Local Author History Series 2022

Lewis Hine  
Local author and photographer Michael Cooney will discuss the life and works of Lewis Hine, the Oshkosh native whose photographs of immigrants and everyday workers, particularly child laborers in the early 20th Century, shaped the nation’s views of child labor.  
WED | Oct. 5 | 6 p.m. | Lower Level 

Finding Her Place: A Yorkshire Mill Girl’s Journey to a Home in the Gold Coast Colony
Catherine Cruickshank will share her remarkable story of her mother, Ioné Acquah, née Crabtree, who became the first single Englishwoman to go out to the Gold Coast, present day Ghana, to marry an African in 1947.
THURS | Oct. 13 | 6 p.m. | Lower Level  
 
It Seems Like Only Yesterday
Randy Domer, local Oshkosh author and president of the Winnebago Historical and Archaeological Society, will share stories from his latest book It Seems Like Only Yesterday, including the Alexian Brothers Hospital, The Great Train Wreck of 1900, and more. Presented in partnership with the Winnebagoland Genealogical Society.   
THURS | Nov. 10 | 6 p.m. | Lower Level