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Heritage Programs Progress Report Parks & Recreation Department Anne Boykin, Coordinator July 1 -31, 2009 EXTERNAL Acquisitions for Project HOLD – 667 pages scanned • Architect’s promotional
brochure on the “new” Brazos County Courthouse • City Hall Publicity Notebooks, early 1970s • 1964 and 1981 aerials of College Station • 20 file boxes of Civil Defense records from the
basement of the Brazos County Courthouse • “McCarthy Oath” from 1963 Civil Defense records Contacts -2 • J.G. “Chip” Dawson, TAMU History professor • Sarah Tober, Texas Historical Commission,
Heritage Tourism Presentations – 3 • July 9 – Clear Channel recording with Harold Presley about Exploring History Lunch Lecture • July 10 – El Camino Real de los Tejas Project Committee
meeting, 20 in attendance • July 15– Exploring History Lunch Lecture, “The Liendo Plantation,” 99 in Attendance • July 23 – Historic Building Marker #9 presentation to Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church at Regular Council meeting Research Requests – 1 • Lynne Averyt requested information on J.H. Binney (CS’s first mayor) since their home was built for him by J. C. Culpepper
Publicity –2 PSAs, 44 viewings • The Eagle displays the Exploring History Lunch Lecture notices • The Eagle carried the story of the AASLH Award, July 19 • The Eagle carried the story
of HPC member, Lisa Kalmus’ award from IMLS, July 19 • The Eagle carried the story of Vicky Eastes’ PVSA bronze award, July 26 • Exploring History Lunch Lecture showing on CSTV-19 on
Tuesdays, 4am & 4pm Oral History Interviews – 1 Publications – 1 • “Sing a Song of Freedom” story about a WWII veteran Historic Markers – 1 Presented • Currently, 86 Historic Home Markers,
9 Building Markers and 2 Historic Subject
Markers • Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Marker presented Community Outreach -2 • July 4, Accompanied Museum of the American G.I. display at George Bush Presidential Library
& Museum • July 16, Attended Millican Heritage Society presentation by John Vilas on the Dunlap Quarry which provided sandstone for the Galveston seawall and rock for the construction
of A&M • July 17, Attended presentation of the George D. Keathley ’37 Medal of Honor to the Sanders Corps of Cadets Center • Attended a program in Brenham on the “Underground Railroad
Quilts” sponsored by the Honorable Eddie Harrison, a buffalo soldier reenactor INTERNAL Intern –0 hours No intern at this time. Volunteers – 41.25 hours Aaron Johnson – 32.25 hours Vicky
Eastes – 9 hours KUDOS Re: AASLH Award Congratulations again on this major accomplishment. I hope to be able to say congratulations in person in Indianapolis. Bethany Hawkins, AASLH
Congratualtions Anne on the AASLH award. We are so fortunate to have you on this project. Anne Hazen, former councilwoman, City of CS Congratulations!!! -Well-deserved recognition. I
look forward to seeing the continued growth of your historical preservation effort. Letita Alston, recent historic marker recipient Congratulations! We’ll get it in Our Neighbors, though
it might take a week to get there! Kelly Brown, The Eagle WOW -CONGRATULATIONS!!! This should have been announced today and we all could have been happy for you! Hope the City Council
gives you some recognition for this. Sincerely, Joanna (Yeager) Hooray, hooray for my friend Anne. I am soooooo proud of you and honored to know you. You are always getting some kind
of award because you are just so cool …. Intelligent also, but that does not matter these days, you just have to be cool! T. Barrett Lyne, PhD Loved the photo with your article. Wearing
a red jacket, the power color, surrounded by men. Dorthea (Robinson), retired DVM