STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Dr. Deborah Liles begins the season\u2019s Tuesday Talks at 6 p.m. Feb. 18, at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center in Thurber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday Talks share the expertise of Dr. Liles. The first talk will cover the use of historical census data for genealogical and academic research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Liles became Tarleton State\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center Endowed Chair of Texas History in 2018. She teaches history with an emphasis on Texas, women, slavery, local communities and ranching. She also works with the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center in addition to serving on the board of several historical associations statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday Talks are free, but space is limited. Email gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a> or call 254-968-1886 for reservations. The series concludes with a March 4 genealogy workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s Dr. Deborah Liles begins the season\u2019s Tuesday Talks at 6 p.m. Feb. 18, at the W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center in Thurber. Tuesday …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":424,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[460],"class_list":["post-52674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/01\/Tuesday-Talks-Archive-Image-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/a>"],"unlinked":["W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 27, 2025","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 27, 2025 8:00 am","modified":"Updated on February 11, 2025 8:12 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Tuesday Talks Archive Image 1","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52754,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52674\/revisions\/52754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}