[bfsa] FYI from the desk of S. Moorer
Brenda Scarborough
bmscarborough at ysu.edu
Tue Jul 1 10:48:54 EDT 2008
Trumbull County schoolteachers can earn five Contact Hours by
arrangement with the Trumbull County Educational Service Center for
participating in a Sutliff Museum One Day Bus Tour to the Hubbard House
Museum in Ashtabula, Ohio, on July 8. The tour will include the house
that was the “Terminus” of the Underground Railroad for many escaped
slaves in the mid-eighteen hundreds. Also in the day’s schedule is time
for lunch and shopping on Bridge Street in Ashtabula’s historic Harbor
District. The afternoon will be topped off with a tour of the Ashtabula
Marine Museum with picnic snacks on the grounds overlooking the Harbor.
The non-teaching public is also invited to go on the trip.
The Hubbard house includes the first floor restoration of the home of
the Hubbard Family in 1841, complete with their furnishings, décor,
paintings and memorabilia. The second floor is devoted to an
Underground Railroad exhibit, and in the basement is a display of Civil
War and American History artifacts. Docents who know the history of the
House and its family’s participation in the Abolitionist Movement and
the Underground Railroad will present background material useful for
social studies, literature, and Ohio History teachers. Their
information is fascinating to non-professionals, too. This is the
second time the Sutliff has offered this tour because it was found to
be so interesting and informative.
The cost of the trip is $42, which includes transportation, guides,
admission fees, snacks, and presentations and handouts of additional
material on the Underground Railroad in Trumbull County. Lunch is on
the individual’s own at a variety of eateries in the Harbor District.
For information or registration forms call the Sutliff Museum at
330-399-8807, ext. 121, or download from
http://www.sutliffmuseum.org/Documents/SutliffToursSummer2008.pdf.
The Sutliff Museum, located on the second floor of the Warren-Trumbull
County Public Library, 444 Mahoning Avenue, NW, in Warren’s downtown
Historic District, is free, fully accessible and open to the public
Wednesday through Saturday afternoons from 2:00 to 4:00.
Sue Ann Taylor
NIE (Newspaper In Education) Coordinator
The Vindicator
Youngstown, OH 44501-0780
330/747-1471 ext. 1276
FAX: 330/747-0988
staylor at vindy.com
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Brenda Scarborough, LMTA II
Maag Library/Information Services
Youngstown State University
One University Plaza
Youngstown OH 44555-0001
t:(330)941-3126 e: bmscarborough at ysu.edu
f:(330)941-3734
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