New Gallery Exhibit Opening in March
Transcription
New Gallery Exhibit Opening in March
JANUARY 2010 Member Lunch Date Set for February 13 T he San Jacinto Museum will host its second member New Gallery Exhibit Opening in March Designed in Response to Visitors’ Questions S ometimes an exhibit can well as the be a learning experience desire to show for both the public and more of the the museum staff. When we interesting lunch on Saturday, February opened Developing Houston: photos and 13. A benefit offered to Photographic Treasures from the Cecil related members of the San Jacinto Thomson Collection in 2008, we Museum of History at the were excited to share a sampling museum’s Museum Circle level or above, of images that highlight the collections, this year members at a lower history of the region in the first has inspired artifacts in the level may purchase a ticket for half of the $25.00 to attend. The lunch that show has been up (it will Exhibit: Cecil will be held at the Monument close on February 25, 2010), Thomson Inn and will feature updates thousands of visitors came Revealed. In on the plans and activities of through and many responded to this exhibit, the museum, including the exhibit by writing to the opening on forthcoming exhibits and the museum to reminisce about the March 12, the April events that surround city they knew. Teachers had biographical San Jacinto Day. Members their students e-mail questions data (revealed will have the opportunity to about photography, the people in the January 2009 issue of the ask questions of the Curator, in the photos, and Thomson San Jacinto News) and new images newest acquisition, a large scale Liz Appleby, and Library himself. City dwellers asked if that were obtained from model (over six-feet long) of the Director, Lisa Struthers, as the building they were currently Thomson’s descendents along USS Cruiser Houston (CA 30), well as museum President living in really was once a with the answers to select the "Galloping Ghost of the Larry Spasic. famous department store. questions from the public will be Java Coast". This ship, lost in Save the Date 20th century. While Reflections of an A still by Thomson of Jack Holt portraying the indomitable Don McMasters in the 1924 silent film North of 36. If Holt’s jawline looks familiar, come see the exhibit to find out why. also feature the Museum’s The number of questions, presented. Photos of early the Pacific Theatre of World over 300 unique inquiries, as Galveston, the film set of War II at the Battle of Sunda January 27: Old West Hardware exhibit opens in museum lobby February 13: Member lunch March 12: Exhibit opening:Reflections of an Exhibit: Cecil Thomson Revealed April 14: San Jacinto Dinner North of 36—a 1924 Strait, was featured in several of Western shot in and Cecil Thomson’s photos of around Harris County— ships in the Houston Ship the Marks LH7 Ranch, and Channel. Come join us in the April 17: San Jacinto Symposium other landmarks of early spring for the exhibit whose April 21: San Jacinto Day; Official Commemoration of the Battle of San Jacinto Houston will also be script was co-written by our April 24: San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment displayed. The show will guests. Elegant Evenin Letter from the President Dear Friends, As 2009 has drawn to a close and the start of a new decade leads to reflection about our past and our future, one of the many things for which our museum can be grateful is its volunteers. From its founding, a vital and important asset to the San Jacinto Museum of History has always been an impressive group of individuals serving on the Board of Trustees. The founding trustees included historian and engineer L. W. Kemp; Houston attorney, banker, and founder of the University of Houston W. B. Bates; architect of the Monument as well as other major Houston buildings Alfred C. Finn; and Madge Hearne, granddaughter of Sam Houston and President of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, an organization that had been instrumental in the founding of the park and the commemoration of the Battle of San Jacinto. Oilman George A. Hill, Jr., whose large collection of books, manuscripts, and artifacts were the basis of the museum’s Honoree Sylvia Garcia with Bailey Dalton and Greg Binion of Kirby Corp. collection, and whose love of the Battlefield and vision for a museum to share the history of Texas and promote understanding among the nations that played a role in the founding of Texas, was the first leader of the original board. These first trustees, as well as early contributors toward funding the museum like Gus Wortham, Jesse H. Jones, James A. Elkins, and H. R. Cullen, were the leaders in the establishment of Houston as a significant city for industry, trade, medicine, education, and culture. The history of the San Jacinto Museum parallels and is an integral part of the history of Houston. Because this season is when board members rotate off of the board and new trustees come on, the volunteer service of the trustees has been prominent in my thoughts. Like the first trustees, the recent members of the board of Trustees have followed the tradition of its founders as leaders in the business, social, charitable and educational fields in Houston, as well as Texas as a whole. They serve without financial Ro Cordell Guillory and Nichole Moffett of Bank of America. compensation to fulfill the public trust placed upon them to govern the museum and carry out its mission. Supporters of the Elegant Evening with History This coming year, we will certainly miss the presence of David Scoular Kirby Corporation who served as a trustee from January, 2006 until his passing on November 22, 2009. He represented and exemplified the finest Strake Foundation characteristics of those who have served this organization so well. Other volunteers also play a significant role in the museum’s activities and events. In 2009, six volunteers provided over 600 hours of work in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library; four of these volunteers were Mr. and Mrs. Risher Randall Port of H Bank of America ExxonMobil Office Systems of Texas Mr. Thomas D. Barrow San Jaci Mr. A Apache Corporation Mr. Obie O’Brien Mr. and M Mr. Robert and Dr. Elizabeth Woolfolk Gulf Winds International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs Residential Volunteers on loan from Texas Parks and Wildlife. Without volunteer help, it would not be possible to hold the San Jacinto Day Festival and Battle Reenactment. Volunteers from San Jacinto College, Bayer MaterialScience Mrs. Dorothy Knox Houghton Mrs. Edw Mr. and Mrs. William P. Conner Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keeton Mr. and Mrs the Pasadena Strawberry Festival and Deer Park ISD helped with the festival in 2009, while the success of the reenactment is due to the volunteer Texas Army. On behalf of Chairman Risher Randall and the museum staff, I would like to thank all of the volunteers who impact events at San Jacinto, including the Trustees, for another year of service to the museum and so to Texas. Larry Spasic President, San Jacinto Museum of History Association Gail and Charles Grant of Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. JANUARY 2010 SAN J ACINTO NEWS 2 ng with History Today’s Heroes of San Jacinto New and Renewing Members Sam Houston Society Intercontinental Terminals Co. Monument Society Mr. and Mrs. A. Leslie Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Barrow Hon. