{"id":167,"date":"2012-10-18T21:01:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T21:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwhistorians.org\/guild\/?p=167"},"modified":"2012-11-05T04:01:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T04:01:45","slug":"septemberoctober-2012-pnhg-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnwhistorians.org\/guild\/index.php\/septemberoctober-2012-pnhg-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"September\/October 2012 Guild Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SEPTEMBER\/ OCTOBER 2012<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>
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\n<\/strong>Sunday October 7, 2012<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our programs for the new season will begin with a doubleheader on the 7th and the 9th of October.\u00a0 We should also mention that the speaker schedule will not be as regular as in the past.\u00a0 Some events will be at the Central Library, some at MOHAI on Lake Union and if there are scheduling difficulties, perhaps some at the Northeast Library branch.\u00a0 Please read your newsletters carefully.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 7th Doug Adams will talk about his apprenticeship aboard a fishing vessel sailing out of Seattle.\u00a0 It is his story of coming of age as told in\u00a0Four Thousand Hooks starting with a 16 year old boy at the wheel of a sinking fishing schooner.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>The book was recently published by the UW Press and there will be copies available for purchase.\u00a0 The program is co-sponsored by Special Collections at the Seattle Public Library and the Guild and takes place in the Microsoft Auditorium at 1 pm.\u00a0 Parking is available in the building on Sunday for $6.<\/p>\n

Tuesday October 9, 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Those who attend on Sunday will be interested in hearing Vaughn Sherman whose account of J. Holger Christensen life is told in\u00a0Sea Travel: Memoirs of a\u00a0 20th Century Master Mariner.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>His too is an active life on the high seas.\u00a0 The program will in Room 1 on the 4th Level of the Central Library beginning at 6pm.\u00a0 Copies, as above, will be available.\u00a0 The program is jointly sponsored by the Guild and Special Collections.<\/p>\n

Guild Board<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The board has added three new members.\u00a0 Paula Becker will be known to members for her work on HistoryLink and her books on the AYPE and Century 21 fair.\u00a0 Julia Swan\u2019s spare time is MOHAI\u2019s gift to the Guild.\u00a0 Casey McNerthney is a journalist and popular blogger who is also joining the Board.\u00a0 He takes over the website from Robert Ketherside who is retiring.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four Events for Those Interested in PNW History<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>The 2012 Pacific Northwest History Conference, \u201cFrom Civil War to Civil Rights\u201d and associated workshops, will take place Oct. 19 and 20 at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.\u00a0 The program begins at 9am Friday.\u00a0 The event website is\u00a0http:\/\/www.washingtonhistory.org\/heritageServices\/conferences.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Historic Society of British Columbia French-speakers will be visiting a National Historic Site in North Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 Saint Paul\u2019s Indian Church at the site of the Sacred Heart \u00a0Mission founded in 1863 by Father Leon Fouquet of France. \u00a0The group will meet Saturday September 22 at 10:00 in front of the St. Paul\u2019s Church located at 424 Esplanade St. W. North Vancouver for a guided tour (in French). The cost is $15.00 for members, and $25.00 for non-members. If interested in carpooling from Seattle, please contact Rob Foxcurran at (206) 898-5608<\/a>. Website\u00a0www.shfcb.ca<\/a><\/p>\n

The annual Frenchtown Rendez-vous (dinner, dance, and history) will take place Saturday evening October 6 in the Frenchtown Community Center in the Walla Walla Valley hamlet of Lowden.\u00a0 If interested in more information, please contact Rob Foxcurran at (206) 898-5608<\/a>. \u00a0Website\u00a0www.frenchtownpartners.org<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Lorraine McConaghy, MOHAI\u2019s public historian, will speak September 30th at 6:30 at the Sand Point United Methodist Church about her recent book on the historic documents of Washington Territory and State.<\/p>\n

Spring History Conference<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Guild\u2019s annual conference will be on March 2, 2013 with the theme of\u00a0Turning Points in Pacific Northwest History<\/em>.\u00a0 It will be held at the Central Library and will be free. The conference theme is related to the National History Day topic and we hope to encourage younger historians to present papers and attend.\u00a0 This fall we will be adding content to the webpage about the conference and we hope our members will encourage students and teachers they know to get involved.\u00a0 Despite being free, most of the features\u00a0 of past conferences will be retained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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