George Judisch: Pharmacist and Philanthropist
Thursday, March 26th, 7pm $3 Freewill donation
Presented by Shannon Bardole, Society researcher
George
Judisch was a prominent businessman in Ames beginning in the 1890s,
owning a pharmacy on Main Street for more than 50 years. In addition to
serving the community through his business, he had an impact on Ames as
a faculty member at Iowa State and as an early board member of civic
institutions such as the hospital and library. George's legacy also
includes the positive publicity he brought to Ames through his
involvement in state and national organizations.
The Depression Dilemmas of Rural Iowa, 1929-1933 Tuesday, April 28th, 7pm Free
Presented by Lissa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College
The
October 1929 stock market crash on New York's Wall Street seemed far
removed from many rural Iowan's lives, even though the effects of the
crash soon became all too real. An overview of 1929 will be provided,
describing rural Iowa's particular dilemmas: economic, familial,
cultural, industrial and more. Those challenges encouraged
resourcefulness rather than passivity, creativity rather than
resignation and community rather than hopelessness and those traits have
continued in various forms in Iowa for almost eighty years into this
century.
Program
funded by Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, and in part by a grant from the
Iowa Dept. of Cultural Affairs' Community Cultural Grant program.
The 1940s: Iowa State and a World at War
Thursday, May 28th, 7pm $3 Freewill donation
Presented by Douglas Biggs, Associate Professor of History, University of Nebraska-Kearney
The
decade of the 1940s changed the United States and transformed the
world. Not surprisingly, these years also saw Iowa State College undergo
a metamorphosis. Since the 1890s, ISC had been nationally known for
agriculture and veterinary science, but the crisis of war accentuated
Iowa State's transition to a nationally known college of science,
engineering and technology that joined agriculture as the flagship
programs of the institution. Biggs will talk about the war years and
their long-term effects on Ames, both on and off campus
Just Passing Through: Noteworthy Iowa State Graduates
Tuesday, June 30th, 7pm $3 Freewill donation
Presented by Carole Gieseke and Jim Heemstra, ISU Alumni Association
By Carole Gieseke and Jim Heemstra, ISU Alumni AssociationAs
a college town, Ames has been a short-term home to many thousands of
students who came here to live while earning a degree. Hear remarkable
stories of some of our more recent temporary residents from the ISU
Alumni Association's Carole Gieseke and Jim Heemstra. They traveled to
all 50 states to interview and photograph Iowa State graduates for a
special publication and exhibit called "Visions Across America." A
display of 20 of Jim's extraordinary photographs will accompany the
presentation.
All lectures are held at the City Auditorium at 520 6th St.
Please note the day changes in this year's series. They rotate between Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Our full calendar of events can be found on our webpage Ames Historical Society.
