Programs   Coordinator:  Nathan Krämer
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Blair: Reminisce!
 NEED PROJECT DESCRIPTION     Oral History Program with Guests 

from Tom:
A. Destruction by Nature - floods, fire, decay, etc.
B. Destruction by Ignorance - "I didn't know what it was, didn't think it was important (per the article)?
C. Destruction by Choice - "We simply can't afford to keep it. We choose destruction to preservation as a matter of financial (or other) choice.
D. Destruction by Vandals - "I don't like this and I don't want any one else to have it." "That'll show 'em."

Would be nice to offer a free in-house session to the city records people regarding this topic. It would be interesting to solicit and catalogue or at least provide a list of items lost by other municipalities as the basis for education on type B loss. As in "Don't let this happen to you."

  • Ideas
    • The Blair Bridges
    • Railroad Depot
    • Monroe Block
    • The Lincoln Highway (2004 anniversary)
    • Guide to Researching your Historic Blair Home
    • Historic Downtown Blair
    • How to Read an Abstract
      Karen Madsen-  County Clerks Office
  • Guests
    • Kenny Rhoades
    • Pat Tripp
    • Bud Jenny
    • Bill Tripp
    • Larry Denise (Lives in Colorado, worked at the Post Office)
    • Tom Sick
    • Jim Scheffler
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Notes

Past Programs

Member's Tours
 Private Tours through Historic Buildings

Members Tour of the Huber Building  (a.k.a 2 Blair Place)  and a Member's preview of the Sanborn Maps Date: Thursday, March 13, 7:00 p.m.  Program Notes  Outline
 

Ideas

  • Helen (Pedersen) McNichols would be a good addition to your local resources list. She's a longtime Blair resident, and her father was a local doctor.
     
  • From Ed Jipp  1/26/02  -- Dick Lippincott --  talking about the halfway house that is a part of the early Lippincott History and he said he thought he could do that. He has prepared a summary of the historical data about the building. At this point it has deteriorated probably beyond the point of restoration but it is an important part of our early Washington County History. Bill Tripp might be a candidate for this discussion as well.
     
  • From Eldora  2/20/03 -- Georgia Matzen (age 90) & friend Donna Husk are interested in the Blair Reminisce Programs. 
    Georgia Matzen  (Mrs. Otto)            Donna Husk  (Mrs. Gordon)
    16731 Co Rd 14                                   17362 C. Rd 14
    Blair, NE                                               Blair, NE  
    426-5240                                               426-2081