MICHAEL J. COLLIGAN HISTORY PROJECT FALL 2016 - Cincinnati Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

SUSAN EISENHOWER

"EISENHOWER IN WAR AND PEACE"

7:30 PM ● Harry T. Wilks Conference Center

Miami University Hamilton Campus

Eisenhower in War and Peace Susan Eisenhower Consultant, author, and expert on international security, space policy, energy, and relations between the Russian Federation and the United States. Dwight Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe during the greatest war in history. His strategic leadership during this bloody conflict played a singular role in defeating Nazi power. A two-term president from 1953 to 1961, he led the United States and her allies during the dangerous early years of the Cold War. Susan Eisenhower explores the life and times of this world leader. A Reception and Book Signing Follows

OCTOBER 12, 2016

DAVID McCULLOUGH

JOHN E. DOLIBOIS HISTORY PRIZE LECTURE

LANE LIBRARIES ROESEL LECTURE

CO-SPONSORED BY THE MICHAEL J. COLLIGAN HISTORY PROJECT,

THE LANE LIBRARIES, AND THE HAMILTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

A Free Ticketed Event, 513-785-3277

7:30 PM ● Parrish Auditorium

Miami University Hamilton Campus

History As A Source Of Strength. David McCullough Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom David McCullough is an acclaimed "master of the art of narrative history." The Wright Brothers has been #1 on the New York Times best seller list. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, a #1 best seller, has been called "dazzling" and "history to be savored." His 1776 has been acclaimed "a classic," while John Adams is one of the most widely read American biographies of all time. Join us as this master historian discusses the pleasures and value of our history and the urgent need to keep it alive. A Reception and Book Signing Follows

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

WILLIAM KERRIGAN

"JOHN CHAPMAN'S WESTWARD JOURNEY"

IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF

THE SMITH LIBRARY OF REGIONAL HISTORY

THE 150^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LANE LIBRARIES

7:30 PM ● Harry T. Wilks Conference Center

Miami University Hamilton Campus

William Kerrigan Cole Distinguished Professor of American History, Muskingum University. 7:30pm, Harry T. Wilks Conference Center Miami University Hamilton The legend of Johnny Appleseed is based upon the life of a real person. Born into a poor Yankee famly on the eve of the American Revolution, the young John Chapman headed west in the last years of the 18th century. This talk recovers the life of the "real " Johnny Appleseed, teasing out fact from myth, and revealing the life of an extraordinary individual whose real story is more compelling than the myth which emerged in the years after his death. A Reception and Book Signing Follows