Carolyn Brown began photographing ancient architecture while living in Cairo, Egypt, where she did graduate work in art history at the American University of Cairo.  Later traveled throughout Mexico, photographing pre-Hispanic and Vice Regal architecture, nature, and people.  Presently, she is an architectural and fine arts photographer in Dallas, Texas, specializing in preservation projects, flowers, landscapes, and ancient sites.  She has done six books—either in part or the whole book on Dallas.  The new Dallas Book is complimented by several essayists who tell their personal stories about living and working in Dallas.  It was printed by TCU Press.

Brown’s presentation will review past books and show a few works and words from each chapter of the book.  Calvert Collins Bratton will read quotes from the women’s essays, and Willis Cecil Winters will read quotes from the men’s essays.

Her work is regularly shown at Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX, and the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History at the Dallas Museum of Art and the University of Texas at Dallas.  Her archives are promised to the Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History upon her death.

Author and biographer Mark Finn talks about Robert E. Howard, his life and times, and makes his case for Howard being included in Texas’ rich literary history and tradition. Mark Finn is an author, actor, essayist, pop culture critic, and movie reviewer. He is a nationally recognized authority on Robert E. Howard and has written extensively about the Texas author. His biography, Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard, was nominated for a World Fantasy award in 2007 and is currently available in an updated and expanded second edition. His fiction, articles, essays, reviews, short stories, and comics have been published by Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, DC/Vertigo Comics, The University of Texas Press, Greenwood Press, Tachyon Press, and others. He lives in North Texas, over an old movie theater, along with his high school sweetheart, far too many books, and an affable pit bull named Sonya.

Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney is Deputy Director and Chief Operations Officer for the Dallas African American Museum. Before joining the Museum in March 2020, he was Associate Professor of History Emeritus, the former Interim Director of the Center for African American Studies, and the former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Texas, Arlington. He is a native of Alliance, Ohio. He serves on the editorial board of Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas. He has won numerous awards for his community service, activism, and scholarship.

Dr. Uglow will discuss U.S. and Texas military efforts to defend the Texas frontier against various Native American opponents during the periods before and after the Civil War, with emphasis on forts and posts, long-range defensive patrols, and eventual offensive campaigns.

Loyd Uglow holds a master’s degree in History from the University of West Florida, with some course work from the Naval War College, and a Ph.D. in History from the University of North Texas. He is past chairman of the History Department at Southwestern Assemblies of God University. He is the author of A Military History of Texas, the first general history of the state with a military focus. His previous books include Standing in the Gap, two children’s biographies, and two military historical novels. He is a retired Commander (Surface Warfare) in the United States Naval Reserve.

Journalists Gaylon Finklea Hecker and Marianne Odom have been collecting oral histories since 1981. Their book, Growing Up in the Lone Star State: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods, features a fascinating collection of oral history interviews that capture the spirit of Texas in the early 20th century. From stars of stage and screen to politics, sports and business legends, these famous Texans describe how life in the Lone Star State gave them the courage to follow their dreams. Join us for a nostalgic evening with anecdotes and photos from outstanding Texans with Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex connections such as Miss America Phyllis George, business giants Mary Kay Ash and Jimmy Dean, singers Trini Lopez and Delbert McClinton, TV anchor Bob Schieffer and sports novelist Dan Jenkins. The lessons learned during a gentler, simpler time still have relevance today. A book signing will follow.

Fair Park is one of the country’s finest collections of Art Deco architecture, but it is so much more: the embodiment of Texan swagger; it is a testament to the Texanic task of creating a dazzling spectacle in the darkest days of the Depression. This illustrated lecture by David Bush and Jim Parsons, authors and photographers of Fair Park Deco, tells the story of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition and how dozens and local and national architects and artists transformed the state fairgrounds into an Art Deco wonderland. During their talk, Bush and Parsons will discuss the design and construction of the “Magic City” using historic and current photos and archival newsreel footage. They’ll also introduce some of the fair’s most colorful stories and people, including Mademoiselle Corrine, the “Apple Dancer,” whose performances were the talk of Dallas.