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Montana Historical Society announces January lecture series – Daily Montanan [1]

['Daily Montanan Staff', 'More From Author', '- December']

Date: 2023-12 

The Montana Historical Society announced its January lecture series as follows:

Thurs., Jan. 4, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

“A Woman, Awakening: Mary MacLane in Butte, America,” presentation by Lindsay Tran

Lewis & Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch St., Helena

Infamous during her lifetime but largely forgotten to history, writer and bohemian provocateur Mary MacLane had a complex relationship with Butte, the city that both formed and frustrated her as a writer. Her first confessional memoir, originally titled “I Await the Devil’s Coming,” was published in 1902 and became an immediate international bestseller. After a period on the East Coast, she returned to Butte and wrote a second memoir, “I, Mary MacLane,” that was published in 1917. Both her memoirs feature striking descriptions of Butte and illuminate MacLane’s feelings about the place and about herself. Join Montana Historical Society Historic Architecture Specialist Lindsay Tran in exploring the life of this noteworthy Montanan.

Weds., Jan. 10, 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

“People and Place in Precontact North America,” presentation by Laura Marsh

Touchmark, 915 Saddle Dr., Helena

North America has been home to an immense diversity of Indigenous Nations for thousands of years. The archaeological record, oral histories, and traditional knowledge all contribute to our understanding of the precontact past on this continent. Join Montana Historical Society Community Engagement Specialist Laura Marsh as she surveys the origins of human occupation of North America, human interaction with the landscape, technology, and cultural and political systems prior to European invasion, highlighting precontact history in Montana. This program will not be recorded.

Thurs., Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

“Many Fine Views Photographing the Montana Frontier,” presentation by Jeff Malcomson

Lewis & Clark Library, 120 S. Last Chance Gulch St., Helena

Renowned Northern Pacific photographer F. Jay Haynes followed the construction of the transcontinental railroad as it worked its way across the Montana Territory, photographing the landscapes as he journeyed. Over 20 years, Haynes documented railroad construction, town and rural growth, the development of industrial mining, Yellowstone, and anything else that would promote the advancing Northern Pacific Railroad and entice newcomers to visit, and move to, this vast new land. Photograph archives manager Jeff Malcomson will share dozens of images selected from the Haynes Foundation collection at the Montana Historical Society.

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