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Mrs. Helen K. Groves Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooks Hixon Mr. and Mrs. Howard Horne Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lummis Museum Circle The San Jacinto College Chamber Singers under the direction of Paul Busselberg. Ms. Mary Patricia S. Atkins Dr. John Kirk Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Bentsen Mr. and Mrs. J. Philip McCormick Mr. and Mrs. Lan C. Bentsen Mr. and Mrs. W. Walter Negley Dr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Chernosky Mr. and Mrs. William D. Noel Ms. Marion S. Hargrove Mr. and Mrs. George A. Peterkin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edd C. Hendee Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Reckling, III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keeton Mr. and Mrs. Eliot P. Tucker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Kelsey Independence Society obert Murray, Mary Blake, Townes Pressler, Kay Bruce, Jerry Michon, and Risher Randall. Ms. Barbara K. Chiles Ms. Joan H. Lyons Mr. Charles Gossett Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Powell Hon. Gene Green Mrs. John L. Welsh, Jr. Ms. Olive M. Jenney Mr. and Mrs. Milton H. West, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koch Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Wright Mr. and Mrs. Tim Lomax Family Freedom Society y Houston Authority Alfred Davis IV into Descendants Mrs. John Manlove s. Thomas R. Kelsey ward Blackburn, Jr. s. Stephen C. Dillard Barry Beasley, Mayor of La Porte, views the special exhibits. Mr. Daniel W. Harris Mrs. W. Buck Arnold Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hixon Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gervais Bell Mrs. Thomas W. Houghton Mr. Thomas G. Binig Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Kelley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Blades Mr. and Mrs. William Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Blakely, III Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kiatta Mr and Mrs. Francis X. Bostick Mr. and Mrs. David Marold Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Boykin, Jr. Ms. Kay Kimball Martin Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brem Mr. and Mrs. Ed Marston Mr. and Mrs. John B. Brent Mrs. Rosemary McBride Mr. and Mrs. Thurman S. Clements Mr. and Mrs. Alec Mize Mr. and Mrs. Herbert V. Cooke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hilmar G. Moore Dr. and Mrs. Denton A. Cooley Mr. and Mrs. William C. Parrish Mr. and Mrs. John L. DeVault Mr. and Mrs. Karl Rove Cdr. and Mrs. Markham Dossett USNR (ret.) Dr. and Mrs. Don E. Sanders Dr. and Mrs. C. William Doubleday Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Seeligson, III Ms. Anita Holt Eisenhauer Hon. and Mrs. Wayne Smith Thanks to Other Special Donors The Fondren Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Allen, III The Brown Foundation Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation M.D. Anderson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. L. Clay Fisher Dr. Bob E. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Fossler Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Terry Mr. and Mrs. William S. Haddock, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ulmer Mr. Evetts Haley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Wareing Dr. and Mrs. Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr. Ms. Rosine McFaddin Wilson JANUARY 2010 SAN J ACINTO NEWS 3 San Jacinto Museum of History Board of Trustees 2009 Hardware of the Old West Lobby Exhibit Takes Aim at Fact and Fiction Hon. Frank W. Calhoun "I Tom M. Davis, Jr. West shortly before he was shot Dr. J. Frank de la Teja to death in a gunfight in Robert B. Hixon Arkansas. Risher Randall, Chair Hon. Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. Nancy T. Burch Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton Susan Booth Keeton love it. It is wild with adventure" – Henry Starr describing his life in the Old The American Old West (sometimes referred to as the Mike Lamb Wild West) is comprised of the Jan Lawler Douglas McLeod history, geography, peoples, Chad Muir lore, and culture of the people Urban O’Brien living in the Western United States during the the nation grew from an agrarian society to an James A. Reeder, Jr. period of the latter half of the 19th century, industrialized nation, the U.S. government greatly Hon. Mark White between the American Civil War and the turn of expanded its powers. As the American Old West Brass and copper powder flask used by Henry McCulloch, Texas Ranger, U.S. Senator, and C.S.A. General. the century. However, the culture that inspired the passed into history, the myths of the West took CONTACT INFORMATION: time more broadly stretched from the early 19th firm hold in the imagination of Americans and of History Association century to the end of the Mexican Revolution in foreigners alike. The history of Texas is an integral One Monument Circle 1920. part of the culture and mythology of the Old West. San Jacinto Museum La Porte (Houston), TX 77571-9585 Through treaties with foreign nations and The lobby exhibit opening on January 27th Phone: 281/479-2421 native peoples, political compromise, technological looks at the “hardware” (guns, rifles, bullets, spurs, Fax: 281/479-2428 innovation, military conquest, the establishment of etc.) and imagery (art and literature) of the era to E-mail: [email protected] law and (relative) order, and the great migrations of see how fact was depicted in fiction. The Web: www.sanjacinto-museum.org The San Jacinto Museum of History Association was chartered in 1938 to preserve and revisualize the early history of Texas. foreigners, the United States expanded from coast paintings, books and artifacts of that time period to coast, fulfilling its belief in Manifest make up a significant portion of the holdings of Destiny. In securing and managing the West as the San Jacinto Museum. © 2010 San Jacinto Museum of History SAN J ACINTO NEWS JANUARY 2010 4 San Jacinto Museum of History Association One Monument Circle La Porte, TX 77571-9585