Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 24, 2020.
CHQ Heritage Lecture: Rick Swegan - Before Suffrage : The quiet revolution for women's rights (Seneca Falls).
Rick Swegan, a long-time Chautauquan with family ties to the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, will present on the beginnings of the woman's suffrage movement.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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Marketing Chautauqua
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 17, 2020.
Jon Schmitz introduces a 1923 film produced to attract new visitors of Chautauqua.
John Schmitz is an archivist and historian for Chautauqua. The 1923 film provides a wonderful documentation of the Chautauqua ground and programs at ...
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Traditions at Chautauqua
Originally broadcast at 3:30 PM EDT Friday, July 10, 2020.
Jon Schmitz looks at the origins and meaning of some traditions that have emerged over the years.
Schmitz has served as the archivist and historian for Chautauqua Institution since 2003.
This series is made possible with a gift from ...
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ChautauqWhat? - An Historical Overvie...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, July 3, 2020.
Jon Schmitz discusses the origins of Chautauqua, how its identity has evolved over the years and why it remains so important today.
Schmitz is the archivist and historian for Chautauqua Institution.
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