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SUMMARY:Postcards From Durham: Local History Through Vintage Postcards wi
 th John Schelp - Library Fest 2026
DESCRIPTION:Postcards From Durham: Local History Through Vintage Postcard
 s\n\nwith John Schelp\n\n\nWhere was the indigenous village of Adshushee
 r? Who lived on the hilltops and who lived in the creek bottoms? \n\nWhe
 re's Alley #35? Who was Blind Boy Fuller? Where did Madonna take early d
 ance lessons? \n\nWhere was Kevin Costner spotted in his boxer shorts? W
 ho dedicated the Muhammad Ali Gymnasium in Durham?\n\nWho wrote the song
 \, "Tobacco Road" and delivered telegrams around downtown? \n\nWhy do ne
 ighborhoods change so fast in Durham? Where did Bartlett Durham live? \n
 \nWho was Pfc Booker T Spicely? What's the connection between Old Bull\,
  Bull Durham and Durham\, England? \n\nJoin us to find out!\n\n\n\nCo-ho
 sted by the Durham County Library\, Museum of Durham History and Preserv
 ation Durham. \n\n \n\nAbout the presenter: \n\n\n\nJohn Schelp worked f
 or the Peace Corps and USAID in Congo for seven years and was an electio
 ns observer with Jimmy Carter in Liberia. He's served on the Museum of D
 urham History advisory board\, Pauli Murray steering committee\, Mayor's
  Sesquicentennial Commission\, president of the People's Alliance Fund\,
  vice-president of the NAACP-Durham branch\, president of the North Caro
 lina Peace Corps Association\, chair of UNC-Greensboro’s Parent Council\
 , and longtime president of the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association
 .\n\nHe also helped secure state markers for Pauli Murray\, Booker T. Sp
 icely\, Bull City Blues and the Royal Ice Cream Sit-in. John worked at t
 he National Institutes of Health in RTP for more than 32 years and is no
 w retired. He has degrees in Political Science & French from St. Lawrenc
 e University\, a Masters in Public Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill a
 nd speaks French along with conversational KiKongo.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere can
  I park when the Main Library parking lot is full?\n\nParking is availab
 le in the library parking lot or at the North Queen Street Garage locate
 d at 115 North Queen Street which is behind the apartments directly acro
 ss the street from the library. Parking is free in the garage. Please br
 ing your ticket to a service desk in the library for validation.\n\nSour
 ce: Durham County Library\nhttps://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/calend
 ar
LOCATION:Main Auditorium\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)\, Main Audito
 rium\, Main Library (300 N. Roxboro St)
URL:https://durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/calendar
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