Postcards from Lincoln: A History of Lincoln Speaker Series

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Monday, Nov 28, 2022  7pm - 8pm
• Monday, Nov 14, 2022  7pm - 8pm
• Monday, Oct 31, 2022  7pm - 8pm
• Monday, Oct 17, 2022  7pm - 8pm
• Monday, Oct 3, 2022  7pm - 8pm
• Monday, Sep 19, 2022  7pm - 8pm

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Saint Paul is excited to welcome back Ed Zimmer, Jim Mckee, and Ron Hull as they continue their popular speaker series, “Postcards from Lincoln.” This series is open to everyone, and it features three of Lincoln’s most preeminent figures specializing in our city’s history, and those individuals who helped make that history, as they tell the stories that shaped what Lincoln is today. All sessions will be meeting on Mondays, from 7:00-8:00 pm at Saint Paul United Methodist Church in the Sanctuary.

Fall Series Schedule:

September 12 – “Backstories of Early Public Television, Part I”
Speaker: Ron Hull

September 26 – “Backstories of Early Public Television, Part II"
Speaker: Ron Hull

October 10 – "Eating Out in Lincoln"
Speaker: Jim McKee

October 24 – “Woman's Suffrage of Lincoln”
Speaker: Ed Zimmer

November 7 – “The Movie Theaters of Lincoln”
Speakers: Ed Zimmer & Jim McKee

November 21 – “The University of Nebraska”
Speaker: Jim McKee

December 5 – “More Churches of Lincoln”
Speakers: Ed Zimmer & Jim McKee

Speakers:
Ron Hull, Ed.D.
Ron Hull has led a storied career with Nebraska Educational Television and with the national Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. Throughout his over seven decades of leadership and scholarship, Hull has helped bring such programs to life as "Anyone for Tennyson," "The American Experience," and "Reading Rainbow," as well as working with many of the most impactful people of a generation. Hull and his wife Naomi joined Saint Paul United Methodist church in 1955, and have been involved since.

Jim McKee
Born and raised in Lincoln, Jim McKee has authored over 1,500 articles and books on Lincoln and Nebraska history and numismatics. He currently presents about 50 talks a year to groups around Nebraska, and has taught history at Southeast Community College since 1970.

Ed Zimmer, Ph.D.
Ed Zimmer is a native of Omaha who served as Lincoln’s historic preservation planner from 1985 to 2020. Additionally, he was an elected member of the LPS Board of Education from 1995 to 2014, and he has served as an adjunct instructor for the University of Nebraska – Lincoln.