January Zoom Historical League meeting

 The business of running the Historical League continues with Zoom meetings. Our January meeting brought 37 members. We learned that, thanks to great PR by Carolyn Hartman, shipping by Cathy Shumard and Sharron McKinney, co-ordination by Nina Filippi and Clede Gorrell, credit card sales by Norma Jean Coulter and many other workers, 554 Tastes & Treasures II books were sold on Amazon and www.HistoricalLeague.org in October, November and December.

Carolyn Hartman

Clede Gorrell

Nina Filippi

Pat Grogg

Sharron McKinney

Zona Lorig

NHD Field Trip podcast

 

New Year, New National History Day Podcast   National History Day is launching a new podcast, NHD Field Trip. Join host and National History Day Executive Director Cathy Gorn as she explores the annual NHD contest theme through field trips to museums, libraries, and archives. The pilot episode features a visit to the new Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC, to speak with founder and CEO Ann Friedman about the museum's mission and tour some of Planet Word's exhibits related to NHD's 2021 theme, Communication in History: The Key to Understanding.Listen to the teaser here, and stay tuned for the full episode by Monday, January 11, 2021, wherever you get your podcasts!

2021 First meeting of the year

Great way to start off 2021 with a Zoom Historical League meeting organized by President Susan Dale with 37 attendees, updates on financials, strategic planning, website, Tastes & Treasures II sales, publicity, correspondence, volunteer hours, membership and more. It was  followed up with a Jana Bommersbach presentation on the Suffragettes movement titled 'Hyenas in Petticoats'.

We are all so grateful to "see" each other even if it is virtual. There is time to chat, share stories and plan for the future of the Historical League.

Tastes & Treasures II in Payson Round Up, North Central News, Paradise Valley Independent

Thanks to some wonderful promotions from Carolyn Hartman, Tastes & Treasures II got lovely publicity from these publications in December: Payson Round UP, North Central News, The Paradise Valley Independent. Sharron McKinney mails out website orders. Cathy Shumard mails out Amazon orders. They were both VERY busy this season!

 

2003 Historymaker Calvin C. Goode dies at age 93

We are saddened to learn that long-time Phoenix City Councilman Calvin C. Goode has died, Wednesday, December 23 at the age of 93. He was honored as a Historymaker by the Historical League in 2003. There are many, many tributes to him. He will be missed.

KJZZ reports: As Phoenix’s second African American council member, Calvin C. Goode was elected 11 consecutive times. He served a record 22 years before retiring. Goode died Wednesday at the age of 93. Through a city spokesperson, the Goode family said Calvin C. Goode passed at 3:25 p.m. on Dec. 23, 2020, at Banner University Medical Center from a non-COVID related illness. Memorial services are pending. The family requests privacy during this time.

 During a 2001 interview for the Historical League’s Arizona HistoryMakers collection, Calvin C. Goode was asked what he’d like to be remembered for. 

“Don’t talk about all the awards,” he said. “I got a lot of plaques but remember me as a person who tried to do the best thing for people.” 

https://kjzz.org/content/1639681/longest-serving-phoenix-city-councilmember-calvin-c-goode-dies-93

Phoenix Home & Garden about 2019 Historymakers exhibit

Historymakers exhibit at the Arizona Heritage Center displayed in Phoenix Home & Garden, January 2021.

The exhibit features amazing Arizonans who have been honored by the Historical League: Betsey Bayless, Dr. Arthur De Cabooter, Michael J. Fox, Alfredo Gutierrez, Merrill Mahaffey and Vernon D. Swaback.

www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/museums/tempe

So much to find in Library and Archives at The Heritage Center

 Celebrating the 40 year Historical League Anniversary, President Susan Dale and Ruth McLeod research Library and Archives at The Heritage Center at Papago Park. What a wealth of information is there!

Appointment only at this time. 480-929-0292.