Please join us at the C.M. Russell Museum on September 16 at 7:00 p.m. to hear Don Baughman speak on the “Frank Linderman / C.M. Russell Connection.” Frank Linderman was an author, sculptor, journalist, Montana legislator (1903-07) and Deputy Secretary of State in Montana (1905-07). An important historian, he recorded and published the oral histories of the Plains Indians. Charles Russell illustrated several, including Indian Why Stories: Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge Fire (1915) and Indian Old Man Stories: More Sparks from War Eagle’s Lodge Fire (1920). Linderman published fourteen books before his death in 1938, and in the 1960s his daughter Norma Linderman Waller published Recollections of Charley Russell and Montana Adventure: Recollections of Frank B. Linderman. Since then, Sally Hatfield, her daughter, has published seven more of Linderman’s books. Linderman and Russell shared a friendship and a concern for American Indians living in Montana. They acted as advocates for Indian causes, one of the most important of which was the formation of the Rocky Boy Reservation. Also, Linderman was instrumental in securing the commission for Russell to paint the mural Lewis and Clark at Ross’s Hole for the Montana House of Representatives at the State Capitol Building, as well as a second painting for the Montana Club in Helena. Don Baughman is the owner of the Flathead Gallery in Somers, Montana. He is an art appraiser and a former writer for the Discovery Channel. Mr. Baughman was raised in western Montana and is a recognized authority on Frank Linderman the man as well as Linderman’s artifacts and memorabilia.
This Top Hands Lecture is sponsored by Jack & Karen Hoover and the Davidson Companies. The Top Hands Lecture Series is supported in part by a grant from Humanities Montana, Charlie’s Friends, and the Heritage Inn.
Tickets: Museum Members - $25 for series or $10 for individual programs at the door.
