later we visit downtown rapid city for a look at their collection of life-size statues of our nation s past presidents . we begin our special feature with the story of calvin coolidge in the black hills. we are here in south dakota s black hills in custer state park and we are at the state game lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed can several years before calvin coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927 and he and the first lady stayed here for three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was vice president and warren harding died so he served as the last little bit of warren harding s term and was elected to his own term in 1924 and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculative would he or would he not run for another term in 1928 and it was widely expected that he would but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for a place to escape the
attended the university in the 1950 s. it is in honor of chair of the department for 20 years and who mentored a whole bunch of students along the way. he was his professor and greatly inspired him, and that is why mr. martin decided to fund this lecture series in the professor s honor. first i would like to recognize fred martin in absentia and also the late professor alan breck. the people who made it possible for the speaker. and then i m thrilled and very honored to welcome that speaker, dr. linda gordon, professor of humanities in history at new york university. i just want to i know you are here to hear her but not me, but it is important to say just a little bit about her to give you a sense of what it is such a treat to have her here with us. i don t want to be self-indulgent but i can t avoid saying she was one of my professors and mentors in graduate school at the university of wisconsin. a real help and inspiration to me. that is totally not what makes her so gre
series, it is a series ann dowd by fred martin, a denver who attended the university in the 1950 s. chair of ther of department for 20 years and who mentored bunch of students along the way. was his professor and greatly inspire him and that is why mr. martin decided to fund this lecture series in the professor s honor. i would like to recognize fred martin in of censure and also the late professor alan breck. then, i m thrilled and very honored to welcome the speaker, dr. linda gordon, professor of humanities in history at new york university. i know you are here to hear her, and not me, but i think it is important to say a bit about her, to give you a sense of what it is such a treat to have her here with us. i can t avoid saying on a personal note that dr. gordon was one of my professors and mentors in graduate school at the university of wisconsin. a real inspiration to me. it is not what makes her so great, but it is still pretty cool. what makes her impressive is the fa
pleasure to welcome you all to attend this lecture. just a little bit about this lecture series, it is endowed by fred martin a d.u. alum who thejored in history back in 1950 s. the endowed the series in honor of dr. alan breck, chair of the department for 20 years and mentor to a bunch of students along the way. he was fred martin s professor and greatly inspired him, and that is why mr. martin decided to fund this lecture series in the professor s honor. first i would like to recognize fred martin in absentia and also the late professor alan breck. they are the people who made it possible for us to bring this in his speaker to du. then i m thrilled and very honored to welcome that speaker, dr. linda gordon, professor of humanities in history at new york university. i just want to i know you are here to hear her, not me, but it is important to say just a little bit about her to give you a sense of what it is such a treat to have her here with us. i don t want to be self-in
thank you for your patience. we re delighted to be gathered here today. i don t want to slow is down, but i do want to make sure that all of you know a little bit about where you are today. can i just get a sense of how many of you are at brooklyn historical society for the first time? wow. fantastic. welcome. welcome to all of our old-timers as well. a few of our board members are in the audience, so we re delighted be that as well. those who have never been here before i want to give you a sense of this institution which has been around for a very long time, 154 years, and we are historical society that prides ourselves on being very, very accessible to people. we have an extraordinary research library that is open to one and all. we encourage you to come and explore it. we have exhibitions which you may have got an glimpse of right behind the wall, history of abolition in brooklyn, called in pursuit of freedom. there s an exhibition i want to make sure that you pick up