| 2024 Brown Bag History Lecture Series
The third presentation in the Augusta Museum’s Brown Bag History Lecture Series will be How Family Records History presented by Ms. Catherine Barrett Robertson. The event is scheduled for Wednesday March 13, at 12:30 pm. In this lecture Ms. Robertson will explore how families can keep documents of their families, including what resources are available to find information. (items such as documents, a family bible, tax records, birth and death certificates and many more).
Ms. Robertson is a native Augustan, the mother of two daughters, a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County, studied history at Valdosta State University and taught history and geography for thirty years in Coffee County, Georgia School system. Since her retirement in 2009, she has served as Recording Secretary for the Augusta Genealogical Society, a Verifying Genealogist on Board of Governors of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and currently works as a freelance genealogist. A lady of many talents she also sings in the choir at St. Paul’s Church and plays an upright bass in the trio Rae’s Creek Revival.
This event will take place in the Museum’s History Theater on the second floor. The recorded session will be available via the Museum’s Facebook page and YouTube channel later in the week.
Attendees are welcome to arrive at 12:00 PM for the lecture in the theater. The talk will begin at 12:30 PM followed by a brief Q & A. The program is free to members and $5 for non-members.
2024 Brown Bag History Lecture Series
The Augusta Museum of History presents the 2024 Brown Bag Lecture Series: Evidence of Impact. In this ten-part series leading historians and local professionals will share their experiences and insight on the multiple ways history leaves a significant mark in our daily lives. The way we record history and the methods we use to do so are ever changing and growing. From genealogy and oral histories to architecture and art, history is all around us and waiting to be explored. Please join us in 2024 as we learn new ways to record and observe history through the Evidence of Impact.
January 17, 2024
Overview
Dr. LeeAnn Caldwell, Augusta University
February 14, 2024
History Through Manuscripts
Courtney Berge, Special Collection Librarian, Augusta University
March 13, 2024
Genealogy: Doing Family History
Catherine Robertson
April 17, 2024
The Story of Black Physicians in Augusta
Dr. Leslie Pollard, Paine College (Ret.)
Bringing books for selling & signing
May 15, 2024
An Oral History Project: Black and Chinese Augustans
Corey Rogers, Director, Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
June 12, 2024
Making Documentaries-Veteran’s Voices
Mark Albertin, Filmmaker
July 17, 2024
Architecture as History
Ellen Pruitt, Architect, Studio 3 Design Group
September 11, 2024
Literature through Time
Dr. Jim Garvey, Emeritus Faculty, August University
October 16, 2024
Using Newspapers for Research
Bill Kirby, Augusta Chronicle (Ret)
November 13, 2024
Telling History through AMH Collection
Alena Rensch, Registrar
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