HISTORY MUSEUM OF SPRINGFIELD--GREEN COUNTY
Don't miss what we have worked so hard to achieve! Come to the reunion and see what your contributions have done. The Fulbright Family Archives Room at the History Museum for Springfield-Green County will be completed. It is down the hall from a wonderful new exhibit at the Museum that features a panoramic view of Springfield's history. The Fulbright family is mentioned prominently in the section devoted to the city's beginnings. Our papers, pictures, and the like are there. There is plenty of room for many more our contributions. A number of papers are there as well as pictures of the Fulbright Reunions of 1920 and 1930. They are well done and prominently placed. There is also a large picture of Major Marion Weaver (whose mother was a Fulbright) Many of Marion Hoblit's personal papers are there. The original guest book for the early reunions is also there.
Your contributions have made this room possible. We hope that you come to the reunion and view the Museum and the Fulbright Archives Room.
Chief among the collections of the History Museum is the archives. This impressive collection of over thirty thousand documents include the third largest collection of historical photographs in the state of Missouri. The archives room will provide three hundred square feet of space for archival research and storage with additional storage in the building. To create the appropriate research, storage, and conservation facility, etc., The Fulbright Family Association pledged fifteen thousand dollars toward this goal at the June, 1993 meeting in Springfield.
There will be a visit to the Museum and a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Museum on Saturday afternoon of the reunion. We hope that all of you can be there for the climax to a signal achievement. How many of you are amazed that we were able to meet the goal so quickly? It will be a proud moment in the history of our family.
Sixty-three members of the family association have pledged. We need pledges in the amount of five hundred and five dollars to meet the pledge of fifteen thousand dollars.