Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events Filson on Main New Exhibit to Open on Main Street in Louisville,Kentucky,May 2003 The Filson Historical Society announces the creation of a new exhibit, " Lewis and Clark: The Exploration of the American West," to open May 2003 at 626 West Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The exhibit will feature The Filson' s nationally recognized Lewis and Clark Collection and will tell the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through portraits, artifacts, letters, diaries, documents, books, maps, newspapers, and photographs. Louisville,Kentucky,played an important role in the legendary journey west that took place between 1803 and 1806. William Clark, expedition coleader , lived in Louisville with other members of his family. Meriwether Lewis came to Louisville to meet Clark on October 14, 1803, thus forming one of the most famous partnerships in American history. For more information about the exhibit,call The Filson at 502635 5083 . Sixth Annual Distinguished Historian Lecture Thursday,May 8,2003,at 7:30 pm Dn David Blight,Yale University Tbe Problem of Slavery and tbe Civil War in American Memory Dr. Blight' s talk is based on his 2001 book, Race and Reunion: Tbe Civil War in American Memory that has won seven major awards including the 50,000 Lincoln Prize, the $ 25,000 Frederick Douglass Prize and the Bancroft Prize from Columbia University. The lecture,free and open to the public,is presented by the Cincinnati History Advisory Board,Cincinnati Museum Centen The Filson Historical Society Gertrude Polk Brown Lecture Series presents An Army at Dawn:Tbe War in North Africa,19421943 . Rick Atkinson Thursday,June 5 at 6:30 p.m. The Fine Arts Center at Ballard High School 6000 Brownsboro Road, Louisville,Kentucky The Filson welcomes the AN next lecturer in the Gertrude ARMY Polk Brown I. ecture Series, Al' Pulitzer Prize winner Rick dij31,- ' 22 Atkinson. Atkinson will disj ' '- :4 cuss the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WWII. This volume tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa. Atkinson is a former staff writer and assistant managing editor at The Washi igton Post and the bestselling author of The Long Gray Line. Tickets are $ 10, free for members of The Filson Historical Society. Send ticket requests and payment with a selfaddressed , stamped envelope to: GPBL Tickets,The Filson Historical Society, 1310 S. Third Street, Louisville, KY,40208. 60 OHIO VALLEY HISTORY SPRING 2003 The Filson Institute for the Advanced Study of the Ohio Valley and the Upper South invites you to attend the Spring 2003 Academic Conference, # lay 16-17 Constructing and Reconstructing a Region: 21 st Century Approaches to tbe Obic, Valley' s Histc, ry" The Filson Historical Society,Louisville, Kentuckv Conference Convener: Christine Heyrman, University of Deititi, are Tlic 1-ilson Iriftitute for the Advanced Study of the () hio Valley . ind the lJpper South will host a twoday academic conference to examine the ways the region has becii historically viewed over rinic,from the seventeenth century ro the present. The conference will als,1<, ok at new historical approaches that can change our thinking of the region: s past. Nine sessions,with two papers presented per sessicin. will expl(, re a variety () f topics including the exploration and settlement of the () hic)Valley:the Civil War and the I.ost Clati. c;emancipation and the migratio, 1 of African Americans; race and the 19605 in I.c,uisville;gender roles; religion; and regional identity. Presentations of particular interest will be those that fill in gaps in the region' s current scholarship. The Institute defines the Ohio Valley region through the exploration of key themes rather than geographical definitions. At the center of the region' s identity problem is the valley' s role in history as a borderl: ind between liative gri,ups ( 11 peop]e and transAtlantic migrants,as well as between the East and West.and the North and South. Adinission is free. For registration information, please call The Filson Historical Ficierv at (502) 6355 () 83. The l: ilsc, n Historical Society 131 0 S. Third Street t.ouisville,KY 40208 502635 5083 www. filsonhistorical.cirg filson@ filsonhistorical.( irg 61 ...