Stillwater Muse - Sheerar Museum

2nd Quarter
July 2010
Stillwater Muse
S t i l l w a t e r
o f
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Tues-Friday 11am-5pm
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Sat & Sun 1-4pm
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Closed Mondays &
Holidays
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After hours tours
available by
appointment.
Donations appreciated.
Call Ammie to request a
speaker for your
organization’s next
meeting!
Inside this
issue:
Cool Classics
2
“1930s Royal Nepal”
2
August Closing Dates
2
Country Fair
3
Heritage Garden
3
History Day Camp
4
Faces of the Sheerar
4
2010 Associates
5
Become an
Associate
6
A s s o c i a t i o n
S h e e r a r
M u s e u m
S t i l l w a t e r
H i s t o r y
Exhibit
Museum
Hours
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M u s e u m
Staff and volunteers are busily
preparing for new exhibits
that will open in September
and October.
Opening September 9th,
“Stillwater’s First Responders”
will look at the history of the
Fire Department, Police
Department, Payne County
Sheriff’s Department,
Ambulance Service and Civil
Defense. OSU Public History
Graduate Student, John
Withers is working on the
exhibit, locating artifacts and
searching out the details that
are most important to the
interpretation of this history.
Withers is currently looking for
anyone who can provide
i nformat i on a bou t t he
cornerstone of the first Fire
Station. He located a photograph of the cornerstone,
Preparation
which was last known to be
utilized as the pedestal for a
bird bath at a home in
Stillwater—unfortunately the
location of that home and its
owners has been lost.
circa 1942-1945. Withers has
located photographs and a
brief article in The A & M
Magazine about the young
women as well as mention of
Junior Co-Ed Firefighters
(high school girls), but little
else is known about them.
Please contact Ammie Bryant
or John Withers at the
Museum office with any
information about the location
of the Fire Station No. 1
cornerstone or the Co-Ed
Volunteer Firefighters.
The Cornerstone of Fire Station
No. 1 serves as the base of this
bird bath at an unknown home in
Stillwater
Withers is also interested in
locating anyone who can
provide information about
Volunteer Co-Ed Firefighters,
O n e B o o k , O n e C o m m u n i t y :
S t i l l w a t e r R e a d s A n g i e D e b o
This fall, the Sheerar Museum of
Stillwater History is once again
partnering with the Stillwater
Public Library and the OSU
Library to present a community
wide reading event.
The “One Book, One
Community” project is designed
to foster a sense of community
through the shared reading
experience of Angie Debo’s
Prairie City. This event will also
broaden and deepen an appreciation for author Angie Debo,
and honor her remarkable contributions to Oklahoma History.
To compliment the event, the
Sheerar Museum will open an
exhibit, researched by Adelia
Hanson, focusing on the life of
Angie Debo and her
contributions and relationship
to the Native American Tribes
of Oklahoma.
See the insert for the full
schedule and details.
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4th Season of the Cool Classics Summer
Concer t Series
The 4th season of the Cool
Classics Chamber Music series is
in full swing at the Sheerar
Center Auditorium this July.
Performances are one hour, with
no intermission.
A reception
sponsored by the Stillwater
Museum Association follows.
Admission is free.
The first performance, on July
9th, included an all-Mozart
program from The New
Cimarron Chamber Orchestra,
with pianist Heather Lanners
and oboist Cassie Hatch
accompanying. On July 16th,
the Cimarron Chamber Players
performed Mozart and
Brahms.
There are two performances
left in the series. July 23rd,
the New Cimarron Chamber
Orchestra will present an
all-Baroque program. Then on
July 30th, Trio Aleszky, with
guest violist Jeff Cowan, will
perform Faure and Brahms
during the final program.
Mahlon Halleck coordinates
and directs the series, which is
co-sponsored by the St. Cecilia
Music Club and the Stillwater
Museum Association.
Additional support is provided
in part by the Stillwater Arts
and Humanities Council.
