Evening Speaker Series - How to Be Your Own Historian
Wed, Oct 18
|Redmond
Presented in partnership by the Redmond Historical Society and KCLS. Please note this is an in person program. Registration is required and opens October 4th at http://1.kcls.org/RHS2023
Time & Location
Oct 18, 2023, 6:00 PM
Redmond, 15990 NE 85th St, Redmond, WA 98052, USA
About the Event
Join us for an introduction to doing historical research from scratch. We’ll cover framing your topic and developing your research questions, to sources of evidence, and ways to present your interpretation. Whether you’re writing an ancestor’s biography, researching an artifact or structure, developing an exhibit, or writing a historical novel, this program will help you get started and keep going.
Speaker Bio:
Lorraine McConaghy is a public historian who earned her PhD from the University of Washington. At the Museum of History & Industry and Washington State History Museum, her work as historian and curator has dealt with Washington at war during the Treaty War of 1855-1856, the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. She has participated in working groups concerning the opportunities of commemoration, and presented lectures and workshops on readers’ theater programs at National Council on Public History, American Association for State and Local History,…