The Life of Vesper Geer: A Biographic Documentary by Michael Turner

Event Type: Speaker/Lecture

Topics: Other

Contact: Tania Hyatt-Evenson
pdx05508@pdx.edu

Date, Location

Tue, 07/31/2012 - 6:00pm - 7:30pm

McMenamin's Old St. Francis School
700 NW Bond
Bend, OR 97701

About the Event

The Life of Vesper Geer: A Biographic Documentary by Michael Turner

The documentary tells the story of Vesper Geer, the last of her family, who lived and died on the family’s farmstead outside Salem. It chronicles her love for the small farm and her struggle to keep it in the family through her photographs, letters, journals, audio tapes and video recordings.

 

To preview the film and learn more, visit http://geercrest.org/vesper.htm .

Presented by: Michael Turner

Michael Turner is an Artist-in-residence at GeerCrest Farm and Historical Society.

Cost: Free

To Register:

No registration required.

Event Website

The Oregon Encyclopedia

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