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Title	Date	Speaker	Description
Negro League Baseball: Yesterday and Today	May 3, 2012	Ernie Westfield	Ernie L. Westfield played for the Cubs organization in 1958 when he finished high school. He is former Negro League baseball player who pitched for the Birmingham Black Barons. He was the starting pitcher the last East-West All-Star game August 20, 1960, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. After baseball, Westfield received a bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois University and worked with the Illinois Department of Employment Security for 31 years retiring in 1999. Now, he is the CEO of ELW Enterprise, which specializes in Negro League memorabilia.This is the final of four public lectures as part of the Pride and Passion traveling panel exhibit. A book signing will follow the presentation. Listen online
From Cuban Giants to Cuban Stars: The International World of Black Baseball	April 26,2012	Adrian Burgos	Adrian Burgos Jr., is an associate professor of history at the University of Illinois, specializing in U.S. Latino history, urban history, and sport history. His first book, "Playing America's Game(s): Baseball, Latinos, and the Color Line," received the inaugural Latino/a Book Award from the Latin American Studies Association and was also a Seymour Medalist Finalist. This is the third of four public lectures as part of the Pride and Passion traveling panel exhibit. A book signing will follow the presentation. Listen online
We Bought a Zoo	April 23, 2012	Benjamin Mee	Benjamin Mee, a former bricklayer and decorator, returned to education in his early twenties in order to investigate animal intelligence. While he lived in France and was writing a book on "Evolution of Humour in Man and Animals", the Dartmoor Zoological Park came up for sale. Ben currently divides his time between running the busy zoo and raising his two children, Ella and Milo. Listen online
The Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project	April 18, 2012	Jeremy Krock	Krock will discuss his project that began in 2003 as an effort to provide proper grave markers to the unmarked graves of former Negro League baseball players and associates. The project has been featured by "The Chicago Tribune," "ESPN," "National Public Radio," "The New York Times," "NBC," and "Sports Illustrated." Listen online
Aaron Elster -- Child Survivor of the Holocaust	April 10, 1012	Aaron Elster	Aaron Elster escaped the liquidation in Poland and hid for two years until the war's end. He was educated in Chicago and served in the armed forces in Korea. His presentations touch adults and children alike, and his open and loving style creates extensive discussions and interactive exploration of the Holocaust and its issues. Listen online
Hot Time in the Old Town	March 7,2012	Edward Kohn	Edward Kohn is assistant professor of United States History at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, where he also serves as chair of the Department of American Culture and Literature. In 2007 History News Network named him a "Top Young Historian." His most recent work is "Hot Time in the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt." Listen online
Picture This: Picturing Community One Lens at a Time	February 2, 2012	Tony Preston-Schreck	University Galleries and Milner Library are collaborating to present photographic works by area youth beginning on January 17, 2012. Entitled, Picture This: Picturing Community One Lens at a Time, the exhibition highlights the first semester of a yearlong community photography project involving over 12 regional schools and community organizations. The exhibition will be displayed on the second floor of Milner Library until February 28, 2012.A public lecture detailing the project will be presented at Milner Library. Listen online
Behind Louisa's Mask	October 11, 2011	Roberta Trites	Louisa May Alcott despised the way most of her contemporaries thought of her only as an author who wrote "moral pap for the young." This presentation focused on the less frequently discussed aspects of her life, including her agenda as a radical reformer, her medical condition, and the more scandalous aspects of her personal life. Listen online
Understanding Lincoln's World	September 16, 2011	Greene Medford	Dr. Medford, Professor Howard University, will present "Understanding Lincoln's World: The Challenge of Race in 19th Century Context." Dr. Medford specializes in nineteenth century African-American history, she teaches courses in Civil War and Reconstruction, Colonial America, the Jacksonian Era, and African-American history. Listen online
A Conversation with Dan Savage	September 14, 2011	Dan Savage	Dan Savage delivers his unique brand of sex advice in the wildly popular "Savage Love", an internationally syndicated column read by millions of people every week. "Savage Love" is a cultural force that, over the years, has brought LGBT relationships into the mainstream. Listen online
Reading of Lincoln's Farewell Address to Springfield, Illinois	February 11, 2011	Reading led by Dr. Al Bowman	On the 150th anniversary of president-elect Abraham Lincoln's departure from Springfield, President Bowman and other various campus & community dignitaries will participate in a simultaneous reading of Abraham Lincoln's farewell address. Listen online
Bob Zellner: The Wrong Side of Murder Creek	January 24, 2011	Dr. Bob Zellner	With a PhD. in history, with a focus on the southern civil rights movement, Zellner keeps the stories of the civil rights movement alive. From his memoir, “The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement,’ to the forthcoming Spike Lee film adaptation of his life, Zellner reveals the sometimes horrific, always interesting story of the commitment to racial justice. Listen online
