The following is a press release from the City of Lubbock:
The Patterson Branch Library will host The Age of Progressive Reform: Creating Modern America, 1900-1917, a national traveling exhibition, on display from Thursday, March 15, 2018 to Thursday, April 12, 2018.
In the thirty-five years before 1900, America was transformed into a modern, industrial society. Thousands of unskilled workers labored for new corporations and deep divides separated wealthy capitalists and poor workers. Urban growth paralleled industrial development. Cities also became home to communities of workers and migrants from all over the world. For many, the new industrial order ruptured past ways of life. During the Progressive Era (1900-1917) a broad-ranging reform movement worked to make government more democratic, to lessen the effects of industrialization, and to regulate business.
The Age of Progressive Reform: Creating Modern America, 1900-1917 was developed by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and curated by Kirsten Swinth, Magis Distinguished Professor of History and Director of American Studies Program at Fordham University.
The exhibition has been displayed at schools, museums, libraries, and historic sites across the country. “We are pleased to have been selected as a site for this exhibition,” said Melissa Barber, Branch Manager. “Through reproductions of letters, cartoons, pictures, and broadsides, the exhibition invites visitors to learn about reform movements that took place during the Progressive Era. We hope this exhibition will help our community gain a deeper understanding of America’s transformation into a modern, industrial society.”
The Patterson Branch Library is sponsoring free programs and other events for the public in connection with the exhibition. Contact Melissa Barber, (806) 767-3300, mlbarber@mylubbock.us or visit www.lubbocklibrary.com for more information.
About the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Founded in 1994 by Richard Gilder and Lewis E. Lehrman, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is a nonprofit organization devoted to the improvement of history education. The Institute has developed an array of programs for schools, teachers, and students that now operate in all fifty states, including a website that features the more than 60,000 unique historical documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection, www.gilderlehrman.org. Each year the Institute offers support and resources to tens of thousands of teachers, and through them enhances the education of more than a million students. The Institute’s programs have been recognized by awards from the White House, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Organization of American Historians.
(Press release from City of Lubbock)
