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chautauqua [ʃəˈtɔːkwə] n (Social Science / Education) (in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer [named after Chautauqua, a lake in New York near which such a school was first held] Chautauqua an educational assembly modelled on that at Lake Chautauqua, 1874. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Urban Land Institute (ULI) announced at its annual spring conference on Friday that the Chautauqua Institution is the recipient of its prestigious Heritage Award. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, following the Chautauqua circle in 1920, depicted the Arctic as a friendly and hospitable place to those who learned how to live there. Genealogies of African American Families in South Western New York State, documents the existence of nearly five hundred African American and mixed race families living in the Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua county region of rural western New York, dating back to the earliest days of the state. |
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