A Change in Dimension: Book Art in America, 1960 to Today	November 2, 2010	Dr. Betty Bright	We will consider the influences and current works called book art, a quintessential twenty-first century art form in which artists transform “book’ into a flexible artwork of beauty or even of provocation, using a range of media, materials and strategies. Listen online
Behind the Sideshow Curtain: The Tattooed Ladies	September 23, 2010	Amelia Klem Osterud	Amelia Klem Osterud is an academic librarian from Milwaukee who is working diligently on becoming heavily tattooed, just in case she ever wants a second career as a tattooed lady. Osterud has a master’s degree in history from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and writes and lectures on the subject of tattooing. She is the author of “A Life of Her Own Choosing: Artoria Gibbon’s Fifty Years as a Tattooed Lady,” published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History in 2006. Osterud is always planning her next tattoo. This is her first book. Listen online
Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West	August 31, 2010	Mark Wyman	Labor, immigration, and the frontier have been at the center of Mark Wyman’s writing, research, and teaching coming together in his sixth book Hoboes: Bindlestiffs, Fruit Tramps, and the Harvesting of the West. Wyman left his position as a labor reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune in the 1960s to become a history professor. He taught at Illinois State University from 1971 until his retirement in 2004. Listen online
A Conversation with Ed Begley Jr. and Enid Cardinal	April 14, 2010	Ed Begley Jr.	A Q&A with Ed Begley Jr. moderated by Enid Cardinal, Coordinator of Sustainability at Illinois State University, took place at Illinois State University Milner Library. Ed Begley Jr., actor and activist, serves on the boards Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Office, Tree People, and Friends of the Earth. He is the costar of the hit Planet Green series Living with Ed, a look at the day-to-day realities of living green. Listen online
Q&A with Frank Warren	April 7, 2010	Frank Warren	Frank Warren is the bestselling author and creator of the Post Secret Project. As “the most trusted stranger in America,” Frank has received close to half a million revealing secrets from all across the country. This Q&A took place at Illinois State University Milner Library. Listen online
Norman Rockwell: The Life and Reception of the Four Freedoms, 1943-2010; Making Sense of the Time	April 6, 2010	Melissa Johnson	This presentation will examine Norman Rockwell in the context of 1930s-1940s American art and the interdisciplinary field of visual culture. Rockwell, historically seen as “illustrator” rather than “artist”, has recently been reevaluated by scholars. Consequently his work is now seen in a new light. Listen online
A Manifesto of Power and Ideals: FRD’s Four Freedoms Speech in Historical Perspective	March 3, 2010	Ross Kennedy	Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms speech had a profound significance for international affairs in both the near and long term. It had an immediate impact on the course of World War II, especially by contributing to Hitler’s decision to attack the Soviet Union. Combining the strategic calculations of power politics with a sweeping vision of a new world order based on democratic ideals, the speech also provided a framework for America’s national security strategy for the next fifty years. Listen online
The Impact of Fear on Contemporary Political Dialogue	February 18, 2010	Robert Bradley	The presentation will examine the parallels that exist between Presidents Roosevelt’s and Obama’s warnings about fear in their addresses to the nation. Both presidents were confronting substantial domestic and foreign challenges to the nation, and both were trying to appeal to the nation not to surrender to fear but instead pursue a course of hope. Also included will be a discussion of actions undertaken by both presidents that appear to contradict their messages on fear. Listen online
John Adams and the Origins of American Diplomacy	September 29, 2009	W. Michael Weis	Professor of History W. Michael Weis presented“John Adams and the Origins of American Diplomacy” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, in Beckman Auditorium in The Ames Library. Weis spoke on the significance of Adams as a founder of the U.S. diplomatic efforts across the Atlantic, including his work developing treaties and keeping the country out of war in the aftermath of the French Revolution. A specialist in U.S. foreign relations, Weis has been a member of the Illinois Wesleyan faculty since 1988. Listen online
Hemingway’s Personal Farewell to Arms	September 3, 2009	Susan Beegel	Dr. Susan F. Beegel offered a presentation entitled, “Hemingway’s Personal Farewell to Arms” at Milner Library on Thursday, September 3. The address focused on the author’s service in World War I Italy, his recovery from wounds received there, his relationship with the nurse, Agnes von Kurowsky, and how it manifested itself in his later works. Her presentation concluded with a round of questions from the audience. Listen online
Ernest Hemingway: The Alchemy of a Writer	June 18, 2009	Hilary Justice	Dr. Hilary Justice, Hemingway scholar and Illinois State University professor, discussed how the Illinois writer developed from a high-school educated journalist to international icon and Nobel Laureate. Listen online
