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2009 Conference Program Thursday, November 12 Theatre, Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K Street, NW 6:00pm Reception 7:30pm Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture - Kathryn S. Smith, "Whose Story Is It? Crossing the Lines to Understand DC History" Kathy Smith reflects on three-plus decades as a community-based public historian in Washington. Smith studied with Letitia Woods Brown, modernized the Historical Society and created Washington History magazine, founded Cultural Tourism DC, and edited two editions of the now-classic Washington at Home (second edition set for 2010). Join Smith to discuss her experiences helping scholars, lay historians, community organizers, teachers, artists, officials, and marketers integrate history into Washingtons civic life. Friday, November 13 Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, 1201 17th Street, NW 8:30am Registration Opens 9:00am Welcome 9:30-11:15am Plenary Session Session 1: Fords Theatre: A Living Memorial Moderator: Frank Milligan, President Lincolns Cottage at the Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C. Panelists: Mark Ramont, Director of Theatre Programming, Michelle Keegan, Director of Development, Nicole Murray, Education Programs Manager, Fords Theatre Society; Richard Norton Smith, Split Rock Studios; Dennis Irvine, President and CEO of the Irvine Team. In the wake of the acclaimed modernization and re-interpretation of historic Fords Theatre, panelists will discuss the intellectual, financial, creative, and marketing decisions that brought about Fords new look. (See Session 14, Saturday, for complementary tour.) 11:30am-1:30pm History Network/Lunch Break Explore the festival-style display of local history resources and sites. Lunch is on your own in the neighborhood. Noon1:00pm Brown Bag Session Bring your lunch and enjoy: Session 2: Using GIS to Illustrate Neighborhood Growth Brian Kraft, Independent Historian Learn how the newest Geographic Information System mapping technology helps us understand how Washington has grown and changed over the decades. Using animated maps and other engaging visuals, Kraft demonstrates how this technology offers a new way to understand census data, building permits, and topography. 1:45-3:15 pm Concurrent Sessions Session 3: Panel Discussion: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry in 1950-60s DC Moderator: Jeff Krulik, Filmmaker Panelists: CV Garnet, Independent Writer; Mike Baker, Computer Specialist; John Pagones, Washington Post On the Town columnist from 1959 to 1965; Don Press, Independent Historian. Revisit popular and homegrown, yet now largely forgotten, DC nightclubs, bars, restaurants, and theaters via the panelists and a slide show from the Historical Societys Emil Press Collection (1959-1979). Session 4: The Underground Railroad in Metropolitan Washington, DC Moderator: Jenny Masur, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom The Drayton and Sayres Trials at the DC Courthouse, Senior Judge Annice M. Wagner, DC Courts U.S. Colored Troops and Flight to Freedom in Prince Georges County, Patsy Fletcher, DC State Historic Preservation Office Discovery of Underground Railroad in Prince William County, Pat Knock, Independent Historian Panelists present new research on the aftermath of the escape of enslaved men and women on the sailing ship Pearl, insights into the U.S. Colored Troops, and new information on the operations of the Underground Railroad in Confederate-held Prince William County, Virginia. Session 5: Race Matters Moderator: Brett Abrams, Independent Historian and NARA Archivist A Murder in a Lonely Spot, Mark Herlong, Independent Researcher Wash and Food: Chinese Laundries and Restaurants as Sites of African American/Chinese Interracial Intimacy and Power in Twentieth-Century Washington, DC, Wendy Marie Thompson, University of Minnesota Herlong presents the 1880 murder of a popular white Sunday-school teacher, the quick arrest and prosecution of three young black men, and resulting racial tension. Thompson considers how Chinese immigrant men developed communities in Washington, including relationships with African Americans. 3:30-5:00pm Concurrent Sessions Session 6: The R-Evolution of Photography in the Nations Capital Moderator: William F. Stapp, Founding Curator of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery Photographers of Washington, DC: 1870-1885, Laurie A. Baty, National Law Enforcement Museum Washington, DC though the Lens of African American Photographers, Donna M. Wells, Independent Historian Highlights of the Historical Society Collections, Colleen McKnight, Historical Society of Washington, D.C. To mark the 170th anniversary of photographys invention, panelists discuss DCs early photographic history and most notable local practitioners of the 19th and 20th centuries. Session 7: The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Film and Discussion Join producers Dana Flor and Toby Oppenheimer for a screening of their HBO documentary, followed by a discussion of the creative process and the films controversial protagonist. Saturday, November 14 Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, 1201 17th Street, NW 9:00am Registration Opens 9:30-11am Concurrent Sessions Session 8: Panel Discussion: Dead