All Events are free and open to the public. No registration is needed.
Thursday,
September 18, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Carnegie Public Library, Ishpeming, Michigan
Directions available
online
Kick-off
event will include the
unveiling of the Voelker Collection web exhibit by the
Activities will also include refreshments at the library and a
self-guided walking tour of Voelker sites in Ishpeming.
Friday,
September 19, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Marquette County Courthouse, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
The
film, Anatomy of a Murder, will be shown in the
courtroom where many of the 1959 movie
scenes were shot.
Friday,
September 26, 2008
1:30 p.m.
Peter White Public Library, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
The
Peter White Public Library’s Afternoon Classic Films
will present the movie, Anatomy of a Murder,
in the Community
Room.
Friday, October
10, 2008
10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Upper Peninsula
Children's Museum, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
The Voelker activity, which includes book binding, fishing, and fly
tying, is free with regular admission.
Tuesday,
October 14, 2008
7:00 p.m.
Reynolds Recital
Hall, NMU Campus, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
The Northern
Michigan University Jazz Band will perform a
concert featuring music from the movie,
Anatomy
of a Murder, and other works by Duke Ellington.
Friday, October
17, 2008
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
A reunion for
people connected to the murder case, the trial and
filming of the movie, Anatomy of a Murder,
hosted by the PWPL in the Community Room.
Hors d’oeuvres will be served.
John Voelker
Exhibits
Peter White
Public Library, Marquette, Michigan
Directions available
online
An
exhibit of Voelker memorabilia, letters, documents,
artifacts, and photographs will be on display on the
main floor of the library. The
exhibit will
focus on John Voelker the “man” and will draw upon
material
from the
and the
A
second exhibit of Anatomy of a Murder Movie
Memorabilia can be
viewed in the Violet Johnson Gallery
on the upper level of the Peter White
Public Library.
All Events are free and open to the public. No registration is needed.
For more information, contact the Library of Michigan at librarian@michigan.gov or call 517-373-1300.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Hall of Justice,
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Directions available
online
Reception and opening of the temporary exhibit,
”Justice John D. Voelker: Bard
of Frenchman’s
Pond.”
Friday,
September 26, 2008
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Directions available
online
Reception and presentation of the Jimmy Stewart Stamp by the United
States
Postal Service in
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publishing of Anatomy of a Murder.
There will be a brief reenactment of Jimmy Stewart’s
character from the film
version of
Anatomy of a Murder and a brief discussion of the
film.
Refreshments will be available.
Michael
Lee, USPS Customer Relations
Coordinator
Charles Cercone,
Presenter Biographies
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Library of
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Registration and morning refreshments
10:00 a.m. to 10:05 a.m.
Forum Auditorium
Welcome from Nancy Robertson, State Librarian
Forum Auditorium
Anatomy of a Murder: Law
and Literature Discussion of Anatomy of
a Murder as a literary work
and in relation to its accuracy about the
dilemmas defense attorneys face in murder cases.
Professor
James Seaton, Michigan State
University Department of English
Mark Shaw, Former Defense
Attorney/Author
Bill Castanier,
Presenter Biographies
11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Session A:
Laughing
Whitefish
Forum Auditorium
John D. Voelker’s courtroom drama Laughing
Whitefish tells the story of a young Chippewa
woman’s struggle to collect a debt owed to her father by the
Jackson Ore Company.
It is based on a case that went before the
Michigan Supreme Court three times in the 1880s before it was resolved.
This
session will discuss the book,
the actual Kawbawgam case and their impact on
Michigan Native Americans.
Matthew
L.M. Fletcher, Associate
Professor at
and Director of the
Indigenous Law and
Session B: Making
the
Short Film Trout Madness
Martha W. Griffiths Rare Book Room
Discussion of the making of the short film, Trout
Madness. The session will include
a viewing of the film.
Dick
Pobst, Author/Filmmaker
Presenter Biographies
Lunch
Boxed lLunch tickets available for purchase for $7.50 during morning
registration
1:00 p.m. to 1:50 p.m.
Session
A: Anatomy
of an Angling Author: A Look at John
D. Voelker’s Angling Works
Forum Auditorium
Discussion of John
D. Voelker’s angling stories
featuring Trout Madness, Trout Magic, Anatomy of a Murder,
and selected magazine articles. Voelker,
an avid fly
fisherman, was known for weaving the art of fly fishing
into his fictional
writings and wrote extensively about fishing and its impact on
man’s psyche.
Joseph
Heywood, Author
Glen Blackwood,
Rich Vander Veen, President of the John D. Voelker Foundation, Moderator
Presenter
Biographies
Session B: The Making of Anatomy of An Author
Martha W. Griffiths Rare Book Room
Discussion of the making of Anatomy of an Author
and filming at Frenchman’s Pond.
The
session will include a viewing of the short film.
Sue
Marx, Filmmaker
Presenter Biographies
2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.
Forum Auditorium
Anatomy of Anatomy
of A Murder
A personal reflection by a friend of John Voelker’s
on how he came to write Anatomy of a Murder
and how its phenomenal
success changed the trajectory of his life.
Fred
Baker, Commissioner,
Presenter Biographies
3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Forum Auditorium
Closing Remarks by Nancy Robertson, State Librarian
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Coordinated by: Library of Michigan, Library
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Michigan Foundation, Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center,
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Cooley Law School, Northern Michigan University
and Central UP Archives, Peter White Public Library, Michigan
Council
Trout Unlimited, Grand Rapids Public Library, Bill Castanier and
Voelker Foundation
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