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2004 Fall Meeting
Fredonia Hotel
200 N. Fredonia
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
September 23-25, 2004
Reservations by September 1, please (936) 564-1234
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2004
Board of Directors Meeting
(No Association Luncheon) |
10:00 A.M.
Raguet Room |
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REGISTRATION - LOBBY
Click here for printable registration form
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1:00 P.M. |
| Silent Auction |
1:30 - 5:00 P.M. |
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Session I - Starting the War: Secession in Texas
Doris Bowman, Presiding
Lufkin |
2:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Banita Room |
Kenneth W. Howell, Prairie View A&M University
"The Civil War: Leathercoat and Texas Secession"
James Smallwood, Oklahoma State University
"The Civil War: Smith County, Texas, and Secession"
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Session II - Texas Disasters
Bobby Johnson, Presiding
Stephen F. Austin State University |
2:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Raguet Room |
Dawna Vie, Texarkana College
"The Paragon Saloon Fire"
William Harper, Bryan, Texas
"Eleven Days in Hell"
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Session III - Violence and Love in the African American Experience
Linda Hudson, Presiding
East Texas Baptist University |
2:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Angelina Room |
Paul Potter, East Texas Baptist University
"Lynching in East Texas"
Linda Frazier, Tarrant County College
"Lift Every Voice: An American Story" |
THE CHARLES WILSON PAPERS at SFASU
Please join the Stephen F. Austin State University community in celebrating the opening of this important archival resource.
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4:00 P.M.
Ralph W. Steen Library,
Stephen F. Austin State University |
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MAX AND GEORGIANA LALE LECTURE SERIES
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7:30 P.M.
Grand Ballroom, University Center
Stephen F. Austin State University |
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The Hon. Charles Wilson, Lecturer
Washington, D.C.
"The Afghan Struggle Against the Soviet Union (1980s) and Its Aftermath" |
For more information about the Lale Lecture click here. |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2004
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REGISTRATION - LOBBY |
8:00 A.M. |
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Silent Auction |
8:00 - 6:00 P.M. |
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Session IV - Black Education in Texas
Fred Tarpley, Presiding
Texas A&M University-Commerce |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Rusk Room |
Paul E. Sturdevant, Paris Junior College--Greenville
"The FIS School: A Tuskegee for Texas?"
James Conrad, Texas A&M University--Commerce
"Forgotten Legacy: The Rosenwald Schools"
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Session V - Historic Preservation in East Texas
Jeffrey Owens, Presiding
Tyler Junior College |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Banita Room |
Andy Bergfeld, Tyler
"The Restoration of John Dewberry's 'Myrtle Vale'"
Linda Cross, Tyler Junior College
"The Library of Congress, Tyler Junior College, and Oral History"
Mary Kirby, Gilmer
"From Log Cabin to Art Deco: Upshur County Courthouses "
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Session VI - Pioneers in Nineteenth Century East Texas
Ron Ellison, Presiding
Beaumont |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Raguet Room |
Molly Adams, Miami, Florida
"Who Was Colonel Henry Millard?"
Jerry Hopkins, East Texas Baptist University
"Joseph M. Dawson and the Founding of Central Baptist Church in Italy, Texas"
Joe Early, Cumberland College
"The Eleven Baptists in Austin's Old Three Hundred"
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| COFFEE BREAK |
10:15-10:45 A.M. |
Session VII - Threading Through Family Secrets
Paul M. Culp, Jr., Presiding
Sam Houston State University |
10:45-12:00 A.M.
Rusk Room |
Melvin Rosser Mason, Huntsville
"An Introduction to John Warren Smith and 'No Holier Spot of Ground-A Texas Story:
A Historical Narrative of an Early Texas Family-1834-1869"
John Warren Smith, Houston and Huntsville
"How and Why I Wrote the Book: History into Story"
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Session VIII - The Desegregation of East Texas Schools
Jim Maroney, Presiding
Lee College |
10:45-12:00 A.M.
Raguet Room |
Jerry Hoover, Texarkana College
"The Integration of Dunbar High School"
Janet Brantley, Texarkana College
"The Integration of Texarkana College"
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Session IX - Joint Session with the West Texas Historical Association
Tai Kreidler, Presiding
Texas Tech University |
10:45-12:00 A.M.
Banita Room |
Mitchell Davenport, Jacksboro
"Lt. Colonel C.B. McLellan: A Life of Service in the Texas and Southwestern Frontier"
Preston Lewis, San Angelo
"Charley Wilson: West Texas' Greatest Nineteenth Century Racehorse"
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LUNCH BREAK (No Association Luncheon)
(You may eat at the hotel or any of the fine eating establishments in historic Nacogdoches.) |
12:00-1:30 P.M. |
Session X - Sorrowful Times in Texas: The Great Depression
James Smallwood, Presiding
Oklahoma State University |
1:30-2:45 P.M.
