The historical society museum at 627 Main Street will open the WWII exhibit Shelbyville on the Home Front June 30th, curated by Sharon Hackworth in collaboration with the Shelby County on the War Front exhibit at the VFW, curated by Colonel Roger Green.
If you own items pertaining to WW II that you would consider loaning to this 12 month exhibit, please contact Sharon Hackworth, Julie Mulcahy or Roger Green.
Shelbyville’s recent history will come alive in a Shelby County Historical Society meeting in March with four of the city’s former mayors and the current mayor. The mayors will participate in a discussion led by Jack Brammer, the society’s vice president, at a March 17 meeting of the historical society at the home of Ron and Kay Waldridge at 1520 Cropper Road. It will begin at 7 p.m.
Participating in the panel discussion will be Marshall Long, who was mayor from 1974 to 1982; Neil S. Hackworth, who was mayor from 1982 to 1995; Donald Cubert Sr., who was mayor in 1995; David Eaton, who was mayor from 1995 to 2002; and Tom Hardesty, the current mayor who first took office in 2003. I will ask the mayors to discuss accomplishments and problems in their terms of office and to give their views on the future of downtown Shelbyville.
Questions will be taken from the audience. The meeting is free to society members, students and persons who accompany students. The cost for non-members is $5.00. Everyone is invited to join the Historical Society for $25.00 per year, and may do so at the door March 17.
Questions about the meeting may be directed to Brammer at 502-633-6478 or jbrammer@heraldleader.com.
This year the Board of the Shelby County Historical Society adopted two goals: To increase the engagement of the community in our history programs and to increase the quality of our collection. We hope you agree with us and will help us make this happen. We plan to do this through History Camp, museum exhibits, publications and our website.
We are grateful to the task force, Sanda Jones, Michelle DeEsch, and Jim Cleveland, for the following report, which we will begin to enact March 1.
1. March will be a working month for the board and interested persons to do active work to get the museum ready for visitors by April 1.The museum will not be staffed with volunteers in March; it will be closed to the public, unless requested by a group for a specific date. Members of the board and others brought in will inventory the office, determine what should be offered for sale and how that sale will be accomplished, work on fundraising ideas, and scheduling of Fountain Tour groups and school and civic groups. The museum will re-open April 7. It will be open through October on Thursdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 10am-2pm. It will be staffed during these times with docents.
2. All docents will complete a training course. The six Saturdays beginning July 2 (WWII exhibit will be open), and ending August 6, will be staffed by paid docents, who have completed the training.
3. Museum Committee is charged with creating a self-guided tour that all visitors can use. The “Shelbyville Then and Now “ booklet will be used, and a WWII supplement is needed. Audio guide could be explored.The Museum Committee is charged with identifying tasks docents can accomplish to help the museum exhibits.
4. Collections Committee is charged with identifying tasks for museum volunteers that involve helping them with the collection.
5. The Communications Committee is charged with identifying tasks the docents can accomplish that will help with communication goals.
6. and 7. The Development Committee and the Education Programs Committee are charged with identifying tasks the docents can accomplish to help with fund raising and with research, programs, history camp projects, and other goals of these committees.All committees can prepare their docent wish lists in March at the activity days in the upstairs office. we need them by March 26 so they can be shared at the April 2 board meeting.We want to be ready to go by April 7.
Thanks to everyone, expecially the task force!
Shelby County Historical Society currently has 106 current or lifetime family memberships. This will be the last newsletter to those not paid through 2011. Membership in the historical society offers you our quarterly newsletter, free admission to the museum exhibits, the general membership meetings that are open to the public (except for the annual dinner), guided history tour of the downtown homes, shops, and businesses (upon appointment), free brochures, pamphlets and invitations to upcoming events,
dinners, fundraisers, and more.
We are upgrading our website in order to bring you more history of our past while in the comfort of your home, however, the real experience is seeing for yourself what your membership has to offer. You are Invited to Join/Renew your membership in The Shelby County Historical Society!
Individual and family memberships are $25.00 annually. Mail your check to Shelby County Historical
Society, PO Box 444, Shelbyville, KY 40066.Any amount over $ 25 is tax deductible and will be deposited into the Endowment Fund. Interest from the Endowment Fund supports the education programs of the society, including museum exhibits and community programs.
Sponsor: $ 50 - $ 99
Founder: $ 100 - $ 999
Benefactor: $ 1,000 or more
If you wish to change the way you receive your newsletter, please send a letter to the PO Box or an e-mail to Kerry Magan, kpmlc@bellsouth.net.
Come join our museum committee as we partner with the VFW post for our next exhibit about World War II. The VFW post will house military exhibits and feature military heroes. The “Denhardt” room at the museum will feature a homefront exhibit including a recreated 1940s kitchen and mutimedia stories and images about Shelby Countians and the war effort.This will be in place to serve as backdrop for this year’s history camp theme. Sharon Hackworth is our chairperson for this undertaking.
We need you in multiple ways. Do you have memories to share about what life was like here from 1941-1945? Contact James or Julie Mulcahy to record an oral history segment. Do you have photographs, clippings, items or mementos you can share for the exhibit? Contact Debby Magan or Charles Long for details about how to loan items for the exhibit. Do you want to help with the process of getting our plans to reality? Please join us at the next museum committee meeting March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the museum
You don’t have to be a SCHS member to get involved— spread the word in our community. Can you help us involve our local merchants in supporting the WWII theme, or help with fundraising efforts? Then we need you. And, it’s very important, we need your financial support for this exhibit. On your check to SCHS specify that it is for the WWII exhibit, or for support of History Camp if you prefer.
See you March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the museum. We need you!
The Shelby County Historical Society is tentatively hosting an intern program for two to five selected juniors and/or seniors enrolled in the Shelby County School System beginning in August. School Superintendent James Neihof is supportive of our proposal and believes that it qualifies for “Performance Based Learning.” Interns would come during the school day to our museum and earn high school credit.
Although the Shelby County Historical Society Board must approve our end of the intern curriculum, a preliminary list of learning targets with instructors is as follows: One, Bill Matthews will teach how to write articles, solicit ads and edit a magazine about Kentucky history. Two, Neal O. Hammon will teach about researching Shelby County land claims. Three, Betty Matthews will teach on researching Shelby County’s early settlers. Four, Diane Coon will teach how to use public and church records in researching Shelby County’s Underground Railroad. Five, Diane Coon and John Graham will teach how to research the life of Elijah Marrs and Shelby County’s first schools for black children. Six, Diane Coon will teach research methods on country stores of Shelby County. Seven, Sherry Jelsma will show interns how to document the local support for the World War II effort. Eight, John Graham will guide a field trip in photographing and finding evidence of the remains of Whittaker Station. Ten, Gail Reed will allow interns to shadow her in office and fieldwork as the Historical Commissioner of Shelby County. Ten, Gen. Van Stockum will show interns how he researched his books on Squire Boone and the Allen Dale Farm. Ten, Sherry Jelsma will teach her research methods on Stockdale. Eleven, John David Myles will teach interns about Main Street and Shelby County Courthouse architecture. Twelve, Maureen Ashby will teach the history of Lincoln Institute and early Shelby County black communities. Thirteen, Sharon Hackworth will train interns to conduct tours of a museum. Fourteen, Sherry Jelsma and Sharon Hackworth will show interns how we prepare museum exhibits. Fifteen, John Graham will instruct interns on using Chicago-style manuscript guidelines. The interns will use these guidelines for their formal research project.
The curriculum is incomplete as of this writing and with a semester of classes and projects for our first interns, the educational committee has a lot of work to do in preparation for our intern’s first week in August, 2011.
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