BEAUMONT HISTORY CONFERENCE

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Professional and lay historians are invited to submit papers pertaining to the history of Beaumont and Southeast Texas .

Papers should be based on original sources and suitable for twenty-minute presentation at the one-day conference.

Past presenters include Lynn castle, Barry Crouch, Glenn Cummings, Bill Faucett, Archie McDonald, Jane Monday, Sam Monroe, Patricia Prather, Joe Pratt, Robert Robertson, Amilcar Shabazz, Ryan Smith, Jo Ann Stiles, Melanie Wiggins, Ralph Wooster, Emilio Zamora. Selected papers delivered at earlier conferences have been published in Texas Gulf Historical & Biographical Record and other history journals.

Conference Chair Becky Fertitta, McFaddin-Ward House Museum , asks interested persons to send short (one-page maximum) abstracts before September 15, 2007, to Program Content Chair Judy Linsley, McFaddin-Ward House, 725 Third Street , Beaumont , TX 77701 , phone 409-832-1906, email jlinsley@mcfaddin-ward.org.

Conference sponsors include Beaumont Heritage Society, Beaumont ISD Social Studies Department, Beaumont Landmark Commission, Fire Museum of Texas, Gladys City/Spindletop Museum, LULAC Council 4410, Jefferson County Historical Commission, Lamar University History Department, McFaddin-Ward House Museum, Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, Southeast Texas Black Historical Society, Southeast Texas Genealogical and Historical Society, Texas Energy Museum, Texas Gulf Historical Society, and Tyrrell Historical Library Association.