NMHM | SEPTEMBER 2023

FRED HARVEY HISTORY WEEKEND | OCTOBER 27-28, 2023

Tickets for the FRED HARVEY HISTORY WEEKEND lectures (10/27-28), the FRED HARVEY FOODIE DINNER & AUCTION (10/28), and the new FREDHEAD RECEPTION (10/27) are still available! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fred-harvey-history-weekend-2023-tickets-482003223617

Join us in Santa Fe for a weekend of engaging talks and presentations at the New Mexico History Museum. Also enjoy our delicious Foodie Dinner and Auction at La Fonda on the Plaza, and the new FredHead Reception. All net proceeds benefit the New Mexico History Museum.

Harvey History Lectures, NM History Museum Auditorium
Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 , 12 to 5 p.m. both days
This is our 14th year of presenting a wonderful lineup of Harvey-themed lectures. In-person tickets are $50 for the series, $25 for online, or complimentary with a sponsorship.

Scheduled Lectures include:
• “State of the Fred Harvey Union 2023” with Stephen Fried, author of Fred Harvey bio Appetite for America, with a Harvey History overview, update on FredHead activities, and a guide to the weekend.

• “Vivas Las Vegas: The Many Lives of Fred Harvey and the ATSF in LVNM” with Matthew Kluge, architectural and rail historian, looks deeply into the three unique incarnations of Fred Harvey in Las Vegas, New Mexico’s fabled entry point from the east; the third in Matt’s beloved series of deep dives on the most important NM locations of the railroad and the Harveys.

• “Dr. Barnes Discovers (and Devours) the Native Art of the Southwest” with Lucy Fowler Williams, University of Pennsylvania Museum curator, tells the story of the amazing SW art-collecting adventures of Dr. Albert Barnes in the early 1930s (after creating the world’s greatest private collection of modern art), and his fascinating relationships with Native artists and legendary NM figures--and shows us his stunning treasures. Followed by a signing of her gorgeous exhibit book Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in Community.

• “Harvey Girls’ Life & Style” with Bonnie Hansen, fashion and social historian, explores the interior lives of Harvey Girls, and the history of their famous uniforms.

• “Allan Affeldt’s Restoration News” - the latest on architectural and historical preservation of Fred Harvey & ATSF buildings across the west, including news about Casa del Desierto in Barstow, CA (restored, but now exploring new uses) and the Del Rio AZ Harvey Farm (the plight of which we highlighted in 2019, and now it’s being saved) and updates on the Gran Quivera in Clovis, Castaneda in Las Vegas and the new museum at La Posada in Winslow.

• Exclusive preview of new PBS film “The Railroad Station in American Life” with Richard Luckin, director of the film, which features Santa Fe-based actor Michael Gross, and historic and behind-the-scenes footage at the ATSF/Fred Harvey union stations in Los Angeles, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago, and many others.

• “Detourists Delight” with Kathleen Dull, librarian at Fray Angelico Chavez Library, reports on “new” discoveries of supposedly long-lost research materials (some found by a SF docent in Laramie, WY) on the Southwest Indian Detours. Meet the second generation of Harvey Girls, the Detours Couriers, who revolutionized tourism in the SW.

• Presentation by winner of this year’s Steve Wimmer SW History Research Prize.

FredHead Reception
Friday, October 27, 6 to 7:30 p.m. New Mexico History Museum
New this year is a FredHead Reception in the New Mexico History Museum. Enjoy Harvey-inspired refreshments and socializing with fellow FredHeads. Tickets are $35 per person or complimentary for all sponsors.

Fred Harvey Foodie Dinner & Auction
Saturday, October 28, 6 p.m. Lumpkins Ballroom at La Fonda on the Plaza
The Foodie Dinner and Auction at La Fonda has become the highlight of the weekend. Individual tickets are $150 or complimentary with a sponsorship. This historically delicious dinner is the primary fundraiser for the weekend for the New Mexico History Museum. Don’t miss this event!

There will be a cocktail hour, followed by a four-course dinner prepared by top Santa Fe chefs, and chef/MC “Johnny Vee” Vollertson with dishes inspired by the Fred Harvey Company cuisine. All attendees will receive a special gift from Mimbreno China – designed by Mary Colter and replicated (and donated) by HF Coors – in a commemorative box.

Dinner is followed by a fundraising auction for the New Mexico History Museum, featuring unique items for those interested in Southwestern culture, railroad history, foodie history and Fred Harvey.