[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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