Paul James, executive director of the Ijams Nature Center, will be the speaker for a Brown Bag Lecture at the East Tennessee Historical Society, at noon, Wednesday, September 8. He will discuss the legacy and connections of the Ijams family not only to Knoxville, but also to movements and organizations at the time. Beginning in 1920, the Ijams family developed a small plot of land in south Knoxville into a natural showplace known as the Bird Sanctuary. The family spearheaded Knoxville’s emerging ornithological, Girl Scout, and Garden Club movements and helped promote the emerging Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The program features a selection of vintage photographs from James’s new book, Ijams Nature Center, a volume in the “Images of America” series from Arcadia Publishing. The 175-acre wildlife sanctuary and environmental learning center is located near downtown. Books will be available in the ETHS Museum Shop.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
"Brown Bag" Lecture by Paul James
When: September 08, 2010 | noon
Where: East Tennessee History Center - Knoxville, TN
Price: Free | Ages: All ages
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