CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies Presents LEGACIES & LUNCH

Book discussion of the day I was born

Speaker: Eugene Richards

Author and photographer Eugene Richards will discuss his latest book, the day I was born,

The Butler Center offers a beginner’s genealogy class the second Monday of every month, taught by Rhonda Stewart, the Butler Center’s local history and genealogy expert. Participants will learn how to use online databases and city directories, as well as how to archive family documents. Jump-start your genealogy research with this fun and creative way to learn about the past.

The CALS Butler Center offers a monthly beginner’s oral history workshop taught by Benji de la Piedra, oral historian and author. Participants will learn how to

• think about questions, stories, memories, and dialogue like oral historians do;
• prepare for and conduct oral history interviews with the technology they have available to them (including phone and video chat);