Banita Room |
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Patrick L. Hughes, Austin Community College
"The Great Depression and Texas Music"
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Session XI - Historic Preservation: The Nacogdoches Experience
Jere Jackson, Presiding
Stephen F. Austin State University |
1:30 - 2:45 P.M.
Rusk Room |
Larissa Philpot, Department of City Planning, Nacogdoches
"Historic Preservation through Ordinance and Incentives in Nacogdoches"
Brian Walker Bray, Historic Sites Manager, Nacogdoches
"The Preservation of Historic Sites in Nacogdoches"
Patti T. Goodrum, Nacogdoches
"The Role of Main Street in Preservation"
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| BREAK |
2:45-3:15 P.M. |
Session XII - Joint Session with The South Texas Historical Association
Les Hunter, Presiding
Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
3:15-4:30 P.M.
Banita Room |
Cecilia Aros Hunter, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
"The History of the South Texas Historical Association"
Charles Spurlin, Victoria College
"Off to See the Elephant: Texans Enlist for the Mexican War"
Stephen L. Hardin, Victoria College
"Valor, Wisdom, and Experience: Early Texas Ranger Captains and the Nature of Frontier Military Leadership"
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Session XIII - Women in East Texas
Pat Kell, Presiding
Baytown |
3:15-4:30 P.M.
Rusk Room |
Beverly Williams, Lamar University, Beaumont
"'I'm Just a Woman, But I Did It': Eleanor Perlstein Weinbaum"
Janet Schmelzer, Tarleton State University
"The Origins of Nursing Education"
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Session XIV - Genealogy in East Texas
Myrna Johnson, Presiding
Nacogdoches |
3:15-4:30 P.M.
Raguet Room |
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Joe Pyle, Nacogdoches
"DNA and Genealogy"
R.G. and Ouida Dean, Nacogdoches
"Photography and Genealogy" |
Session XV - BANQUET
Cary Wintz, First Vice President
East Texas Historical Association, Presiding |
6:00 P.M.
Convention Center |
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President Gail K. Beil
"Is There Anything Funny About History?"
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Reception Following: Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau
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200 East Main Street |
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2004
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Women's History Breakfast |
7:30 A.M.
Nacogdoches Club |
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REGISTRATION - LOBBY |
8:00 A.M. |
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Silent Auction |
8:00 - 10:45 A.M. |
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Session XVI - Nineteenth Century Texas: A Session Of the Phi Alpha Theta Chapter of TCU
D. Clayton Brown, Presiding
Texas Christian University |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Raguet Room |
Kevin Brady, Texas Christian University
"Unwritten Words: James Monroe's Involvement in the Magee-Gutierrez Filibuster"
Charles Grear, Texas Christian University
"The Civil War and Grapevine, Texas Volunteers: The Fight East of the Mississippi"
Robert Butts, Texas Christian University
"The Texas Populist Party, Black Texans, and Jury Service"
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Session XVII - New Partnerships for Local History
Sylvia McGrath, Presiding
Stephen F. Austin State University |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Rusk Room |
Beverly Rowe, Texarkana College
"Using Local History Research in the U.S. Survey Courses"
Judy Crow and Students, Arkansas High School East Lab
"Virtual Touring of Historic Sites"
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Session XVIII - Spanish Explorers in Early East Texas And Their Diaries
Daniel Newcomer, Presiding
Stephen F. Austin State University |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Angelina Room |
Sheila Jordan, Texas A&M University-College Station
"The 1691-1692 Expedition to East Texas:
The Travel Diaries of Domingo Terán de los Ríos and Father Damián Massanet"
Debbie S. Cunningham, Texas A&M University-College Station
"Espinosa's Diary Chronicling the 1716 Ramón Expedition into Texas:
A Philological Approach to the Analysis of the Translations"
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| COFFEE BREAK |
10:15-10:45 A.M. |
Session XIX - The Harlem Renaissance in East Texas
Cary Wintz, Presiding
Texas Southern University |
10:45-12:00 A.M.
Raguet Room |
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev, Texas Southern University
"Communities of Women in the Published and Unpublished Works of Lillian B. Horace,
Texas' Earliest Known African American Feminist Writer"
Bruce Glasrud, Seguin
"The Harlem Renaissance in East Texas: An Overview"
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Session XX - Germans in East Texas
Gene Preuss, Presiding
University of Houston-Downtown |
10:45-12:00 A.M.
Rusk Room |
Mary Kelley, Lamar University, Beaumont
"German Perceptions of East Texas, Past and Present"
Ouida Dean, Nacogdoches
"August Tubbe: A German Immigrant Nacogdoches in the Mid-Nineteenth Century"
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Session XXI - LUNCHEON
Gail K Beil, President
East Texas Historical Association, Presiding |
12:15 PM
Convention Center |
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Randolph "Mike" Campbell, University of North Texas
"'GTT': Writing a History of Texas" |
| PRESENTATION OF AWARDS |
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| BUSINESS SESSION |
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