Michael Beschloss Question & Answer Session	April 23, 2009	Michael Beschloss	Michael Beschloss shares his experiences writing and answers questions about his latest book "Great Presidents Past and Present." Listen online
Democracy Remembered: Abraham Lincoln, Jesse Fell and the Stevensons	April 13, 2009	Adlai Stevenson III	Adlai Stevenson III talked about the relationship between the Fell, Lincoln and Stevenson families. Listen online
Measure Him By the Sentiment of His Country	April 2, 2009	James Oakes	James Oakes, a noted Lincoln scholar, gave his speech of "Measure Him By the Sentiment of His Country: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and the Triumph of Anitslavery Politics" on the main floor of Milner as part of Milner's celebration this spring of Lincoln's 200th birthday. April 2, 2009. Listen online
Hamilton's Legacy for Judicial Review	November 13, 2008	Robert Bradley	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America", Bradley's lecture is "Hamilton's Legacy for Judicial Review". Listen online
Hamilton the Warrior	November 4, 2008	Susan Westbury	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America", Westbury's lecture is " Hamilton the Warrior". Listen online
A Discussion with Alexander Hamilton	October 28, 2008	Tim Connors	Tim Connors will portray the role of Alexander Hamilton in a press conference with local media from WJBC, WGLT, The Pantagraph, The Daily Vidette and TV 10. Listen online
The Sin of Censorship	September 30,2008	Marilyn Reynolds	Marilyn Reynolds presented "The Sin of Censorship" during Banned Books Week 2008. A prolific young adult novelist and Emmy Award nominee, Marilyn Reynolds knows teens. She has taught reading to at-risk high school students for more than 30 years. Listen online
Bryant Jackson Lectureship featuring Ann Seidl The Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film	May 1,2008	Ann Seidl	Ann Seidl is the writer/director of the first full length documentary on librarians and their work.Ms. Seidl discusses the making of the film including the ups and downs.The Q&A following the lecture is included. Listen online
African American Responses to Emancipation and the Emancipation Proclamation	September 27, 2007	Roger D. Bridges	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," Bridges' lecture is" African American Responses to Emancipation and the Emancipation Proclamation." Listen online
A Discussion with President Lincoln and Judge Douglas	September 27, 2007	Timothy Connors and George Buss	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation," Connors and Bridges interpreted a discussion between Lincoln & Douglas. Listen online
Lies My Teacher Told Me and How to Avoid Them: Teaching Lincoln and the Emancipation	September 13, 2007	James Loewen	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation", Loewen's lecture is "Lies My Teacher Told Me and How to Avoid Them: Teaching Lincoln and the Emancipation." Listen online
Emancipation Defended: Lincoln's Letter and the Springfield Rally	September 6, 2007	Mark A. Plummer	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation", Plummer's lecture is "Emancipation Defended: Lincoln's Letter and the Springfield Rally". Listen online
The Emancipation Proclamation: Fatal Blow to Slavery Struck by a Central Illinois Lawyer	August 28, 2007	Guy C. Fraker	As part of the National Endowment for the Humanities Exhibit "Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation", Mr. Fraker will present "The Emancipation Proclamation: Fatal Blow to Slavery Struck by a Central Illinois Lawyer." Listen online
Making Crime Pay: An Author's Journey	June 8, 2007	Marcia Talley	Author of the Hannah Ives Mystery Series, Marcia is a breast cancer survivor like her heroine. She recently finished the fifth book in the series Through the Darkness. Ten percent of the books' profits to to the Susan G. Komen Foundation which supports breast cancer research and educational programs.This event is sponsored by Milner Library, the Community Cancer Center and the Sisters in Crime. Listen online
Our Lincoln	May 1, 2007	Richard Norton Smith	The 2007 Bryant Jackson Lectureship "Our Lincoln" discussed how each generation rediscovers Lincoln. Smith speaks about Lincoln's role at Illinois State Normal University and the friendship he had with Jesse Fell. Listen online
Exploring the Living Dream	April 17, 2007	Robert Ballard	Robert Ballard gave an informal presentation about his experiences about his life long passion to pursue learning in science, math, and technology through exploration and discovery. He is best know for his discovery of the Titanic in 1985. Listen online
The Founding of Illinois State Normal University: Normal School or State University?	April 5, 2007	John Freed	Freed's presentation reexamination the University's early history and educational mission. Listen online
Kate Charles Book Launch of Secret Sins	March 7, 2007	Kate Charles, Al Bowman, Cheryl Elzy and Stephanie Epp	Kate Charles launching of her eleventh book "Secret Sins" took place at Milner Library on the Illinois State University campus. The launch presenters spoke of Kate's contributions to literature and her relationship to ISU as a 1972 graduate. Kate spoke about her passion for writing and her gratitude to ISU for providing a solid educational foundation. Listen online
1906 San Francisco Earthquake Exhibit Lecture	February 1,2007	Becky Dailey	Becky Dailey will share her story about the discovery of her great aunt's photos taken after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, CA. Listen online