Tyson Library
Versailles, IN


an Evergreen Indiana library


James H. Tyson

Tyson Library offers a variety of classes and programs for all ages - toddler through senior.  Review the information on this page to see what is happening.  We would appreciate knowing that you are coming, so we can plan for seating and other materials.  You can register for any program by clicking the "magic mail" icon (lower right).

 
 Yoga Classes
Tyson Library is pleased to host
Yoga Classes

Tuesday evenings, 5:00-6:15pm
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Flyers with complete details are available at the library

Special Event Notice!

Civil War Medicine - A Living History Portrayal

Andy Rowden, Director of the Tyson Library at Versailles, will be the speaker for the Big Oaks Conservation Society on Monday, February 6, at the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. The program is a first person living portrayal of a surgeon during the American Civil War.

Rowden will portray Dr. James S. Prescott, a U.S. Army field hospital surgeon, who brings the times of the Civil War to life through his personal experiences. Dr. Prescott portrays what the war was like, the reasons for which it was fought, and the suffering that occurred due to battlefield wounds and disease. Dr. Prescott tells stories that are generally not known about some of the most famous people in history. Witness a demonstration of surgery and hear the tales of how medicine advanced during the conflict- as it was considered the last of the "Middle Ages of medicine". It is this story and others that Dr. Prescott tells in "Civil War Medicine".

Since 1984 Rowden has been actively conducting Living History speaking engagements for school groups and civic organizations. Starting at first from the simple "haversack talk" He has developed a repertoire for a variety of living history program including such venues as Here's Our War- the story of the common American soldier during World War II based on the writings of Ernie Pyle, Hardtack and Coffee - the experiences of a Civil War soldier, Soldier's Joy- the wit and wisdom of a Regular Army soldier during the Spanish-American War, The Three R's - the tale of a rural school master during the 1850's and the upcoming Civil War Medicine.

 

 


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Tyson Library, PO Box 769, 325 W. Tyson St., Versailles, IN 47042 - 812-689-5894 - info@tysonlibrary.org