The Heritage Society -- Adult Educations & Programs

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The Heritage Society offers a wide variety of entertaining, educational programming for adults. Our programs appeal to different interests, and we offer everything from workshops and lectures to bus tours and educational trips.

Hill/Finger Noontime Lecture Series
The Heritage Society offers a variety of lectures each year to its members and the general public. In the past season we have hosted local gallery owner Story Sloan, collector and clock expert Ralph Pokluda, preservationists Anna Mod, Bob Fretz and J.D. Bartell, authors Gail Shiffrin, Robert Utley and James L Haley, local historian Sylvia Blackley Thompson, and Texas General Land Office Special Projects Director Robert N. Jones, Jr.

The lectures take place on the third Thursday of each month at noon in The Heritage Society Tea Room and are free to the public. You are welcome to purchase a box lunch at the lecture for just $10, or bring your own. Free parking is available in the parking lot behind the Kellum-Noble House. These lectures are made possible through the generosity of William J. Hill and Jerry and Nanette Finger Foundation.

Transcript of Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Name Marks Hinton July 19, 2007 provided by Adept Word Management, The Transcription Experts.

Transcript of A Texas Legacy by Nina Hendee on August 16, 2007 provided by Adept Word Management, The Transcription Experts.

Transcript of 20^th Century Technology and Recorded Music by Art Schulze on November 15, 2007 provided by Adept Word Management, The Transcription Experts.

Audio of Jesse Jones lecture by Steven Fenberg on February 21, 2008

Workshops and Classes
Each fall the Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park hosts “The Best Little Workshop in Texas,” a professional education program for teachers of Texas history. Educators hear Texas and Houston historians speak on a variety of topics including oil, railroads, and women pioneers. The program includes hands-on resource sessions featuring a wide variety of primary documents from The Heritage Society’s Collections and Archives. Teachers receive lesson plans and copies of all demonstrated primary documents. This six-hour workshop earns professional development credit in Texas history and is certified for six hours of GT training by the Texas Association of Gifted and Talented.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Martin, Education/Program Coordinator.

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