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SUMMARY:Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – "The Cost of Conscience: One Mennonite Family's Experience in World War I\," Sara Judge Keckeisen\, Kansas State Historical Society (retired)
DESCRIPTION:When the United States entered World War I and instituted a military draft\, and federal and state officialdom instituted heavy pressure to support the war effort\, the homes\, lives\, and safety of members of the pacifist Mennonite communities in central Kansas\, and of one family in particular\, were put in extreme danger. This is the story of how one family coped when their Constitutional rights were violated at every turn. \nSara Judge Keckeisen grew up in western Pennsylvania and northeastern Wisconsin. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and library science from the University of Wisconsin: Eau Claire and a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Denver. She worked at the Kansas State Historical Society as a reference librarian\, family history librarian\, and cataloger for thirty years\, retiring in 2019. She is the author of numerous articles on Kansas history and archeology and five family history books (the sixth one is in the works)\, including a history of the Koop family of western Oklahoma\, singer John Denver’s Mennonite ancestors. Her husband\, Bob Keckeisen\, was the director of the Kansas Museum of History for over 30 years until his retirement. Sara is an avid walker\, traveler\, reader\, and genealogist though most of her and Bob’s time currently is taken up taking care of their two grandchildren\, Ben and Bea. They live in Topeka.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/sunday-afternoon-at-the-museum-the-cost-of-conscience-one-mennonite-familys-experience-in-world-war-i-sara-judge-keckeisen-kansas-state-historical-society-retired/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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SUMMARY:Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: Unlocking the Past Mini-doc
DESCRIPTION:Come view the newly produced video production chronicling the Unlocking the Past: Immigrant Artifacts & the Stories They Tell exhibit. Exhibit curator and retired museum technician David Kreider and current collections manager Kristine Schmucker will be available to answer questions afterward.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/sunday-afternoon-at-the-museum-unlocking-the-past-mini-doc/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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SUMMARY:Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: Nightberries Book Talk with Translator Brad A. Schmidt
DESCRIPTION:Elina Penner\, the author of Nachtbeeren (Nightberries)\, was born in the Soviet Union in a Low-German Mennonite family but immigrated to Germany in 1991 at the age of four. Her debut novel deals with family and immigrant travails in a new homeland. Bradley Schmidt was born into a Mennonite family\, grew up in the Goessel\, Kansas\, community\, and is a Bethel College graduate. Currently he is a translator and educator living in Leipzig\, Germany. Join us for his discussion of Penner’s novel and the process of translating High and Low German into a text for English readers.
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/sunday-afternoon-at-the-museum-night-berries-book-talk-with-elina-penner/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andi Schmidt Andres":MAILTO:asa@bethelks.edu
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SUMMARY:Exhibit Opening – Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen
DESCRIPTION:Kauffman Museum invites you to join us on August 30 at 3 p.m. as we celebrate the opening of our new special exhibit\, Piece / Work: The Art of Mary Lou Goertzen\, which takes as its focus an iconic Mennonite artist whose work spanned the deeply personal and broadly commercial. \nThe opening will begin with a presentation by exhibit curator Dr. Rachel Epp Buller\, professor of visual arts and design at Bethel College: \nPiecing Stories Together \nThroughout her long life\, Mary Lou Goertzen turned to different art forms as a way to tell stories–about herself\, her surroundings\, and her family and friends. In this presentation\, Dr. Rachel Epp Buller will give a curatorial overview of Goertzen’s processes\, artistic motivations\, and unexpected commercial success. \nWe look forward to seeing you at the opening!
URL:https://kauffmanmuseum.org/event/exhibit-opening-piece-work-the-art-of-mary-lou-goertzen/
LOCATION:Kauffman Museum\, 27th & Main St.\, North Newton\, KS\, 67117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Exhibition,Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
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