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Table of Contents:
1. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
AND CONFERENCES
Scholarships to NPI-Sponsored Seminars
Women and
the Civil War Conference
Theatre
in Museums Workshop
PastPerfect Workshop Canceled
2. PROGRAMS
Teddy
Bear Picnic Program Cancelled
Whodunit?
Late Night Genealogy: Taking Care of
Loose Ends
Discussion of “
Everyone
Has a Story
3. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Elder G.
Hawkins Foundation Grants Fund Preservation of African-American Arts and Culture
American
Heritage Home Trust Supports Rehabilitation of Historic Home
4. HELP
HR Staff
Needed for Panel at 2008 AAM Conference
5. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEWS
The
Midwest
6. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Museum
Educator, Southwestern
Director,
7. SAVE THE DATE!
Heritage
Days
AMM-MMA
Joint Conference
National
Preservation Conference
8. ON THE INTERNET
Federal
Grants
AAM
Professional Education Schedule
9. ORPHANS CORNER
“A
Brief History of
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1. TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
AND CONFERENCES
Scholarships to
NPI-Sponsored Seminars
Scholarships for stewardship
training in historic preservation are available to individuals and
organizations from the National Preservation Institute to attend NPI-sponsored
seminars to will be held across the country through December 2007. Scholarship
information, seminar schedules and topics are available at www.npi.org
<www.npi.org>.
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Women and the Civil War
Conference
The Society of Women and the
Civil War is holding its 9th conference on Women and the Civil War, July 27–29,
in
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Theatre in Museums Workshop
The 21st annual Theatre in
Museums workshop will beheld at The Children’s
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PastPerfect Workshop Canceled
The PastPerfect Workshop at
the Indiana Historical Society, August 14-16, has been canceled. Another
workshop will be scheduled in 2008.
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2. PROGRAMS
Please confirm events
specifics with sponsoring organization, especially if traveling any distance
Teddy Bear Picnic Program
Cancelled
The Johnson County Museum of
History, 135 North Main Street, Franklin, must regretfully cancel the Teddy
Bear Picnic program scheduled for Saturday, July 7, due to lack of
participation. The museum will contact those who have registered for the
program to refund ticket purchase. For more information, please call
317-346-4500.
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Whodunit?
Friday, July 13, will be
unlucky for someone at the Morris-Butler House, when murder disrupts an elegant
dinner party. Come for dinner and a tour and stay to solve the mystery. 6–8
p.m. $50, $40 HFLI members. Reservations required.
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Late Night Genealogy-Taking
Care of Loose Ends
The Genealogy and Local
History Library will be open extended hours, 6 p.m. until midnight on Friday,
July 27th. This is a great time to concentrate on the many small-unfinished
"loose ends" of your family history project. Volunteers will be
available to help you with your questions. Enjoy a tour of the Genealogy
Collection at 6:30 p.m. and take advantage of our genealogist on call from
7:30–9 p.m. Betty Warren, certified genealogist, will answer your genealogy
research questions.
Call to reserve an
appointment time, free to those attending the Late Night hours. Late-night
snacks will be offered to give you strength to research until midnight! Call
The Johnson County Museum of History at 317-346-4500 for more information and
to register for the genealogist on call.
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Discussion of “
Sara Vaughn Gabbard, editor
of The Lincoln Museum’s magazine “Lincoln Lore,” and Harold Holzer, the senior
Vice President for external affairs at the Metropolitan Museum or Art and
author/editor of numerous books about the 16th President, have co-edited a new
Lincoln book, “Lincoln and Freedom: Slavery, Emancipation and the Thirteenth
Amendment,” with a forward by Joan Flinspach, President/CEO of The Lincoln
Museum. Gabbard and Holzer will give a presentation and discuss the book at The
Lincoln Museum Saturday, August 25, at 7 p.m. Museum members are admitted free
of charge; general admission is $4.99; senior admission is $3.99. Books
are available for purchase at The Lincoln Museum store or online at
www.TheLincolnMuseum.org <www.TheLincolnMuseum.org>as soon as it is
available.
“
The
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Everyone Has a Story
StoryCorps, a national
initiative to document everyday history and the unique stories of
At the MobleBooth, people
participate in pairs, and one interviews the other. A trained facilitator
guides the participants through the interview process and handles the technical
aspects of the recording. At the end of a 40-minute session, the participants
walk away with a cd of their interview. With their permission, a second copy
will be sent to the
StoryCorps is a project of
Sound Portraits Productions in partnership with the National Public Radio and
the
This story was reprinted
from the “WFYI Members Magazine”.