The New Cimarron Chamber
Orchestra rehearsed with
guest pianist, Heather
Lanners and conductor,
Mahlon Halleck
“1930s Royal Nepal: Photography
by Richard Gordon Matzene”
Focusing on 1930s Nepalese
royalty, this photographic
exhibit provides a rare
glimpse into a mysterious
time and place, but the
photographer, Richard
Gordon Matzene, was just as
fascinating as the subjects of
his photographs.
Matzene has been cited as a
pioneer of 1920s glamour in
photography. With studios
in Chicago, Los Angeles,
New York, China, and India, Matzene traveled the world,
specializing in photography of Hollywood and Broadway
stars and the aristocracy.
During his travels, Matzene collected Asian antiquities and
Closed
Traditionally, during the month
of August, the Sheerar Museum
of Stillwater History has closed
for exhibit preparation and small
construction and repair projects.
Once again, the Sheerar Museum
will close in August to allow staff
to address major projects that
would impede public access of
the facility.
art. Sometime in the late 1920s,
he was invited by an Oklahoma
oil baron to Ponca City, Oklahoma where Matzene settled. He
gave
substantial collections of
Asian art to the University of
Oklahoma
forming the core
of the Fred Jones Museum of Art
as well as the Ponca City Library,
where they remain on display.
The photographs exhibited at the
Sheerar Center were found
unidentified in the Ponca City
collection.
OSU Art History
Professor Marcela Sirhandi was
asked to help identify the
photographs.
August
Projects include exhibit
preparation and re-organization
and changes to the Auditorium
level storage and reception
areas. Also on the agenda is the
painting and repair of interior
water-damaged areas. This
spring the Museum received a
new roof and staff also hope to
schedule repairs of the areas
Due to measures taken to protect
Nepal from British colonization,
Matzene was only the 27th outsider
ever allowed into Nepal, making
photographs of the Nepalese elite
exceptionally rare.
The exhibit opened June 24th with a
program by Sirhandi and will close
August 29th. This exhibit and program
is funded in part by a grant from the
Oklahoma
Humanities Council
(OHC) and the National Endowment
for the
Humanities (NEH). Any
views, findings, conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this
program do not necessarily represent
those of OHC or NEH.
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damaged by a slow roof leak in the
Auditorium and Lobby.
The Museum will re-open Tuesday,
August 24th, in time to allow
returning OSU students and faculty
a chance to see “1930s Royal
Nepal” before it ends August 29th.
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Fa ir
S umme r
On June 4th, the Stillwater Museum
Association hosted its third annual Country
Fair Fundraiser, an evening in support of
the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History.
A s
a
non-profit
organization
the Stillwater
M u s e u m
Association
relies
upon
donations and
fundraisers to
s u p p o r t
M u s e u m
operations,
exhibits, and
Winfrey Houston
and Ann Houston
programs
Honorary
Co-Chairs, Bob McCracken and Karen
Gallagher provided excellent leadership in
planning and procurement of donations for
the event. Thanks to the Co-Chairs and
many other hard working supporters and
donors the fundraiser was a wonderful
success! Country Fair netted just over
$7,000 as a result of ticket sales,
contributions, and the silent auction.
The Stillwater A Cappella Ensemble
entertained attendees with many wellknown, favorites while they dined on picnic
Heritage
The Heritage Garden to the
west of the Sheerar Cultural and
Heritage Center has been an
oasis of color and beauty just
blocks from downtown for over
a decade.
Created and
maintained by the Late
Bloomers Garden Club, the
Garden received recognition
from the White House as a
Millenium Green Project in
2000 and is a favorite spot for
photographers and picnickers.
This spring, the Late Bloomers
F undra ise r
fair and perused the silent auction lots up
for bid.
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Jack Allred, Janet Griffith, Velma Sanders,
Michelle Himes-McCrory, and Mary Frye.
