BDC Local History Programs in October 2019

I am delighted at the turnout for our August and September programs - 202 people - some of them new faces to me which makes me feel like we are reaching more people in the community with high quality, free local history related programs. We hope to continue that momentum with our October 2019 offerings. This month we highlight a local bromance, Civil War era photographs and the history of education on Daufuskie Island in collaboration with partners Beaufort Branch Library, Beaufort County Historical Society, Hilton Head Branch Library and the Pat Conroy Literary Center.

Please note the attendance procedures: Two of the programs are first come, first seated. Folks who want to attend Jim Alberto's talk about teaching at the Mary Fields School can pre-register for a seat at the Hilton Head session on October 25th by going to https://daufuskiedaze1.bpt.me.

Sunday's Connections was about Bernie Schein's upcoming Author Talk. We will be happy to see you at the program.

We pilot a new "Historically Speaking" lecture series with the Beaufort County Historical Society
on October 17th with what is sure to be a crowd-pleaser: Dr. Stephen Wise on the topic Civil War era photographs of this area.

Traditionally, BCHS holds its lectures on Thursdays at Noon and we're keeping to that schedule at least for now. We decided that since the fire marshal says that we can fit almost 100 people into the Beaufort Branch Meeting Room, we are going to let the lecture be open to the general public with no advance registration process. Instead, we will open the Meeting Room doors for guests at 11:30 AM. If or when we reach room capacity, access to the lecture will be closed.

As frequent readers of this blog know, the Beaufort District Collection often takes local history programs to other branch libraries and to some community groups (who ask). In concert with the Pat Conroy Literary Center we are hosting two sessions about Daufuskie Daze, Jim Alberto's memoir of his time teaching on Daufuskie Island after Pat Conroy's short tenure. The first session, October 25 at 2 pm, will be held in the Hilton Head Branch Library's Meeting Room. One can pre-register to attend the South of Broad event at https://daufuskiedaze1.bpt.me. His second session will be on November 15th in Beaufort Branch.

For the latest updates about upcoming BDC programs, be sure to check the Library's master calendar. 

Because October is American Archives Month, expect to see some of our truly "spiffy" items and record series relevant to the topic du jour during each of these programs.

Heads up: Registration for Lecture 4.2 of the Beaufort History Museum / Beaufort County Library local history series, "Guns of the Big Gun Shoot" with Dave Smoot, opens on October 24, 2019. Be sure to reserve your seat.