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3. FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Elder G. Hawkins Foundation
Grants Fund Preservation of African-American Arts and Culture
The Elder G. Hawkins
Foundation, Inc. is offering grants ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 for
nonprofit arts organizations working to preserve African-American arts and
culture through youth education and community outreach programs. Visit
http://wwwleghf.org <http://wwwleghf.org> for more information.
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American Heritage Home Trust
Supports Rehabilitation of Historic Home
The American Heritage Home
Trust is offering a grant of $5,000 for the rehabilitation of a historic home
in the
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4. HELP
HR Staff Needed for Panel at
2008 AAM Conference
Tamara Hemmerlein is looking
for individuals who would be willing to participate in a panel on human
resources for small museums at the 2008 AAM conference.
Directors of small museums
are very often the individuals responsible for hiring, firing and conflict
resolution at their institutions. Most don't have HR training and are working
with small staff numbers in smallish physical spaces. The panel would focus on
the issues faced and solutions for overcoming ticklish situations.
If you are interested,
please contact Tamara Hemmerlein, Executive Director, Montgomery County
Historical Society (
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5. ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NEWS
The
The Chicago Tribune has
named “Lincoln Lore,” the quarterly magazine published by The Lincoln Museum in
Members of The Lincoln
Museum receive a quarterly copy of “Lincoln Lore.” For more information about
membership and its benefits, call 260-455-3864 or visit
www.TheLincolnMuseum.org <www.TheLincolnMuseum.org>. Individual issues of
the magazine are available in the museum store for $5.95 per issue.
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Midwest
The Midwest Museum of
Contemporary Art (MiCo) will set up shop at
Jeremy Efroymson will act as
the museum’s executive director, and Mary Lee Pappas will serve as associate
director. The museum is scheduled to be ready by September.
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6. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Museum Educator,
Southwestern
Applications received by
July 9, 2007 will be given full consideration. Interested applicants should
send a cover letter stating desired position, resume, the names of three
references and a completed SMC application to:
Employment at SMC
Southwestern
To download the SMC
application, visit http://www.swmich.edu < http://www.swmich.edu>.
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Director,
DESCRIPTION AND
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The
Reporting to the Associate
Dean for Special Collections and Digital Programs, the director of the
QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED):
QUALIFICATIONS (Desired):
SALARY and BENEFITS:
Salary commensurate with
qualifications and experience. Tenure track, 12-month appointment, 22 days
annual leave, TIAA/CREF, Fidelity and Twentieth Century Annuity plans.
LIBRARY:
Located in the beautiful
bluegrass region of central
Contact Info:
To apply for Job #SP5173000,
submit a UK Online Application at: http://www.uky.edu/HR/UKjobs/
<http://www.uky.edu/HR/UKjobs/>
Phone: HR/Employment
(859)257-9555, press 2
Email: ukjobs@email.uky.edu
<ukjobs@email.uky.edu>
Website: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries
<http://www.uky.edu/Libraries>
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7. SAVE THE DATE!
Heritage Days
Heritage Days will be held
in Miami County August 24-25.
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AMM-MMA Joint Conference
The joint conference between
the Association of Midwest Museums (AMM and the Michigan Museums Association
(MMA) is scheduled for September 25-28, 2007.
More information can be
found by emailing midwestmuseums@aol.com
<midwestmuseums@aol.com>.
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National Preservation
Conference
The National Preservation
Conference is scheduled for October 2-6, 2007 in
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8. ON THE INTERNET
Federal Grants
There is now a central
website for researching and applying for federal grants. Visit Grants.gov
<Grants.gov>, now the sole Web portal where federal government agencies
post funding opportunities.
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The 2007
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AAM Professional Education
Schedule
The 2007 American
Association of Museums Professional Education schedule can be found at
www.aam-us.org <www.aam-us.org>.
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9. ORPHANS CORNER
“A Brief History of
The Indiana Historical
Society is offering the following book/booklet to any individual or
organization: “A Brief History of Indiana”, by Donald F. Carmony and Howard H.
Peckham, Indiana Historical Bureau:
The book will be given to
the first individual requesting it. The Indiana Historical Society will mail
the book to the recipient.
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If your historical
organization, genealogical society or museum has changed its address or phone
number in the past six months, please send the updated information to
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