Colorado & The KKK: Screening & Conversation

Patty Limerick, Professor & Director of the Applied History Initiative, CU Boulder
In conversation with Elizabeth Beaudoin, Curator of History, Longmont Museum 

From the Grand Dragon to known KKK members in the police, mayor’s, and governor’s offices, Colorado once had the 2nd largest Ku Klux Klan membership in the United States. Discover the sordid history of the KKK in Colorado with a special screening of a Rocky Mountain PBS film ad history lecture.

This program is part of our Thursday Nights @ the Museum series. Join us every Thursday from Sept. 11 until Dec. 11 for concerts, films, and free talks in the Longmont Museum’s Stewart Auditorium.

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Patty Limerick is a Professor of History of the American West. After years of work in the territory of Applied History, Patty is now the Director of the Applied History Initiative. From 1986 to 2022, Patty Limerick was the Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado. A tenured Professor of History at CU Boulder, Limerick has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between academics and the general public and to demonstrating the benefits of applying historical perspective to contemporary dilemmas and conflicts. Limerick is also known as an energetic, funny, and engaging public speaker, sought after by a wide range of Western constituencies that include private industry groups, state and federal agencies, and grassroots organizations.

Elizabeth Beaudoin is the Curator of History for the Longmont Museum. She oversees the museum’s archive and historic collections, and manages research requests on local history. She has 15 years’ experience in museums in non-profits. Prior to coming to Longmont, she served as the Curator for City of Broomfield and the Broomfield Veterans Museum. Originally form New England, she also has held positions at the Maine Maritime Museum, Historic New England, Fort Ticonderoga, and the Enfield Shaker Museum. She holds a Masters in Art History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Bachelors in Art History from the University of New Hampshire. She lives in Longmont with her two dogs Teddy and Daisy.