Documentary Film Maker To Speak

Join us Thursday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rhoades Center Auditorium on the Venango Campus to hear documentary film maker, Lisa Gensheimer, present the program, “Turning the Tables: 20 Questions for Miss Tarbell.” Gensheimer researched, wrote, and produced the documentary film, Ida Tarbell, All in the Day’s Work. She will provide insight into the life and times of Tarbell and how she might respond to timely questions of her day and react to some to the events of today.

Tarbell, America’s pioneering investigative journalist, was a native of Titusville. She was one of the most feared and admired women of her time. Her investigative work into the business practices of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company helped to convince the Justice Department that Standard Oil engaged in monopolistic business practices and should be broken up. Her exhaustive biography of Abraham Lincoln established a standard for other award winning writers to follow. Tarbell’s accomplishments and body of work gained her world-wide notoriety.

Gensheimer is an award-winning documentary producer and writer. Her career spans 30 years and endures in a range of media. She is a regular contributor to many regional and national publications and gained much recognition for her documentary, Safe Harbor, A Story of the Underground Railroad.

The Barbara Morgan Harvey Center for the Study of Oil Heritage, based in Suhr Library, is devoting the annual Barbara Morgan Harvey Lecture to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ida M. Tarbell.

Library Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 10
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