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New Horizon Lecture Series Program coming in July
Dr. Wilson J. Warren will be in Ottumwa at the Public Library on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 6:00 pm for a presentation titled, ?Ottumwa?s Important Contributions to the Growth of Industrial America.? He will share his research and expertise from years of studying his hometown and the history of Ottumwa?s meat packing industry.
Currently, Dr. Warren is a professor in the History Department at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992 with a focus in History Education, 20th Century United States, and U.S. labor practices.
The Friends of the Ottumwa Public Library organization is sponsoring the Horizon Lecture Series.
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"trains Across Iowa" -- Reminisce Society
For our March program the OPL?s Reminisce Society is pleased to have Humanities Iowa speaker, Rudolph Daniels, present the program, ?Trains Across Iowa,? on Tuesday, March 24, at 10:00 a.m. in the library?s meeting room. The Ottumwa Public Library has...
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Come Enjoy Jerry Barlow's Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar
Find your way out of the winds and into the strings by attending Jerry Barlow's Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar at the Ottumwa Public Library. The concert will be on Thursday, March 5 at 5:30 pm in the library's meeting room. This program is sponsored...
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We'd Like To Hear From You
The staff at the Ottumwa Public Library would like to hear from you! Whether you are a regular, have never been in the library, or are somewhere in between, we value your opinion. Please take a few minutes to fill out the linked survey. You will be helping...
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Reminisce Society -- May 2013
The Ottumwa Coal Palace The Coal Palace in Ottumwa, Blue Grass Palace in Creston, Flax Palace in Forrest City, and Corn Palaces in Sioux City and Des Moines?from 1887 through the 1930s, these public exposition halls served as integral parts of a town?s...
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Managing Your Wealth -- Presented By John H. Spitzer
Smart Investing @ Your Library ProgramTuesday, April 30, 2013 5:30 pmOttumwa Public Library The Ottumwa Public Library will complete the ?Smart investing @ Your Library? program promoting investor education on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. with...
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