A big thanks goes to those who donated
items and services for the event:
Brown’s Bottle Shop, Tom Berry, Larry
Johnson and the Stillwater A Cappella
Ensemble, Nancy Patton, Maxine’s Custom
Frames, Dick and Malinda Berry Fischer,
Dick and Carol Ann Powell, Bill and
Barbara Dunn, Patty Armbruster, Rayora
Moore, Bill and Mary Bryans, Leonard
Jewelry, E. W. Marland Mansion Estate,
OSU Athletic Department, Zannotti’s Wine
Bar, D. M. Dutt, Wiggles and Giggles,
Palomino’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant,
Carmike Cinema, Tokyo
Pot, Rocky Mountain
Chocolate
Factory,
Aspen Coffee,
The
Beadery, Adelia and
Bert Hanson, Gayle and
Rob Robinson, The
Beauty Bar, Jennifer and
Allen Glenn, Larry
Johns on, Prisc illa
Kinnick, John and
Bill and Mary
Caroline Linehan,
Bryans serve
refreshments
Marilyn and Dick
Heath, John Shelton
of Classic Imports of
Edmond,
Bob McCracken and Karen Gallagher,
Gayle Robinson and Marilyn Heath
discuss their bids
Much gratitude goes to those who donated
funds:
Gennessee Photo Inc., James and Ann
Halligan, John and Caroline Linehan, Betty
Dahms-Lewis, Lynn and Ava Osborn,
Virginia Thomas, Leone List, Barbara and
Kent Houck, Beverly Collin, Patty and Steve
Armbruster, and Richard Giles.
Finally, many thanks to everyone who
attended or donated, helping make this event
a success.
Garden
began the second phase
expansion of the Garden into
the area directly south of the
Garden on the Sheerar Center
g r o u nd s .
W e s t P oi n t
Landscaping drew up plans for
the expansion and installed the
sprinkler system in the area to
the south of the Garden where
the expansion will take place.
Mulch has been spread and the
first plantings have been added.
Initiated and funded by the Late
Bloomers, club members
continue
to
maintain
the
Garden, adding
new plantings, weeding, and
trimming throughout the year.
Anyone interested in making a
contribution towards the
expansion and upkeep of the
Heritage Garden, can send
donations to the Sheerar
Museum indicating that the
Above: The Heritage Garden
contribution be earmarked for
attracts many butterflies.
the Heritage Garden expansion
Below: Expansion area to south
project.
of existing Garden
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E d u c a t i o n
The Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History
wrapped its annual spring education program,
“Stillwater Where Oklahoma Began”, the first
week of May. Volunteers, like the Golden K
Kiwanis, help make the award winning
program possible. Approximately 400 area
students participated in the program including
students from Stillwater, Glencoe, Billings,
Morrison, Cushing, and Drumright. These
spend an hour and half at the Museum learning
about what Pioneer life was like at the end of
the nineteenth century.
Thanks to Boy Scout, Mason Strom, the
Museum was finally able to move forward with
plans to expand the education program.
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Strom, a Stillwater High School Junior working
on his Eagle Scout project, planned,
coordinated, and implemented the History Day
Camp offered for the first time ever at the
Museum this past June 29th and 30th.
Mason Strom’s grandmother, Earline
Strom of Red Earth Pottery, instructs
the Day Campers on how to make
their own clay marbles.
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o f
t h e
The Museum enrolled 10 students for the first
ever Day Camp during which campers had the
chance to dig into the lives of Pioneers
through the creation of nineteenth century
games and toys.
With the help of more than 20 volunteers,
Strom successfully the camp, providing a
template for staff to plan and carry out future
summer History Day Camps.
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As the Museum is bustling with activity, we wanted to introduce Associates to the staff and volunteers who are working in a variety of capacities
to keep the Museum running this summer. Due to space constraints we can only provide a snapshot of information about each but individual
but each is dedicated to the success of the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History.
Director, Ammie Bryant, is a Ponca
City native who has lived in
Stillwater with her husband for 10
years. A mother of three,
elementary aged children, she’s
working on her Masters in
History. This August will mark her
2nd year at the museum.
Vickie
Sturgeon, is a
SHS and OSU
grad. She has
been a
volunteer for
1.5 years,
filing and
cataloging the
Research
collection.
Rosalyn
Weston,
OSU
Retiree.
Summer
Weekend
Volunteer.
Registrar, Sarah McBride, is a
married mom of an active two
year old, working on her Masters
in Public History. She has been
with the museum 3 years. She
previously served as Office
Manager before taking over as
Registrar.
