EAST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
FALL PROGRAM
Fredonia Hotel
200 N. Fredonia
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
RESERVATIONS BY SEPTEMBER 1, PLEASE. (936) 564-1234
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 10:00 A.M .
Angelina Room
( No Association Luncheon)
INTRODUCTION OF SFA CENTER FOR REGIONAL HERITAGE RESEARCH
(Immediately following board meeting)
REGISTRATION—LOBBY 1:00 P.M.
Silent Auction (convention center lobby)……… 1:00-5:00 P.M.
SESSION I: Roundtable on African Americans in
East Texas History 1:30-3:00 P.M .
Bruce A. Glasrud , Presiding Rusk Room
Sul Ross University
PANELISTS
Gail K Beil , Independent Historian, Marshall
Garna Christian, University of Houston-Downtown
Stefanie Decker, Amarillo
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev , Texas Southern University
Theodore M. Lawe, A.C. McMillan African American Museum
Merline Pitre , Texas Southern University
SESSION II: Reflections on School Desegregation in East Texas 3:15-4:30 P.M .
Gene B. Preuss , Presiding Rusk Room
University of Houston-Downtown
Chris Elzen , Stephen F. Austin State University
“A Community's Loss of Identity: School Integration in Nacogdoches”
Joe Atkins, Dallas
“The Desegregation of North Texas State University”
SESSION III: The Significance of East Texas as a Borderland 3:15-4:30 P.M.
Jason Dormady , Presiding Raguet Room
Stephen F. Austin State University
PANELISTS
James Ferguson, Mission Tejas State Park
George Avery, Stephen F. Austin State University
Jeffery Roth, Stephen F. Austin State University
Francis X. Galán , Our Lady of the Lake University
MAX AND GEORGIANA LALE LECTURE SERIES 7:30 P.M.
SFA Baker Pattillo Student, Center Grand Ballroom
Don Graham
J. Frank Dobie Regents Professor of American and English Literature,
University of Texas at Austin
“Tex Messaging: A Visual History of Lone Star Cinema”
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
BLACK HISTORY BREAKFAST 7:30 A.M.
NACOGDOCHES CLUB
REGISTRATION—LOBBY 8:00 A.M.
Silent Auction (Convention Center Lobby)…………………… 8:00A.M .— 5:00 P.M.
SESSION IV: Civil War and Reconstruction Governors in Texas 9:00—10:15 A.M.
Charles Grear , Presiding Rusk Room
Prairie View A&M University
Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Midwestern State University
“ Civil War Governors of Texas”
Kenneth W. Howell, Prairie View A&M University
“The Short Career of James Webb Throckmorton”
Roger Griffin, Austin
“ The Reconstruction Career of E.M. Pease”
SESSION V: Sharecroppers, Politics, and Memory 9:00—10:15 A.M.
James Conrad, Presiding Raguet Room
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Kyle G. Wilkison , Collin College
“Yeoman, Sharecroppers, and Socialists:
>Poor Peoples' Protest in Texas, 1870-1914”
Susan Lanning, Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum
“When Cotton Was King”
Eric L. Gruver, Texas A&M University—Commerce
Jennifer Gantt, Texas A&M University—Commerce
“Landless and Successful: Texas Cotton Tenancy and the U.S.D.A.”
SESSION VI : Preservation and Texas Treasure 9:00—10:15 A.M. Jim D. Lovett, Presiding Angelina Room
Clarksville
Linda Miller, Tyler
“Restoration of the Fitzgerald House in Tyler”
Gary Pinkerton, Lumberton
“Search for Lafitte's Treasure”
Panel Comments: (Persons actually involved in treasure searches)
COFFEE BREAK (FOYER ) 10:15 —10:45 A. M.
SESSION VII: Texas Preachers and Leadership 10:45—12:00 A.M.
John Storey, Presiding Raguet Room
Lamar University
Harry Robinson, Jr., African American Museum/Dallas
“Black Mafia in Religion”
Ron Ellison, Beaumont
“Who Was This Unmasked Man, William M. Gaddy ,
And What Did He Accomplish In East Texas, 1891-1896?”
Jerry Hopkins, East Texas Baptist University
“J. Carroll Chadwick: A Texas Baptist Leader”
Joe Early, University of the Cumberlands
“Rufus Columbus Burleson: Two-time President of Baylor University”
SESSION VIII: Texas Reconstruction Historiography:
The Great Historical Debate over the Sutton-Taylor Feud 10:45—12:00 A.M.
