Thomas Jefferson Visits Campus As Part Of A Summer Of Events For American West Program At Colorado State University
Tuesday, May 19, 1998
FORT COLLINS--Thomas Jefferson will visit campus this summer
in the form of Clay Jenkinson, nationally recognized authority on
the third president of the United States, as part of the 21st
American West Program at Colorado State University.
Jenkinson will join a series of speakers visiting campus
this summer to explore Western expansion under the program's
theme, "Manifest Destiny and the West to 1850."
Eugene Berwanger, professor and chairman of the history
department at Colorado State, will open the series June 2 with a
talk on "The Founding Fathers and Manifest Destiny." Other
highlights include a talk on John Charles Fremont's fourth
expedition into the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, a
discussion on the Alamo and a presentation on Manifest Destiny
and the rise of modern journalism.
Jenkinson travels the country portraying Thomas Jefferson in
historically accurate presentations to schoolchildren and
professional and business organizations. He was consultant to PBS
documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and created the nationally
syndicated radio show, "Thomas Jefferson Hour." Jenkinson is on
leave as humanities instructor at the University of Nevada at
Reno while he travels, and he has appeared in 45 states on more
than 1,000 occasions, including several presentations at the
White House.
"Mr. Jefferson will be answering questions during a modern-
style press conference," said Harry Rosenberg, history professor
and organizer of the American West series. "As a representative
of our founding fathers, he will speak eloquently on the agrarian
community, the importance of formal education and many other
topics."
All programs begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free and open to the
public. Programs will take place in Room 113 Natural Resources
Building except for Jenkinson's talk, which will take place in
the North Ballroom of the Lory Student Center.
In conjunction with the American West Program, the summer
exhibit of the Curfman Gallery in the Lory Student Center will
feature the artwork of William Henry Jackson.
A complete schedule of events follows.
* June 2 - "The Founding Fathers and Manifest Destiny," Eugene
Berwanger, professor and chairman of the history department at
Colorado State University.
* June 9 - "Mr. Jefferson and the West," Clay Jenkinson, Lory
Student Center North Ballroom.
* June 16 - "Trail to Disaster: John Charles Fremont's Fourth
Expedition into the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado,"
Patricia Joy Richmond, historian and teacher from Crestone.
* June 23 - "Manifest Destiny and the Rise of Modern Journalism,"
Charles Rankin, editor of Montana, The Magazine of Western
History from the Montana Historical Society.
* June 30 - "The Alamo: The Mexican View," Daniel Martinez,
historian for the National Park Service.
* July 7 - "Conquest of New Mexico and the Invasion of Chihuahua,
Mexico: A Forgotten Episode of the U.S.-Mexican War," Neil
Mangum, superintendent of Little Big Horn Battlefield National
Monument in Montana.
* July 14 - "Manifest Destiny and Indian Removals," Valerie
Mathes, professor in the department of social science at City
College of San Francisco.
* July 21 - "Los Capitalistas: New Mexican Merchants and the
Santa Fe Trade," Susan Calafate Boyle, independent historian from
Fort Collins.
* July 28 - "The Western Hero and Manifest Destiny - Boone,
Crockett and Carson," Paul Hutton, history professor at the
University of New Mexico.
For more information on the American West Program, call
Harry Rosenberg in the history department at 491-5230.
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