John
Withers,
Public
History
Grad
Student
working on
“First
Responders.”
Jessie
McEver,
OSU
Public
Relations
Intern.
Ashlie Hight, began as an intern in
January 2009 before being hired to
serve as Assistant Registrar. A recent
Graduate with a Masters in Public
History, she will be leaving the
Sheerar soon to seek full time
employment.
Dorothy
Carmain, a
Stillwater
native,
volunteers at
the Sheerar
every
Tuesday
afternoon.
Lucy
Thompson is a
history major.
She has been
volunteering at
the Sheerar
since
November
2009.
Richard Maple is the Museum’s
Maintenance Technician. An OSU
and Meridian Technology student,
Richard is the resident “jack of all
trades” serving in a variety of
capacities including custodial/
maintenance support.
Adelia Hanson
began as a volunteer in 1993
before becoming
the Registrar.
After retiring in
2009, she
continues to
volunteer with
the Museum in a
variety of ways.
Amanda
Mead, an
OSU Art
History
Major, is
assisting
with exhibit
preparation.
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We rely upon Associates’
support to continue the
Museum’s mission of
collecting, preserving and
interpreting Stillwater’s
history.
At the time of printing of
this newsletter, Associates
have donated $19,088 in
Associates dues. This
makes
the
2010
Associates Drive the most
successful of the past ten
years, if not longer! Our
goal at the beginning of
2010 was to raise $16,000
in donations from Museum Associates and with
your outstanding support,
that goal has been shattered. In these economic
times, to see this level of
giving is very encouraging
and we thank each of the
donors who helped make
this possible.
Thank you!
PATRON
($1000 and up)
Patty & Steven
Armbruster
Karen Gallagher & Bob
McCracken
Burns & Ann Hargis,
OSU Office of the
President
Katherine T. McCollom
Jim Struthers & Gladeen
Allred-Struthers
BENEFACTOR
($500-$999)
Jacqueline Adair
Dick & Malinda Berry
Fischer
Dick & Marilyn Heath
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DONOR
($100-$499)
Walter & Dianne Adams
Calvin & Linda Anthony
Eneth R. (Sally) Banks
James & Louise Bellatti
Bill & Mary Bryans
Kent & Dorothy
Carmain
Robert Childress
Gary & Jane Clark
Gary Corser & Deanna
Powell
Richard & Marti Dermer
Bill & Barbara Dunn
Jim & Ann Enix
Frank & Vonda Evans
Dale & Donna Folger
Furniture Showcase
John & Marcia Gilbreath
Rick & Rodette Green
Mahlon & Gene Halleck
James & Ann Halligan
Joan & Bob Hert
Kent & Barbara Houck
Judy Hull
Don & Judy Hutchinson
Kermit & Bette Ingham
Edna V. Junger
Norma Koeppe
Betty Dahms-Lewis
Phyllis Luebke
Jim & Phyllis Mayberry
Rick & Jan McSwain
Steve & Lynne Miller
Charles H. Moore
Jim & Barbara Motes
D. Earl Newsom
Lynn & Ava Osborn
John & Nancy Patton
Robert & Vicki Phillips
Lynn Pitts
Dr. Edwin & Jan Polk
Paul & Brenda Porter
Dick & Carol Ann
Powell
Dennis & Carol Preston
Darrell & Ruby Ray
Karl & Verna Lou Reid
Dee Richardson
Rob & Gayle Robinson
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ASSOCIATES
Rathindra Sarathy
Roy & Sharon Scott
Jo Ann Seamans
Alan & Jeri Seefeldt
Leanita Shelby
Mark Rhea & Jean
Shipman
Tim and Frances Smalley
Frances Sorenson
Bill & Toni Stone
Dorothy Story
Frances Stromberg
Roy & Ruth Sturgeon
Eddie & Patsy Sutton
Bill & Cat Thompson
Mary Beth Treat
Carl & Lajean Whitcomb
Althea Wright
SUSTAINER
($50-$99)
Joan Barrick
Ron & Cara Beer
Jim & Ann Berry
Baker & Nan Bokerney
