A special showing of the 1959 film version of Hamilton-born Fanny Hurst’s novel “Imitation of Life” will be given by the Butler County Historical Society, 1 p.m., Saturday, May 7, in the Society’s Emma Ritchie Auditorium, 327 North 2nd Street, Hamilton. Kathleen Stuckey Fox will introduce and discuss the film. Hurst became one of America’s
Local author Brian Smith discusses highlights of his new book paying tribute to Hamilton as it was portrayed during the “Golden Age of Postcards” during a presentation at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16, at the Butler County Historical Society, 327 North 2nd Street, Hamilton. The book, his first in Arcadia Publishing Company’s Postcard History series,
The Butler County Historical society's popular "Theaters of Butler County" exhibit from 2013 has returned to the display hallway connecting the research center and the Benninghofen House Museum. All of the large pictorial panels and some of the smaller programs, advertisements and memorabilia will be displayed until early June, according to Kathy Creighton, executive director.
Dr. Sara Butler, Miami University Art Department Professor Emeritus, will discuss the Butler County Historical Society’s “Reality and Fantasy: 150 Years of Butler County Weddings” exhibit at 1 p.m. on January 23 in the society’s Emma Ritchie Auditorium, 327 North Second Street, Hamilton. The presentation is the first in a new series of monthly Saturday afternoon programs developed
The Butler County Historical Society will begin 2016 with a new slate of officers when the Board of Trustees meets on Thursday, January 21. The board’s new president is John A. Whalen, the society’s former treasurer, and the new treasurer is William Groth. Sara Butler will serve a second term as vice-president and Richard O
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The Butler County Historical Society will have a reception in honor of the Beckett Paper Company exhibition that opened in early June on Saturday, September 19 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. It will be held in the society’s Emma Ritchie Auditorium, 327 North Second Street, Hamilton, and is free to the public. Light refreshments will be
The Michael J. Colligan History Project will continue its public history series focusing on “American Wars & American Life.” Sept. 9, Witnessing the War on Terror in American Culture, 7:30 p.m., Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. John E. Bodnar, Distinguished Professor of History at Indiana University and Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, explores encounters with mass violence that
Dr. Sara Butler, Miami University Art Department Professor Emeritus, will present "Reality and Fantasy: 150 Years of Butler County Weddings” at 7:00 pm on September 10 in the Emma Ritchie Auditorium at the Butler County Historical Society, 327 North Second Street, Hamilton. The program is free to the public and highlights many of the wedding dresses
The Hollow Earth Monument of Capt. John Cleves Symmes has been chosen as the Sight of the Week by the editors of RoadsideAmerica.com. The monument will be featured as the lead story on the RoadsideAmerica.com website for the week of July 6-12. It will also be listed and mapped on the Roadside America app for