Charles Spurlin , Presiding Angelina Room
Victoria College
Chuck Parsons, Luling
“The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Feud That Was”
James M. Smallwood, Oklahoma State University
“The Sutton-Taylor Feud: The Feud That Wasn't”
SESSION IX: Roundtable on East Texas Tejano History:
Retrospect and Prospect 10:45—12:00 A.M.
Andres Tijerina , Presiding Rusk Room
Austin Community College
PANELISTS
Caroline Castillo- Crimm , Sam Houston State University
Alexander Mendoza, University of Texas at Tyler
Roberto Calderon, University of North Texas
Roberto Trevino, University of Texas, Arlington
LUNCH BREAK (No Association Luncheon) 12:00—2:00 P.M.
SESSION X: Depression, War, and East Texas 2:00—3:15 P.M.
Matt Tippens , Presiding Angelina Room
Austin
John W. Garbutt , Nacogdoches
“They Needed Jobs: The Civilian Conservation Corps and East Texas”
Melanie Hanson, Stephen F. Austin State University
“East Texas Mill Towns in the Great Depression”
Angela Henderson, Stephen F. Austin State University
“ WACs and Rosies : Women in East Texas During World War II”
SESSION XI: Organizing and Recording Change:
The African American Experience 2:00-3:15 P.M.
Gwendolyn M. Lawe , Presiding/Commentator Raguet Room
Dallas
Paul E. Sturdevant , Paris Junior College
“Texas Federation of Colored Women's Club”
Phillip Collins, Dallas
“SNAPSHOTS: Black Dallas-Fort Worth
Contemporary Photographers at a Glance”
SESSION XII: Joint Session with South Texas Historical Association:
The Impact of National Events on South Texas Communities 2:00—3:15 P.M.
Douglas Kubicek , Presiding Rusk Room
Hallettsville
Sara R. Massey, Austwell
“After Emancipation: The Rise and Fall of Cologne, Texas”
Carroll Scogin-Brincefield , Hallettsville
“During World War II: Internment at Crystal City, Texas”
Linda Wolf, Victoria
“1933: From the Pages of the VICTORIA ADVOCATE”
SESSION XIII : 2:00 —3:15 P.M.
Birdseye Tour of Historic Places in Nacogdoches (Bus Tour)
Gail K Beil , Marshall, and
Jere Jackson, Stephen F. Austin State University
Session is a guided bus tour that has a $5.00 additional charge, available through pre-registration or from the registration table on the day of the meeting (space is limited).
BREAK 3:15—3:30 P.M.
SESSION XIV: Understanding Conservatism:
The Dies Dynasty in East Texas 3:30—4:45P.M.
Marshall Schott, Presiding Rusk Room
University of Houston
Dan Donalson , Houston Community College-Southeast
“Martin Dies, Sr.”
Mike Mitchell, Houston Community College-Southeast
“Martin Dies, Jr.”
James Ross- Nazal , Houston Community College-Southeast
“The Legacy of the Dies Dynasty”
SESSION XV: Undergraduate Research Project:
Texas Race Relations in the Twentieth Century 3:30—4:45 P.M.
Charles Orson Cook, Presiding Angelina Room
University of Houston
Dan Gerig , University of Houston
“Joseph Stephen Cullinan and the Houston Negro Hospital”
Derek Goodwin, University of Houston
“Assault on the NAACP: The Austin Mobbing of John R. Shillady ”
Ronnie Turner, University of Houston
“Quentin Mease and the Civil Rights Movement in Houston”
SESSION XVI: Practicing Public History in Nacogdoches 3:30—4:45P.M.
Perky Beisel , Presiding Banita Ballroom
Stephen F. Austin State University
PANELISTS
Paul Maleski , Stephen F. Austin State University
Chris Elzen , Stephen F. Austin State University
Jennifer Brancato , Stephen F. Austin State University
SESSION XVII: Undergraduate Research Project:
20 th Century Social and Cultural History in East Texas 3:30—4:45 P.M.
Randi Barnes-Cox, Presiding Raguet Room
Stephen F. Austin State University
Simon Manna, Stephen F. Austin State University
“The Little Man in East Texas:
The Brotherhood of Timber Workers, 1910-1914”
Brian Johnson, Stephen F. Austin State University
“Life, Lawlessness, and the East Texas Oil Boom”
Chris Wilkins, Stephen F. Austin State University
“Integration of Center, Texas, 1955-1973:
Overcoming Economic and Social Adversity
To Facilitate Cultural Change”
Cliff Meyer, Stephen F. Austin State University
“Peace in the Pines: The Story of Vietnam Anti-War Protests
At Stephen F. Austin State University”
SESSION XVIII—BANQUET 6:00 P.M.
