Mandel Public Library Lectures and Lifelong Learning

Folklorist and museum specialist Annette B. Fromm introduces audiences to a variety of Florida Seminole portraits from the nineteenth century and how the portraits were used as propaganda to represent the Seminoles as a dying people. This presentation challenges this long-held belief to explore changing perspectives of Native Americans and the Florida Seminole. With a focus on portraiture over time, the rich history and continued vitality of the Florida Seminole will be brought to life, including introductions to current Seminole artists throughout the state. Dr. Fromm led the graduate museum studies program at Florida International University and has curated exhibits about Native American history and art.
Funding for this Florida Talks program was provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dennis Rice, President Emeritus of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, will trace the extraordinary journey he's experienced through researching his wife's family for over 20 years while showing you websites for researching your own genealogy.

The society’s next talk here will be:
David Rosenheim: Jewish Pioneer in Palm Beach County
Wednesday, December 10
7 – 8 p.m.
Clematis Room, 3rd Floor
Allan Huss, President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Palm Beach County, will discuss what he's learned about his great-grandfather David Rosenheim. David was an associate of Henry M. Flagler and purchased the "Professional Building" (at the corner of Evernia Street and what is now Dixie Highway but was then Poinsettia Avenue) from the estate of Lily Kenan Flagler Thompson (Flagler's third wife) after she died. He was an early resident of Palm Beach and an early investor in what today is the City of Boynton Beach.