End with a Million-Dollar View: The History of Elvans Road in Barry Farm Moderator: Thomas Cantwell, author, Anacostia: Strength in Adversity Participants: Trish Savage, student, University of the District of Columbia; Habeebah Muhammad, Anacostia Community Museum and lifelong resident of Elvans Road; Ren Emil Fractious, descendant of original Elvans Road lot owner; Michelle Powell, former Elvans Road resident; Peter S. Banks, co-author, The Unintended Consequences Todays Elvans Road testifies to the strong community that developed in Southeast at Barry Farm (now Hillsdale), where the Freedmens Bureau sold building lots to formerly enslaved men and women after the Civil War. Panelists trace Elvans Road residents since Reconstruction, looking at how the citys rezoning, housing policies, and neglect of maintenance almost destroyed this neighborhood. Session 9: Panel Discussion: How Soon We Forget: The Walter Pierce Park Archaeological Project and Reviving a Lost Memory of Post-Civil War Washington Moderator: C. R. Gibbs, Historian Participants: Mark Mack, Howard University; Mary Belcher, Community Historian; Eddie Becker, Community Historian and Filmmaker Hear the results of the three-year archaeological survey and documentation of Adams Morgans Walter C. Pierce Community Park, where 7,500 people were buried in two cemeteries, one for African Americans and one for Quakers. Anthropology Professor Macks team used ground-penetrating radar to locate remains. They also created a biographical database on those interred, offering new insights into Washingtons Reconstruction and its aftermath. Session 10: The Civil War Capital Moderator: Gary Scott, Regional Historian, National Park Service Waiting for Lincoln: Friendship, Politics and Washington Society during Secession Winter, 1860-1861, Rachel Shapiro, University of Virginia. "How Washington Almost Lost the Capital (Again)," John P. Richardson, Independent Historian Shapiro discusses how social activities helped build political support for the Union between Lincolns first election and the beginning of the Civil War. Richardson discusses the wars physical impact on the city, the post-war attempt to relocate the national capital to the countrys geographic center, and Alexander R. Shepherds success in quashing the relocation threat. 11:15am-12:45pm Concurrent Sessions Session 11: Panel Discussion: Sources on the History of Education in Washington Moderator: Kimberly Springle, Sumner School Museum & Archives Participants: Josephine Baker, DC Public Charter School Board; Robin Y. Jenkins, Education Licensure Commission; Hayden Wetzel, Sumner School Museum & Archives Administrators and archivists describe their repositories as well as sources in the Archdiocese of Washington where DCs private and public education below the college level is documented. Records reveal students and staff, administration and facilities, ephemera and artifacts as well as related activities such as the Safety Patrol and Cadets/JROTC. Session 12: Making the Modern City Moderator: Brett Abrams, Independent Scholar, NARA Archivist Capital Formation: The Distribution of Property Ownership in Washington, DC, 1790-1840, Dana Stefanelli, University of Virginia Kennedy Brothers Construction in Princeton Heights, Kent Boese, Independent Historian Washingtons Worlds Fair Home: Selling the Suburbs, David Rotenstein, Independent Historian Stefanelli looks at the enduring real estate market that emerged despite the failure of the founding fathers development scheme. Boese shows how the Kennedy Brothers Park View housing offered the most modern and innovative product. Rotenstein discusses the thoroughly modern marketing schemes designed to lure buyers to a 1930s subdivision in Montgomery County, Maryland. 1:00-2:30 pm Special Tours Session 13: On-Site Tour: Sumner School Museum & Archives Join Archivist Hayden Wetzel for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Sumner School collections, and glimpse the life of DC schools over the last century and a half. Session 14: Off-Site Tour: Fords Theatre, 511 Tenth Street, NW Be one of the first 100 to claim your free, timed ticket to the re-imagined Fords Theatre (subject of Friday mornings plenary session), where 19th-century artifacts present Lincolns presidency and life in Washington via 21st-century technology. Tickets are available at the Conference Registration Desk beginning Friday Nov. 13, on a first-come, first-served basis. Sponsors Association of Oldest Inhabitants Charles Sumner School & Museum Cultural Tourism DC Friends of Washingtoniana Division The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Rainbow History Project Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library Special Thanks for the Generous Contributions of Karol A. Keane Design & Communications Program Committee Brett Abrams, Karen Blackman-Mills, Jeff Donahoe, Mark Greek, Derek Gray, Jane Freundel Levey, Colleen McKnight, Gary Scott, Kimberly Springle, Donna Wells Matthew Gilmore H-DC list co-editor, web editor dc-edit@mail.h-net.msu.edu http://www.h-net.org/~dclist/ [list website] http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi?list=H-DC [subscribe to H-DC] Remember to check http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=lm&list=H-DC for past list messages.
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