Talk:Chautauqua
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Chautauqua County, New York lists a different translation of Chautauqua. [1] or [2] have some other interpretations. Rvollmert 11:05, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
not sure how to add it, but you might add Lake Chautauqua, FL - I don't know if it was named after Chautauqua Lake in NY.
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[edit] Political context
Recently Nepagreen added material regarding the political context of Chautauqua. This is an important aspect of the Chautauqua movement. However it needs to be worked on. This is a complex task: using historical documents to present a sense of the political context of Chautauqua. It is hard to do without straying into original research. Does anyone have any sources on the political context of the Chautauqua movement? Sunray 01:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Differences in Chautauquas
I think this article could use some improvement, primarily in better differentiating the original Chautauqua institution in New York with the independant Chautauquas that sprung up later on and the still later traveling Chautauqa movement. All three are related but not the same and it's confusing to read an article that treats them as such. I've recently written a fairly extensive paper on the subject and will share that when time allows. -BenFranske 02:51, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] WCTU
The Weomen's Christian Temperance Union also played a significant role in many of the Chautauquas. Doc ♬ talk 03:12, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pirsig material belongs on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Page
Someone has repeatedly added material to this article regarding the Robert Pirsig novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. This novel is irrelevant to the Chautauqua movement.
I do realize that Pirsig used the word "Chautauqua" in this novel in a way that some find interesting. Nonetheless, the novel has no place in this article. I am moving this material to the article on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Additionally, please see Chautauqua (disambiguation), which includes links to Pirsig and his novel.
Paul 23:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] More than Three Surviving??
Hi.
Two of the three "References" cited for this article agree that only three (3) independent Chautauquas survived into the 21st century: the Chautauqua Institution of New York State; the Lakeside Chautauqua of Ohio; and the Colorado Chautauqua of Boulder, Colorado. The other "Reference" is silent on this question.
How could they have missed the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly in Tennessee, or similar Sunday School Assemblies in other states? I can think of three possible reasons:
1. Is a Sunday School Assembly different from a Chautauqua? I don't know that these phrases are specific enough to definitely settle this question, but if the "References" believe that these are two different things, while the Monteagle people think they are the same, that might account for the difference.
2. Did the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly cease operations for a few years and then resume? If that is the case, then the "References" would not list it. They are concerned with Chautauquas that remained in continuous operation without missing a year. A large number of "revival Chautauquas" (see Chautauqua (disambiguation)) have started or resumed operation in the late 20th century or even the 21st century, two examples being Wytheville, Virginia, and Waxahachie, Texas.
3. Is Monteagle sufficiently obscure to have escaped notice? I doubt that, considering its affiliation with the Chautauqua Network based in Chautauqua, New York. However, perhaps the writing of the "References" pre-dates the creation of the Chautauqua Network ...
What are your thoughts on this? I thought the number of continuously operating Chautauquas was known to be 3, but now I wonder.
Paul 01:02, 20 January 2007 (UTC) Revised Paul 18:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Paul, the Monteagle Sunday School Assembly has been in continuous operation since 1882. In 1982 after celebrating 100 years of operation the Assembly was placed on the National Register of Historical Places. The Monteagle Sunday School Assembly is unique in that it has maintained its charter ever since its conception and represents the true spirit of Chautauqua in every way. There is nothing else like it.
John 63.227.38.36 21:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Another continuously operating chautauqua
The website of the Fountain Park Chautauqua of Remington, Indiana, states that they have operated continuously every year since 1895. Although this is the first I have heard of Fountain Park, I have no particular reason to doubt their claim.
Obviously the time has come to revise the "three survivors" stuff. I will do this today or tomorrow.
Paul 18:23, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
