Friends of the Library Programs

Programs 2013-2014

The Friends meet several times during the year and programs are open to Friends members and the community at large. These programs are generally free and meet on the UTA Campus in the Central Library sixth floor parlor. To RSVP, please call 817-272-1413 or email LibraryFriends@uta.edu.

September 13, 2013 - Carmen Goldthwaite - Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History

7:30pm Central Library sixth floor parlor

Carmen Goldthwaite is a 7th generation Texan who writes and tells the stories about the Texas she loves for western lore magazines. Fascinated by the distaff roles in Texas, she's written Texas women's stories for anthologies, such as The Way West in 2005 and Wild Women of the Old West, a 2003 anthology. Her newest book is Texas Dames: Sassy and Savvy Women Throughout Lone Star History, published in 2012.

The meeting will be followed by a reception and book sale and signing.

Programs 2012-2013

April 19, 2013 - Bill Neal - Vengeance Is Mine: The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered The Boyce-Sneed Feud

7:30pm Central Library sixth floor parlor

Bill Neal practiced criminal law in West Texas for twenty years as a prosecutor and twenty as a defense attorney, then turned to writing. His latest book, Vengeance Is Mine: The Scandalous Love Triangle That Triggered The Boyce-Sneed Feud, examines a one-hundred year old feud that the families would not discuss until very recently. Neal's book tells "a story of the written laws of Texas struggling to gain ascendency over justice administered by Judge Winchester and Judge Lynch, as well as by the self-help justice condoned by the Honor Code’s unwritten laws."

The meeting will be followed by a reception and book sale and signing.

March 22, 2013 - Alan Lowe - Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

7:30pm Central Library sixth floor parlor

Alan C. Lowe In 1989, he joined the staff of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California as an archivist. In 1992, he moved to the Office of Presidential Libraries at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., where he helped to oversee the Presidential libraries located throughout the nation. Lowe will speak about his career with the National Archives and the role of the Presidential libraries, and give in depth information on the mission of and plans for the George W. Bush Library. The Bush Library will move to the new facility at Southern Methodist University with a scheduled dedication date in early 2013. Lowe will discuss that facility and the many resources and programs the Library will provide.

Reception and book sale (Decision Points by George W. Bush) follow the talk.

February 15, 2013 - Kaleta Doolin, author of the book Fritos Pie

Kaleta Doolin grew up in Dallas, the daughter of Charles Elmer Doolin, the founder of the Frito Company. The Frito company was one of the first firms to utilize point-of-sale advertising, and developed dozens of recipes intended to get American homemakers “Cooking with Fritos.” Doolin shows that many of the vintage recipes developed by her grandmother, her father, and company employees became integral to the company’s marketing success. She draws upon hours of interviews with her mother, siblings, cousins, and many of her father's closest business associates as well as focused research in Frito-Lay corporate archives and other collections.