The NDSU Libraries have been selected as a host site for “Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry,” a traveling exhibit and programs about the Dust Bowl. The exhibit is on display on the Main Library’s first floor through mid-December.
Other related events also are scheduled:
- A screening of Ken Burns’ “The Dust Bowl” is set for Oct. 27 and 29 at 2:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Century Theater. The four-hour documentary will be shown in two parts, each followed with a discussion led by Tom DeSutter, associate professor in the School of Natural Resource Sciences.
- Christina Weber, associate professor of sociology, is set to present “Women in the Dust Bowl” Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. in the Main Library’s Weber Reading Room. She will use the photography of Dorothea Lange as well as oral histories from Oklahoma State University to tie the experiences of women in Oklahoma with those who lived through the Dust Bowl in North Dakota.
- A panel discussion, titled “Causes and Effects of the Dust Bowl and the Current Impact of Soil Erosion,” is set for Dec. 4, at 4 p.m. in the Main Library’s Weber Reading Room. The panel featuring Tom DeSutter, Larry Cihacek, Adnan Akyuz, John Enz and David Franzen will be moderated by Don Schwert.
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