Gerald and Jeanette
Bradshaw
Bob & Norma Burk
George & Janie Carney
Dale & Carla Chlouber
Kathleen Clark
Walter & Diane Coffey
K & Sandy Cohlmia
Kevin & Beverly Collin
Jerry & Judy Davis
Sam & Jane Earnest
Sydney & Margaret
Ewing
Bob & Veta Jo Fenimore
LeRoy & Martha Fischer
Mary Alice Foster
Cleo & JoAnne Fowler
Barbara Blair Gish
Allen & Jennifer Glenn
Francis Griffin
Brian & Sheri Gumm
Frank & Jan Hargrove
Charles & Carol Headrick
Mary Sue Hill
Lynda Hillier
Larry & Judith Hoberock
Don & Mary Holmes
Jill Holmes
Gerald & Chris Horn
Dr. Larson Keso
Bob & Peggy
McCormick
Terry & Martha Miller
Ron & Zona Noyes
Gwen Peatling
Gwenith Piersall
Glade & Faye Ann
Presnal
Lavon & Susan
Richardson
Paul & Alice Richardson
Marvin & Mary Rupp
Paul & Juanita Schatz
Dick & Cynthia Shawley
Flo Shields
Don and Melba Spurrier
Kay Stewart
Louise Glass Summers
Bill & Judie Varnum
George & Hilda Waller
Harry Wohlert
SINGLE OR FAMILY
($25-$49)
Jack Allred
Gene & Janet Anderson
Bob & Betty Barnes
Dennis and Loretta
Bertholf
The Browning Society of
Stillwater
Bill & Wanda Cooke
Don & Dona Cooper
Rick & Annette Cowell
Ron & Thora DuBois
Gary & Nancy Franklin
Mary Frye
Lawrence & Peggy
Gibbs
Nancy Goodwin
Dorothy Goss
Steven & Helen Gragert
Adelia and Bert Hanson
Woodfin & Christine
Harris
Darrell & Beverly
Haston
Doug & Lou Hale
Elizabeth Jo Heiliger
Helen Helt
Sue Herndon
Ann Houston
Patricia Jaynes
Helen Jordan
Theron & Wilma Karns
Leone List
Ulrich & Karen Melcher
Joeann Morgan
Pat & Kay Murphy
Stanley & Juanita
Newcomer
Karl & Marlene
Oltmanns
Larry & Beverly Perkins
Jim & Jackie Plaxico
Walter & Jane Price
Darcy Rankin
Ned & Essie Raun
Allen & Sydney Reding
Judy Ringwall
Al & Betty Rutledge
Harold & Velma Sanders
Ravi & Surekha Sheorey
Dorothy Spivey
B.J. Smith
Frank & Joyce Steindl
Vickie Sturgeon
Dr. Robert & Charlene
Swaim
Virginia Thomas
Ken & Myr-Lou
Rollins-Wade
Don & Kay Wagner
Ruthann Waldrop
Wes & Lou Watkins
Jerry & Ann Waughtal
Rosalyn Weston
Judy White
Buck & Sue Wright
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Brumfield
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PLEASE JOIN US! WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!
Your donations allow the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History to remain open, free to the public, and
offering quality educational and cultural programs to the Stillwater Community.
ur Mission:
The mission of the Sheerar Museum of
Stillwater History is to receive and
collect the material culture of Stillwater,
Oklahoma, dating from prehistoric
times, but especially from the 1880s to
the
present; to preserve those
materials for the future; to study them
to derive information about the past;
and to use the knowledge resulting
from such study to interpret to the
public the history and culture of the
area through all effective means.
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We also accept Mastercard and Visa.
Many Thanks to our 2010 Corporate Sponsors
GOLD: Air-O Heat Heating & Air Conditioning, Armbruster Consulting, B & L Heating and Air Conditioning Inc., Citizen’s State Bank,
Credit Bureau Services Association, Oliver Roofing, Stillwater National Bank; SILVER: The Hideaway, Brooner’s Floor Center, Bancfirst,
The Quapaw Company, RBC Agency Inc., Strode Funeral Home, Ron Walker Construction Co., & Jackie Weinaug State Farm Insurance.