Great Stone Viaduct Winter Lecture Series
Since 2012, the library has partnered with the Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society on a Winter Lecture Series. These programs, featuring presentations of local historical and community topics, are held on Wednesday nights at 6 pm in the Community Room on the lower level of the Library throughout the months of February and March. All Winter Lecture Series programs are free for the public to attend.
➤ Download a printable 2023 brochure schedule
➤ View recorded versions of the 2022 GSV Winter Lecture Series
➤ View recorded versions of the 2021 GSV Winter Lecture Series
2023 Great Stone Viaduct Winter Lecture Schedule
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Feb 1: "Thanks for the Memories - Bob Hope in Bellaire" presented by Attorney Daniel L. Frizzi, Jr.
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Feb. 8: "The Moonlight Mill Murders of Stuebenville, OH" presented by Susan Guy
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Feb. 15: "Belmont County, A Bedrock of Historic Preservation," presented by Building Preservation Trades educators Jon Smith, Sarel Venter, and Jeffrey Forster
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Feb. 22: "The Inception of the New Industrial Training Center" presented by Business Manager Edward D'Aquila, Training Director Jason Dean, and Architect Wendy Scatterday
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Mar. 1: "Belmont County's Dangerfield Newbie: his involvement in John Brown’s Raid, and how his family continued his fight for freedom following his death" presented by Jon-Erik Gilot
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Mar. 8: “The Steamboat Scioto” presented by Taylor Abbott
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Mar. 15: “It All Started in a Janitor’s Closet - A history of the Bellaire High School Archives” presented by Tom Rataiczak
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Mar. 22: “Wheeling Secessionists – Recollections of two local women from the Civil War” presented by Judi Hendrickson and Jeanne Finstein
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