309 Yet Even More Stories from the Secret City
History | Registration opens 12/3/24 9:00 AM EST
This class involves a discussion of Oak Ridge history in a question-and-answer format with visual images of historic photographs and documentary films. Emphasis will be placed on the early history of Oak Ridge but will include more recent history. We will discuss the Manhattan Project National Historical Park and possible future science and heritage tourism efforts. Guest speakers will present information about their areas of expertise.
Ray Smith
Ray Smith is an Oak Ridge City Historian, Tennessee Historical Commissioner, and retired Y-12 Historian with 48 years’ experience living and working in Oak Ridge. He has authored 18 books of “Historically Speaking” newspaper columns published over the last 13 years. Ray has published ten books of local nature photographs and produced a 40-image photographic show. He has produced 12 documentary films. Ray routinely leads tours of Oak Ridge and presents Oak Ridge history lectures an average of 40 times per year at conferences, schools, senior living centers, technical societies, historical groups, and festivals. Ray has taught several ORICL classes on Oak Ridge history and the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.