The Omni Theater's projector, housed beneath the seats, is 6 feet tall and weights 1 ton.
Celebrity Lecture Series Presents
Richard Walsh: A Texas Cowman and the Global Cattle Trade
By Dr. B. Byron Price
Charles Marion Russell Memorial Chair and
Director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West
At the University of Oklahoma
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 – 7 p.m.
Oak Room
Born in Ireland and trained by Charles Goodnight, Richard Walsh managed the J.A. Ranch in the Texas Panhandle for nearly two decades. In 1911 he traveled to South America at the invitation of former Matador ranch manager Murdo Mackenzie. There Walsh helped Mackenzie locate and purchase several million acres of ranch land in the Matto Grasso region for the Brazil Land Cattle & Packing Co. Two years later he accepted a job with the British South Africa Co. to develop and manage its extensive ranching operations in Southern Rhodesia (present day Zimbabwe). Ranching on three continents gave Walsh a unique perspective on the developing global cattle industry in the early 20th century.
Learn more about this amazing cowman from historian Dr. B. Byron Price, author of more than three dozen journal articles and books on western American history. Price, who also serves as director of the University of Oklahoma Press, is currently working on a book about Richard Walsh. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, children, seniors and academia. Museum members are $3. Seating is limited. Purchase tickets online or call 817-255-9540.
BOOK SIGNING Byron Price will sign some of his earlier books in the Atrium immediately following the lecture. A selection of his books will be available for purchase before and after the lecture in Shop Too!, the Museum store. |
About B. Byron Price
Byron Price currently holds the Charles Marion Russell Memorial Chair and is Director of Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West at the University of Oklahoma and is Director of the University of Oklahoma Press.
He is a 1970 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned an MA in Museum Science at Texas Tech University in 1977.Before taking his current position, Price spent nearly 25 years in the museum profession. He served as executive director of the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas (1982-1986); the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City (1987-1996); and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming (1996-2001).
Price is the author of more than three dozen journal articles on western American history and art and has written several books including Fine Art of the West (2004); The Chuck Wagon Cook Book (2004); Erwin E. Smith: Cowboy Photographer (1997); and Cowboys of the American West (1996). Price is also the editor of the Charles M. Russell: A Catalogue Raisonné (2007), which won the 2007 Western Heritage Award for the best art book of the year from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the 2008 Caughey-Western History Association Prize for best book of the year in western history, the 2008 High Plains Book Award for nonfiction and the 2009 Joan Patterson Kerr Award from the Western History Association for the best illustrated book on the American West. He is currently working on a book about Richard Walsh.
In addition to his published works, he has served as a consultant for several television series and specials including “Unsolved History: The Gunfight at the OK Corral”, “Cowboy Tech”, “Cowboys and Outlaws” on the History and Discovery Channels, and “Cowboys of the Tall Grass” and “Treasures of the Gilcrease: Charles M. Russell” for Oklahoma Public Television.
