Kathryn Black Morrow will speak on
“Seeing What Isn’t There; How to Ask Questions as
You Research”
Kathryn is an historian and professional genealogist with 35 years of experience. She has done extensive on-site research at archives in Raleigh, North Carolina, Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Denver, Colorado, Salt Lake City, Utah, Dallas, Texas, and Clayton Genealogical library in Houston.
In 1980, she was chosen as a Delegate from the State of Oklahoma to the World Conference on Records held in Salt Lake City, Utah. She served as the co-founder and archivist for the Railroad Depot Museum and as President for the Harrah Heritage and Historical Society in Harrah, Oklahoma. Under her leadership, a permanent collection of artifacts and photos for display in the museum was established at the University of Oklahoma, and sufficient historical information was compiled to produce a book.
From 1990 until 1997, she served on the Landmark Designation Commission for the City of Longmont, Colorado, assisting in the preservation and designation of historic buildings. She also volunteered as a grant reader for the Colorado State Historical Society.
Kathryn received a B.A in Modern languages from Oklahoma City University in 1981, and an M.A. in History from the University of Houston, Clear Lake in 2003. Her Master’s thesis was a History of Ellington Field, which was published as a series of articles in the BAGS quarterlies this last year. In 2003, Kathryn was asked to evaluate and index the Heartman Collection of slave documents at Texas Southern University. Most recently, she was asked by the French Consulate in Houston to be the historian for the international observance of the 60th Anniversary of D-Day ceremony, held June 6th, 2004.
Kathryn and her husband Michael live in Clear Lake, but have four children and seven grandchildren scattered across the world in Guam, Germany, Utah, and San Antonio.
You are cordially invited to join the Society at its next regular meeting on July 25th at 5:00 PM in the Great Room at University Baptist Church 16106 Middlebrook Drive in Clear Lake City.