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March is Women's History Month
As the world celebrates International Women's Day today, and women's history in the month of March, the Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) invites the public to learn about the incredible contributions of Oklahoma women through a useful online resource. Visit the Women in Oklahoma History page on the OHS website to learn about women as trailblazers, creatives, pioneers, artists, journalists, aviators, tribal leaders, and so much more. The finding aid has a wide selection of online tools from publications to educational resources. Learn about the women who helped to shape the history of the state through articles, photographs, biographies, audio, video, online exhibits, and much more.
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LUNCH AND LEARN
"Who is Elmira Sauberan Smyrl Scott?"
On Thursday, March 9, at noon (Central Time), the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will hold a free virtual webinar entitled "Who is Elmira Sauberan Smyrl (Scott)?" presented by Sara Werneke and Kristina Wyckoff of SHPO.
Elmira Sauberan Smyrl (Scott) was a pioneering female architect and concrete construction specialist who got her master’s degree in agricultural engineering from Oklahoma A&M College (now Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater in 1955. Her master’s thesis project was the design of an agriculture-based living and educational group home for children who were judged delinquent with the hope of guiding them toward a better future. The culmination of this thesis project was the construction of the White Cloud Lodge on the Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch near Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma which was completed in 1966. This philanthropic project incorporated Smyrl’s belief that psychology should guide architecture and was the physical representation of her lifelong interest in the essential and thoughtful integration of geographical, environmental, and human-purpose design elements. Register for the webinar by clicking here.
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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Have a night on the town!
On Friday, March 10, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (CSRHC) will host “Museum After Dark: Night Tours” in the historic buildings in the Humphrey Heritage Village. Living history interpreters will entertain and educate visitors while sharing their unique, historical perspective of life in northwestern Oklahoma before statehood. Short vignettes from the CSRHC’s living history interpreters will occur at each stop in the village.
The CSRHC will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on March 10, with the special Night Tours starting at 7 p.m., with a new group starting every 20 minutes. The last group will begin at 9 p.m. While you are waiting for a Night Tour of the village, special guided tours of the CSRHC exhibit gallery are also available. Admission fees for Night Tours are a flat rate of $7 per person, and children ages five and under are free. Click here to secure time-slotted tickets available for presale. Walk-up tickets are not guaranteed.
Night Tours are a part of the monthly Museum After Dark event series, which is sponsored through the generosity of CSRHC's community partner, Park Avenue Thrift.
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FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH:
Save the date for the Farm-to-Table Festival
The Oklahoma History Center (OHC) will hold the Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival on Saturday, March 18, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. This FREE, community-wide fair highlights historic and modern farm life to demonstrate how food and household items travel from their sources to our homes. Families will experience perspectives from colonial America to the modern day with hands-on activities for visitors of all ages. Admission is free to the public, and the event will be held primarily outdoors on the OHC grounds. The OHC is located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr. in Oklahoma City. Mark your calendar for this free, family-friendly event—only 10 days away!
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LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK?
Three monthly sewing groups for all skill levels
The Carriage House Sit and Sew held at the Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion is a free monthly event for makers and crafters of all kinds and all skill levels. Participants are encouraged to bring their supplies and projects to sew and create in a historic setting. The group will meet on March 18, April 15, May 13, and June 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Click here to learn more about participating in this program.
The Fort Towson Historic Site holds a free Second Saturday Sewing Circle group every month from 1 to 3 p.m. This circle encourages participants of all skill levels to learn more about sewing and historic domestic skills that were so much a part of the fort’s history. Demonstrations and the observation of experienced guests naturally provide guidance for beginners. Participants are encouraged to bring their own modern or historic projects, or purchase kits from the site’s gift shop.
The Quilting workshop with Martha Ray meets on the second Saturday of each month from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sod House Museum at a cost of $5 per person. Martha Ray teaches how to create appliqué designs, traditional block patterns, original designs, crazy quilts, landscape designs, and paper piecing. Tickets are now on sale for only $2 each to win a patriotic quilt throw made by workshop participants at the July 8 meeting of the Sod House's Quilting workshop. Visit the museum today to purchase your chance of winning this handmade work of art!
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Click event listings below for more information.
8 - Gardens on Blue Hawk Peak gardening group meeting, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
9 - “Lunch and Learn: Who is Elmira Sauberan Smyrl Scott?” presentation by Sara Werneke (VIRTUAL), State Historic Preservation Office, Oklahoma City
10 - Museum After Dark: Liquid History, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
10–11 - “Early 19th-Century Trading” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
11 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
11 - Te Ata (2016) film screening, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
11 - Second Saturday Sewing Circle, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
13–17 - Spring Break Activities, Will Rogers Memorial Museum and Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Claremore and Oologah
16 - Oklahoma Historical Society Executive Committee meeting, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
16 - Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined exhibit closes, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
16 - Story Time at Hunter’s Home, Hunter's Home, Park Hill
17 - Mid-Afternoon Frolic Talent Show, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
18 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class and lecture, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
18 - Poultry workshop, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
18 - Carriage House Sit and Sew, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
18 - Oklahoma Farm-to-Table Festival, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
18 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
18 - Kids Make History, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
18 - Nature Journaling class, Hunter’s Home, Park Hill
23 - 2023 Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
24 - "History and Hops: Oklahoma's Tiny Jails (Calabooses) Survey" presentation by Matt Pearce and Mike Mayes, Henry and Anna Overholser Mansion, Oklahoma City
24–25 - “School of the Soldier” living history program, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
25 - Chuck Wagon Gathering, Chisholm Trail Museum and Horizon Hill, Kingfisher
25 - Modern Soapmaking workshop, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
25 - Hands-On Historic Skills, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
28 - Frozen in Time: A Photographic History of Northwestern Oklahoma exhibit opens, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
29 - Vietnam War–era Veterans Commemoration Ceremony, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
31 - Movie Night featuring Will Rogers in They Had to See Paris (1929), Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
31 - #ExploreOHS Travel Contest concludes, OHS museums and historic sites, statewide
1 - Hammered Aluminum Ware exhibit opens, Fred and Addie Drummond Home, Hominy
1 - Museum OKademy volunteer training class and lecture, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
1 - Introduction to Basketry: Create a Woven Tote class, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
1 - Spring Bake Day, Fort Gibson Historic Site, Fort Gibson
1 - History Alive! on the Cherokee Strip, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
7 -“Museum After Dark: Liquid History” and Frozen in Time: A Photographic History of Northwestern Oklahoma exhibit opening, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Enid
8 - A. Day's Work art exhibit opens, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Guthrie
8 - Quilting workshop with Martha Ray, Sod House Museum, Aline
8 - Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
8 - Easter Egg Hunt, Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore
8 - Embroidered Patches workshop, Oklahoma History Center, Oklahoma City
8 - Second Saturday Sewing Circle, Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson
9 - Sunrise Service, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee
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Partially colorized photograph of Kate Barnard from a "souvenir of the first Oklahoma Legislature presented by Miss Kate Barnard, state commissioner of charities and corrections," c. 1907 (16802, Oklahoma Historical Society Photograph Collection, OHS). |
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