian docent Lindsay McAuliffe (in-person) and her sister Lucy Noonan (via zoom), granddaughters of Lou and Arthur Larkin, in whose Minneapolis home Mary Colter spent her summers. Lou Larkin and daughter Martha Larkin Noonan travelled to Santa Fe after Colter’s death to take care of her house and estate. First look at the pieces Colter gave the family during her life and left them in her will, and new Colter correspondence. Followed by a dialogue with Colter experts architect Barbara Felix, Allan Affeldt, and Matt Kluge.

4:00 How the Santa Fe Reading Rooms and the Harvey Book Business Taught the West to Read Suzanne Stauffer, professor emerita LSU on the ATSF Reading Rooms, the FH book business, and their impact on American literature and women’s education (based on her 2023 paper “Correct Provisions can be Made for Their Wants: The Reading Rooms of the Santa Fe Railroad”)

5:00pm Firm Exit

Reserve your seats! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2024-tickets-919703155897

• Tickets to the Harvey History Talks and Foodie Dinner & Auction are available on Eventbrite.
• In-person lecture tickets: $50 (guaranteed seat for both days)
• Online lecture tickets: $25 (includes recordings of the talks)
• Foodie Dinner & Auction: $150 (includes cocktail hour, four-course dinner, Mimbreno China gift)
• Sponsorship packages are also available here. https://www.museumfoundation.org/harvey-weekend/
• Full schedule and reservation information for bonus activities will be posted by Labor Day.

Event Sponsors:

• Corporate sponsor: La Fonda on the Plaza
• Major private donors: Susan and Thomas Kevin Golden
• Mimbreno dinner gifts: HF Coors
• Foodie Dinner wines: Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits
• Special auction items: Bronzesmith Fine Art Gallery and Foundry
• Historical donations and inspiration: La Posada & Hotel Castaneda

Questions? Email: schweitzermeredith@gmail.com

Image Credit: Chef Konrad serving New Mexican food, La Fonda, Santa Fe, New Mexico, circa, 1930-1945. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Courtesy New Mexico History Museum, Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), Neg. No. 055607.