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” 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” 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” 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” 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” 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” 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