This presentation tells the story of Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick and how he brought Margaret Mitchell‘s novel to the screen.
Presented by:
Judy DeBolt
judy.debolt@gmail.com
850-477-3294
History and Archaeology in the Florida Panhandle
This presentation tells the story of Gone with the Wind producer David O. Selznick and how he brought Margaret Mitchell‘s novel to the screen.
Presented by:
Judy DeBolt
judy.debolt@gmail.com
850-477-3294
The author of Gone with the Wind was a fascinating woman who was a feminist in the 1920s. She broke all the rules a young southern woman should have observed.
Presented by:
Judy DeBolt
judy.debolt@gmail.com
850-477-3294
1939 is considered by movie historians as the greatest year for films. Some of the films that premiered that year include Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Wuthering Heights.
Presented by:
Judy DeBolt
judy.debolt@gmail.com
850-477-3294
This presentation looks at the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which is more commonly known as the Academy Awards or the Oscars.
Presented by:
Judy DeBolt
judy.debolt@gmail.com
850-477-3294
This presentation celebrates the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. The history of the Nineteenth Amendment will be discussed, and stories about Suffragettes in Pensacola and the local reaction to giving women the right to vote will be shared.
Presented by:
Dean DeBolt
University Librarian (Professor)/University Archivist
UWF Archives and West Florida History Center
University of West Florida Library
ddebolt@uwf.edu
850-474-2213
There is a new stamp from the United States Post Office that celebrates post office murals. The presentation discusses these, and a few examples from West Florida post offices will be shown. The murals were created throughout the United States as part of a New Deal program to provide work for artists in the late 1930s.
Presented by:
Dean DeBolt
University Librarian (Professor)/University Archivist
UWF Archives and West Florida History Center
University of West Florida Library
ddebolt@uwf.edu
850-474-2213