Theodore M. Lawe , First Vice President Convention Center
East Texas Historical Association, Presiding
President Beverly J. Rowe
“Homecoming, or How a Nice Woman Like Me
Came to be In Such a Rough Crowd”
A RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE BANQUET WILL BE HOSTED BY
THE NACOGDOCHES CONVENTIONAND VISITORS BUREAU
AT THE OLD TOWN CENTER, 200 E. MAIN
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008
WOMEN'S HISTORY BREAKFAST 7:30 A.M.
NACOGDOCHES CLUB
REGISTRATION—LOBBY 8:00 A.M.
SILENT AUCTION 8:00—10:45 A.M.
Convention Center Lobby
SESSION XIX: Joint Session with the West Texas
Historical Association 9:00—10:15 A.M.
Shirley Eoff , Presiding Rusk Room
West Texas Historical Association
Angelo State University
Bill O'Neal, Carthage
“Jake Atz and the Fort Worth Cats—
One of America's Greatest Sports Dynasties”
Charles Grear , Prairie View A&M University
“Determining Their Loyalties:
Foreign Immigrants in Texas during the Civil War”
SESSION XX: Towns, Events, and Personalities 9:00—10:15 A.M.
Paul E. Sturdevant , Presiding Banita Ballroom
Paris Junior College
Laura Witzel , Baytown
“The Naming of Cut-N-Shoot, Texas:
Don't Let the Facts Get in the Way of a Good Story”
Chuck Dendy , Stephen F. Austin State University
“J.J. Collins: Lufkin's Most Celebrated Trial Attorney”
Jeff Fatheree . Stephen F. Austin State University
“Hurricane Carla: The Storm that Changed the Face of Relief”
Ryan S. Gullet, Stephen F. Austin State University
“ Fergusonism and the Scandals that Shook Texas Politics, 1914-1926”
SESSION XXI: Joint Session with the Texas Folklore Society 9:00—10:15 A.M.
Kenneth L. Untiedt , Presiding Raguet Room
Stephen F. Austin State University
Henry Wolff, Victoria
“ Buried in Texas, Any and Every Which Way”
L. Patrick Hughes, Austin Community College
“Hobo Heaven: The Big Rock Candy Mountain”
SESSION XXII: Undergraduate Research Project:
Huntsville's World War II Prisoner of War Camp 9:00-10:15 A.M.
Jeff Littlejohn, Presiding Angelina Room
Sam Houston State University
Nathan Pope, Sam Houston State University
“The Planning, Construction, and Design
of the Huntsville Prisoner of War Camp”
Jared Gamble, Sam Houston State University
“Life at the Huntsville Prisoner of War Camp”
COFFEE BREAK (FOYER ) 10:15 —10:45 A.M.
SESSION XXIII: The 2008 East Texas Book Series: 10:45-12:00 A.M.
“A Civil War Tragedy: Quantrill's Guerillas and the Angelina Room
1864 Triple Hanging in Tyler”
Doris Bowman, Presiding
Lufkin
James Wilkins, Tyler
“The Tyler Hanging in 1864”
Bob Bowman, Lufkin
“Three Winters in East Texas by Quantrill's Guerillas”
SESSION XXIV: East Texas Women as Civic Leaders 10:45—12:00 P.M.
Cynthia Devlin, Presiding Raguet Room
Stephen F. Austin State University
Annsie Parker, Houston
“Historic Preservation in a City Without Zoning?”
Linda Hudson, East Texas Baptist University
“The East Texas Historical Association's Women's History Breakfast”
SESSION XXV: Teaching History with New Technology 10:45—12:00 P.M.
Leslie Tippens , Presiding Rusk Room
Pearson Education,
Kathleen Brosnan , University of Houston
“Click/Student Response Systems”
Marshall Schott, University of Houston
“Digital Story Telling”
SESSION XXVI: African Americans in Civil Rights in
Huntsville and Black Catholicism 10:45—12:00 P.M.
Yvonne Davis Frear , Presiding Banita Ballroom
Sam Houston State University
Roxanne Evans, Austin
“Black Catholicism in Texas”
Wendell H. Baker, Huntsville
“Civil Rights: A Personal Recollection”
Bernadette Pruitt, Sam Houston State University
“Civil Rights Activist Wendell H. Baker: Agitator of Change
Comments: Cary D. Wintz , Texas Southern University
SESSION XXVII—LUNCHEON 12:15 P.M.
Beverly J. Rowe, President Convention Center
East Texas Historical Association, Presiding
“A Roast of Dr. Archie P. McDonald”
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
BUSINESS SESSION
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