McIntyre Library Co-Sponsoring World War I events in November

Welcome Home Parade June 18, 1919 Barstow St. Bridge going south
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2017 marks the centennial of U.S. entry into World War One. In the shadow of other 19th century conflicts, our memory of this war is fading. This November we will explore the impact of “the war to end all wars” on the Chippewa Valley. Our expert presenters and project partners aim to deliver programs that connect with all audiences, especially local veterans and their families, through a series of four programs listed below.  For more information, please visit: www.uwec.ly/WWI.
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Free Speech in WWI Wisconsin
November 7, 2017 | 6:00pm
Chippewa Valley Museum
1204 E. Half Moon Drive
Eau Claire, WI 54703

Professor Tim Shiell, Director of the Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation at UW-Stout, will discuss the limits of free speech in Wisconsin and the Chippewa Valley during the Great War, including the major rationales for and against permitting anti-war speech. The Chippewa Valley presents a unique and complicated case study of this issue during World War I as two foreign language newspapers, Der Herold [German] and The Reform [Norwegian], held pacifist positions that attracted scrutiny and controversy.
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Game Design and Memory: Simulating the American WWI Experience
November 11, 2017 | 2:00pm
McIntyre Library, UW-Eau Claire
105 Garfield Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54702

Game design expert Hans Kishel will provide an introduction to war-games (conflict simulations) and how their design incorporates historical research. Attendees will explore WWI war-games, including a prototype of a game on American forces fighting in WWI’s Meuse Argonne offensive currently in development by Kishel. Attendees will learn about the game design process.
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World War I and African American Service
November 14, 2017 | 4:00pm
Woodland Theatre, W. R. Davies Student Center
UW-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702

Military historian Dr. Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, will present and lead a discussion exploring race and memory as it relates to U.S. involvement in World War I.
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Of Verse and Valor: The American War Experience through Poetry and Prose
November 16, 2017 | 6:00pm
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Club 3015
1300 Starr Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54703

Author and Professor B.J. Hollars, in association with the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild, will explore poetry and prose associated with conflict during this special open mic event. The event will feature poetry from the World War I era and invite others, including veterans and their families, to share poetry and prose of personal significance.
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These programs are part of World War I and America, a two-year national initiative of the Library of America presented in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the National World War I Museum and Memorial, and other organizations, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

Locally, these programs are co-sponsored by McIntyre Library, the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild, the Student Veterans of America – UW-Eau Claire Chapter, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 305, and the Chippewa Valley Museum.

For more information, please visit: www.uwec.ly/WWI.

McIntyre Library Newsletter - Fall 2017

McIntyre Library just released Issue #86 of our newsletter, Off the Shelf

Articles in the newsletter include:

• Pictures and stories from our award winning event, After Dark
• An overview of the library's strategic goals
• Information about the Sounds of Eau Claire oral history project
• Highlights from the 2nd Annual McIntyre Library Summer Conference
• Recent acquisitions to the library

And so much more!

You can get to the newsletter by clicking on the link above or using this link. Enjoy!

Questions or comments? Contact the editor at vandezjl@uwec.edu

Presentation on Local Baseball History - 10/23 at Noon

Grimes, Pafko, Niese

Just in time for the World Series, McIntyre Library will be hosting a presentation on two local baseball players - Burleigh Grimes and Andy Pafko - that made it to the major leagues.

Joe Niese will present "From a Western Wisconsin Farm to the World Series: The Story of Burleigh Grimes and Andy Pafko" at noon on Monday, October 23 in the Library Breezeway (L2023).

The presentation will include the following memorabilia.

• Andy Pafko model bat, signed by Pafko
• 1950s era Andy Pafko model youth glove
• Signed hat from Andy Pafko Park dedication, May, 1986
• Burleigh Grimes personal scrapbook compiled by his wife. 1930s

Presentation Title: From a Western Wisconsin Farm to the World Series: The Story of Burleigh Grimes and Andy Pafko
Date: 10/23/17
Time: noon - 1 pm
Location: McIntyre Library Breezeway (L2023)

About the presenter:
Joe Niese is currently the library director at the Chippewa Falls Public Library, is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, and was named 2015 Media Person of the Year by the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association. He has written two adult biographies on baseball players: Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer and Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story. The latter was funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign and awarded a bronze in Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award (Sports- Adult Non-Fiction).