THE WOMEN ONTHE MOTHER ROAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Route 66 Oral Histories and Screening and Discussion Program reexamines iconic Route 66 from a female, Californian perspective. Project director Katrina Parks and librarian and archivist Chris Ervin (the Mohave Desert Archives, Goffs, CA) will present a slide lecture and several filmed and edited oral histories. They will place archival photos and filmed interviews about diverse women’s experiences along Route 66 in a wider historical, women’s studies and media studies context.
Friday, September 23, 2016, 5:30 pm
El Garces, Luggage Room
149 G St, Needles, CA 92363
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Katrina Parks, project director, cell: 323-203-5968, katrinaparks@mac.com or see their Facebook event. Bricks purchased to support the on-going restoration of this important historic building will be on display.
THE WOMEN ONTHE MOTHER ROAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA is a Community Stories funded project. To learn more about California Humanities grantmaking programs, please visit us here.
Southwest Oral History Association 