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For our March program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present Humanities Iowa speaker Michael Zahs. Zahs will present ?Iowa History in a Cloth Bag,? at the upcoming Reminisce program, Tuesday, March 25, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. His program explains how cloth bags and the revolutionary idea of marketing them to women helped Iowans survive the Great Depression and the shortages that resulted from World War II. Flour sacks, feed sacks, and seed sacks will tell the story from relief work by Herbert Hoover to clothes and quilts in the 1950?s.
Michael Zahs grew up on a century farm near Haksins, Iowa as a part o f a nine-generation Iowa family. He attended a one-room school house and has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Northern Iowa. He taught junior high science and Iowa history for 39 years. In 1989, he joined Dr. Loren Horton in creating the ?Iowa: Eye to I? class and tour. This was the first graduate level class taught at Iowa Wesleyan College and developed into a series of seven classes. The classes cover art, literature, history, geology, food ways, ethnicity, architecture, nature and music. Students are immersed in all things Iowa in the classes, which are taught on a bus traveling the state. Michael has given programs on state and local topics for over 35 years. He is very involved in historic preservation, log buildings, cemetery work, and state and local history.
Plan to join us on Tuesday, March 25, for a fascinating glimpse into Iowa?s past. Reminisce Society programs are free and open to everyone. For further information, please call the library?s director, Sonja Ferrell at 641-682-7563, extension 202.
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"Iowa History In A Cloth Bag" -- Reminisce Society March 2014
Michael Zahs grew up on a century farm near Haksins, Iowa as a part o f a nine-generation Iowa family. He attended a one-room school house and has a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Northern Iowa. He taught junior high science and Iowa history for 39 years. In 1989, he joined Dr. Loren Horton in creating the ?Iowa: Eye to I? class and tour. This was the first graduate level class taught at Iowa Wesleyan College and developed into a series of seven classes. The classes cover art, literature, history, geology, food ways, ethnicity, architecture, nature and music. Students are immersed in all things Iowa in the classes, which are taught on a bus traveling the state. Michael has given programs on state and local topics for over 35 years. He is very involved in historic preservation, log buildings, cemetery work, and state and local history.
Plan to join us on Tuesday, March 25, for a fascinating glimpse into Iowa?s past. Reminisce Society programs are free and open to everyone. For further information, please call the library?s director, Sonja Ferrell at 641-682-7563, extension 202.
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For our May program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to Roy R. Behrens from the Humanities Iowa . He will present ?Frank Lloyd Wright-Or Was He Wrong,? at the upcoming Reminisce program, Tuesday, May 26, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting...
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On the Riverfront: The History of Ottumwa?s Riverfront For our April program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present local historians, authors and photographers Michael Lemberger & Leigh Michaels. They will present ?On the Riverfront:...
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Ice Age Mammoths in Iowa: An Update on the Mahaska County Mammoth Excavation This winter has felt a bit like the return of the Ice Age, so it seems the perfect time to host a program about Iowa?s Ice Age fauna, and OPL?s Reminisce Society is...
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African American history in Iowa dates back to before Iowa became a state. The first African American to come to Iowa was York, a slave of William Clark (Clark of the Louis and Clark Expedition). Iowa played an important role in the Underground Railroad...
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January, the coldest month of the Iowa year, is the perfect time to host a program about Iowa?s Ice Age fauna, and OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to present Ottumwa native Sarah Horgen to do just that. Horgen is the education and outreach coordinator...