DETROIT
"G LOG Y BEC my
enthu ia m after the Brown,
Thomp on and Vin on had
gathered in Alabama in 19 5.
Thou h th Vin on are the
original family, th Browns wer
h ving reunions of their paternal
ide. "As a re ult of that year' a
semblage we decided to investigat
the maternal ide to know h w the
familie were inter-related," he
said. '
"After talking wi th Uncle Ja k
who live in Grand Rapid , who at
the time was 85, I a ked if he would
help by giving me orne name . He
w like an encyclopedia remember
ing the different ones. The interview
w taped, so when I returned home
I ab tracted name and date .
"A wealth of data existed on Col
bert County in the Main LIbrary'
. Burton Historical Section along with
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THEY WILL FORM a youth
DETROIT WOMEN'S CLUB CONFERENCE - Ron. Id E. miley
(rlaht), central re ion mana er for Anheu er-Busch companies,
presents a contribution to representatives of the New Metro Detroit
Chapter of the National Association of Negro and Profe ional Women's
Club during the organization's annual conference recently in Detroit.
The contribution helped ponsor the three-day conference, held at the
Radisson Ponchartrain Hotel. Accepting the contribution are Mildred
White (center), president of the Metro District, and Veletta
Burkett, governor, North Central Di trlct.
The Detroit Historical
Department Wants You!
(Historical Department
Seeking Volunteers)
'DETROIT, MICH.-The Detroit
Historical Department is looking for
a few good women and men.
Specifically a few good women and
men who are interested in Detroit's
history and are willing to be trained
as volunteer docents (tour guides) at
the Detroi t Historical Museum.
. In addition to assisting Detroit
Historical Department staff in con
ducting tours of the Detroit Histori
cal Museum. these specially trained
docents will assist in conducting
educational programs, hosting ex
hibition openings and other special
events, as well as a number of other
exciting duties. A free, ten-week
training program for the volunteer
docent will be provided at the
museum. .
Participants will learn 'about the
history of Detroit, the Historical
Department's collections, public
peaking, and effective touring tech
nique . The training program will be
conducted by Historical Department
curators and other taff as well as
professors from Wayne State
University.
"Each year we receive hundreds
of applications. The 50 trainees we
select find the volunteer docent pro
gram is a great way to learn about
Detroit' history while meeting fas-
. cinating people." said Frederick
Stubbs, junior curator of Education
and coordinator of the volunteer
recruitment program. "It also
provides an opportunity to receive a
behind-the-scenes look at one of the
nation's largest urban -historical
museums.
THE DETROIT HI TORI
CAL Department also has one of
America's 'large t collections of
urban historical arutacts-s-more than
250,000 Objects that trace Detroit's
history from Antoine de la Mothe
Cadillac's landing on the banks of
the Detroit River through its birth as
America's industrial capital."
. To qualify as a volunteer docent
participants must complete the ten
week training course which is
scheduled to begin in September.
Docents must also commit to volun
teer for a minimum of three hours per
week at the De troi tHis torical
Mu eum for one year (ollowing
completion of the training period.
Those intere ted in volunteering
can contact Frederick Stubbs at 833-
1475 between the hours of9a.m. and
4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The Detroit Historical Museum is
a Detroit Historical Department in
stitution, and is located at 5401
Woodward at Kirby in the Univer
sity Cultural Center. The museum's
hour are Wedne day through
Friday, 9:30 am until 5pm.
n e hibiu n ro m whcr lh
famil and the publi could view it.
I beli ve more family aw it then
than in previo years be e they
no expect its p nee. Everyon
wanted to ee what wnw and how
I made it different. The big hit w
"Ready for the World," a family
vo 1 group and how I had made
th ir collage board 0 uniqu ."
"Pages From the Past" has been
exhibited exten ively throughout
Michigan and has been hown in
Alabama, Illinois and Tenne ceo It
will be on view at the Detroit As-
ociation of Women' Club, 5461
Brush in 0 troit on October 6 from
3-5 p.m. during the New Ideas Social
and Civic Club's tea. For more in
formation on this event, pie e con
tact Everlee Watson, President:
894-1485.
Ribbron' expertise on tapping
the Census for genealogical refer
ence, effects of pictorial exhibition
and "Pages' From the Past" can be
booked by writing her at 12005 Sor
rento,Deroit 48227.
te U nlve Ity.
Acclaimed Detroit artist Hablba Owen ha created a trlklng new collage, "Freedom Road" , for Henry Ford
Museum & Greenfield Village' African-American Family Life and Culture Project. Selected for her
ensitivity in capturing pecial moments in the Black experience, Mrs .. Owens has produced a work that
addre e both key themes - family life and culture - of new exhibits at tw� restored historic sites In
greenfield Village, IIermitag • lave Hou s and Mattox Hou e. " F reedom Road" will be on display at Town
Hall in Greenfield Villag August 10 and 11 during the special weekend program "A Celebration of
Emancipation." Notecard and po uers that reproduce the collage will be 0 sale at the village beginning that
day.
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