Friends of History Lecture Series

Please join Harry Worksman, produceer and writer, for an Auditorium on-site talk as part of our Friends of History Lecture Series.

In the annals of Santa Fe history, there are many women who stand out for their significant contributions, but conspicuously missing is a name most people don’t know – Amelia Elizabeth White. 

Amelia first traveled to New Mexico in 1913, eventually settled there 10 years later, and soon became one of the most influential 20th Century women in the state as Santa Fe developed from a sleepy trading post into the center of art and culture it is today.

She was a significant landowner, a supporter of the burgeoning intellectual and artistic communities, a patron of the arts, and a committed community activist; leaving a legacy that is still felt to this day.  Her name does not grace any buildings and there are no plaques giving her credit for her altruistic, public-minded works.  A single park is the only location that bears her name, also a gift to the city for the enjoyment of all people.

Speaker Bio 

Harry Werksman graduated from Northwestern University with a BA in history and political science and went on to New College, Oxford University, graduating with an M.Litt. in early 17th Century English Ecclesiastical and Social History. He then pivoted from academics, working as a crisis communications executive in Los Angeles. His next chapter saw him fulfill a lifelong dream of being a professional writer, spending the next 30 years as an award-winning TV writer-producer in Hollywood, working on such shows as Star Trek, Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty and Castle. He moved to Santa Fe in 2021 where he continues to focus on his great passions – storytelling, history, and improving the civic life of his community.

Please register for this live event here:  https://tinyurl.com/4f6rhpea

Photo credit: Elizabeth White and her wolfhound Gelert of Ambleside, ca. 1930.

                       Courtesy of School for Advanced ResearchArchive

Limited seating-Bottled water only please