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>We are planning to partner with a local organization who are putting on a
>fourth annual cowboy poetry festival. Our part of the partnership will be
>to put together a display that focuses on the local festival but grounds
>it in the larger cowboy poetry "movement".
>Has anyone out there in museum land put together a similar display? Is
>there anyone there who may be able to help us with resources (names,
>historical background, etc.)? This is a Canadian festival, but we're
>aware the movement is now north american in scope, so I'd be interested
>in hearing from both Canadian and U.S. museums.
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>Thank you.
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>Lori J. Shortreed
>Program Coordinator
>Stony Plain Multicultural Heritage Centre
Lori: You may want to contact Susan Berry at the Silver City Museum in
Silver City, New Mexico. They have an annual cowboy poetry event, and she
may have some suggestions for you. I don't think they're on e-mail, so her
telephone number is 505.538.5921
John Arnold
Public Information Officer
New Mexico Museum of Natural HIstory and Science
Albuquerque
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