Dr. Sara Brandes Crook of the Nebraska Humanities Council dresses as early settler Barbara Kagi Mayhew Bradway and describes how the early Nebraska vegetarian society became linked with the Underground Railroad. Click here to see a blog by NeEtta Gillespie of UNMC public affairs on how she would have (not) handled life as a settler. (Video by NeEtta Gillespie)
The following is a list of upcoming events held through the partnership between the medical center and the Durham Western Heritage Museum:
March 25 — “Nebraska through Song and Story” by Dan Holtz of the Nebraska Humanities Council, noon to 1 p.m., Wittson Hall Amphitheater
April 22 — “Millionaires and Mansions,” a Gritty City Tour on Ollie the Trolley, noon to 1 p.m., $5 cover charge for the tour, which will begin outside the Durham Research Center
Dr. Sara Brandes Crook of the Nebraska Humanities Council dressed as early settler Barbara Kagi Mayhew Bradway and described life as a pioneer during a seminar at UNMC on Tuesday.
Dr. Crook’s presentation was held as part of the Time Travelers partnership between UNMC and the Durham Western Heritage Museum.
During the seminar, Dr. Crook immersed herself in a first person portrayal Bradway — one of Nebraska Territory’s early permanent white female settlers.
Dr. Crook — a professor at Peru State College — recounted the challenges of day-to-day life of settlers and described certain historical developments including the Underground Railroad.
Bradway’s brother, John Kagi, was a close confidant to famed abolishionist John Brown.
The Time Travelers partnership allows for free museum admission for medical center employees, students, and their immediate family with a valid identification. It also provides for lectures, workshops and other events on the medical center campus such as the lecture by Dr. Crook.