Quakertown Stories is an interdisciplinary and experiential learning initiative that aims to integrate the history of Quakertown into courses at Texas Woman's University. Funded by the Humanities Connections Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Quakertown Stories has sponsored public lectures by local and national historians, and hosted a roundtable event featuring descendants of Quakertown residents and other Southeast Denton community members. TWU students from a variety of disciplines have been learning about Quakertown and producing creative projects and scholarly research inspired by the stories of former residents of Quakertown.
Quakertown Stories has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Public Programs
Quakertown Quilt Workshops
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Presentation with local artist Ellen Frenkel who will share her art quilt and arts based research process.
Townhall & Student Showcase
SATURDAY APRIL 30, 2022
In a student-led Spring Showcase, held in Spring 2022, the university and larger Denton communities and policymakers engaged in dialogue about the history of Quakertown and pathways for addressing its impact on community members today.
Texas Freedom Colonies Project
WED DEC 8 3:00 - 4:30 PM ZOOM
Dr. Andrea Roberts, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at Texas A&M University, is going to speak with us about her Texas Freedom Colonies Project.
Quakertown Stories Fall Speaker Series
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2023
A ecture by local activist and doctoral student Jessica Luther Rummel about their research into the history of the Ku Klux Klan in Denton County.
Roundtable Discussion
THURS OCT 21 4:00 - 5:30 PM CFO 202
The Roundtable Discussion brings together Denton community leaders Alma Clark, Betty Kimble, Linnie McAdams, and Dianne Randolph and local historian Chelsea Stallings to share about their personal history and the continued legacy of Quakertown.
This project is made possible by funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Created in 1965 as an independent federal agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports research and learning in history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities by funding selected, peer-reviewed proposals from around the nation. Additional information about the National Endowment for the Humanities and its grant programs is available at: www.neh.gov
For more information, read the NEH’s press release here, TWU’s press release here, and the complete list of NEH Humanities Connections Grant recipients.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Web resource do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.