THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007
| Board of Directors Meeting |
2:00 P.M.
Diplomat Conference |
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2007
REGISTRATION
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8:00 A.M. |
SESSION I-Then and Now: Art and Artists of Southeast Texas
Donna Meeks, Presiding
Lamar University
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9:00-10:15 A.M.
Diplomat I |
Lynne Lokensgard, Lamar University and Tam Kiehnhoff, Beaumont
"Defining Southeast Texas Regional Art"
Lynn Castle, Art Museum of Southeast Texas
"Beaumont Artists in the Big Picture"
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SESSION II-Law and Disorder in Jefferson County
Thomas Brown, Presiding
Northeast Lakeview College |
9:00 – 10:15 A.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Wanda Landrey, Beaumont "Betting, Booze and Brothels"
Christina Wilbur, Lamar University
"Lawless Leaders and a County Out of Control: Jefferson County and the James Commission, 1960"
SESSION III- The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation
Jo Ann Stiles, Presiding
Lamar University |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Diplomat 3 |
Ellen Rienstra, Beaumont
"East Texas Lumber Barons: The Lutchers, Starks, and Browns"
Patsy Herrington, W.H. Stark House, Orange
"Through the Years: The W.H. Stark House, 1897-2006"
Sarah Boehme, Orange
"Stark Museum of Art; From Thoughts of By-Gone Days to Looks Ahead "
Michael Hoke, Shangri-La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, Orange
"Shangri-La: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
SESSION IV-East Texas Biography
Ralph Wooster, Presiding
Lamar University
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10:45-12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 1 |
Terry Rioux, Lamar University
"Alice Carroll Keith- Beaumont Philanthropist"
Glenn Cummings, Beaumont
"The Legendary Life of Brinkley Bass"
Session V- Prisons, Disease, and the American Civil War
John Carroll, Presiding
Lamar University
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10:45 -12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Thomas R. Reid, Lamar University
"America 's Most Notorious Prison: Fort Jefferson , 1862-1872"
Garland Robbins, Lamar University
"The Effects of Exposure and Disease on Texas Troops Located in Arkansas in 1862"
SESSION VI-Commemorating and Recording Texas History
Bob Bowman, Presiding
Lufkin |
10:45-12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 3 |
Mark F. Odintz, Austin
"The Civil War in the Handbook of Texas"
Dan K. Utley, Austin
"Monumental Decisions of Honoring Texas Troops"
Victoria Anderson, Lee College
"Building the San Jacinto Monument : A Study in Controversy"
SESSION VIII-Cemetery Re-Enactments of the Chambers County Historical Commission |
12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 1
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LUNCH BREAK (No Association Luncheon) 12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
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SESSION VIII-The Rise and Fall of the Texas Bank Holding Companies Wilton G. White, Presiding
Beaumont |
1:30-2:45 P.M.
Diplomat 1 |
Joseph Pratt, University of Houston
"Texas Bank Holding Companies: National and State Perspectives"
Joe J. Fisher, Texas State Bank, Beaumont
"Texas Bank Holding Companies: Beaumont Perspectives"
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SESSION IX-Food and Culture in East Texas
Ken Hendrickson, Jr., Presiding
Midwestern State University |
1:30-2:45 P.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Rebecca Boone, Lamar University
"Food and Cultural Identity in the American South"
Sam Monroe, Lamar State College-Port Arthur
"S.E. Texas/S.W. Louisiana Regional Musical Heritage"
Amanda Dillard, Lee College
"Baytown 's Brunson Theater and the End of an Era"
SESSION X-African Americans in East Texas
Kimberly Michelle Gay, Presiding
Prairie View A&M University |
1:30 - 2:45 P.M.
Diplomat 3 |
Gwendolyn M. Lawe, Dallas
"Pioneer African American Families in Rains County , Texas "
Tonya Knighton, Lamar University
"The Freedman's Bureau in Southeast Texas "
Ted Lawe, Dallas
"Black Protest Movements in East Texas in the 20 th Century"
SESSION XI-Saints, Preachers, and Controversy
James Fuller, Presiding
Beaumont |
3:00-4:15 P.M.
Diplomat 1 |
Ron Ellison, Beaumont
"Transplanted Tennessean Adoniram Judson Hill's Only Texas Pastorate, 1879-1884"
Joseph Early, University of the Cumberlands
"Brand vs. Baylor"
Catherine Boddie, Lamar University
"Saints in God's Country: A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Southeast Texas"
SESSION XII-Disaster! Before and After Hurricane Rita
Terry Rioux , Presiding
Lamar University |
3:00-4:15 P.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Carl Griffith, Jr., Beaumont
"Hurricane Rita: Up Close and Personal"
James M. Vanderleeuw, Lamar University
Thomas Sowers, Lamar University
"The Hurricane Rita Experience: Elite and Mass Concerns Resulting From a Large Scale Disaster"
SESSION XIII- Spindletop Gusher
Jo Ann Stiles, Presiding
Lamar University |
5:00 P.M.
Gladys City-Boomtown Museum
Hwy 69 and University Drive |
SESSION XIV-Banquet
Beverly J. Rowe, First Vice President
East Texas Historical Association, Presiding |
7:00 P.M.
Fountain View |
James L. Haley, Austin
"The Indian in the Iliad: Sam Houston's Politics"
Reception following program.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2007
| Women's History Breakfast |
7:30 A. M.
Veranda Room |
| REGISTRATION |
8:00 A. M. |
SESSION XV-Women of Letters
Sallye Sheppeard, Presiding
Lamar University |
9:00 - 10:15 A.M.
Diplomat 1 |
Penny Clark, Beaumont
"Life and Writings of Gwendolyn Wingate"
Sarah R. Jackson, Nacogdoches
"I am Just a Writing Person: Karle Wilson Baker"
SESSION XVI-Ralph Wooster, Ph.D.: Teacher, Scholar and Southern Gentleman
John Storey, Presiding
Lamar University |
9:00 - 10:15 A.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Archie P. McDonald, Stephen F. Austin State University
"The Teacher"
Robert J. Robertson, Lamar University
"The Scholar"
Charles Alexander, Ohio University
"The Southern Gentleman"
SESSION XVII-Diverse Aggies
Mark Barringer, Presiding
Stephen F. Austin State University |
9:00-10:15 A.M.
Diplomat 3 |
Christopher Bean, University of North Texas
"James Earl Rudder and Texas A&M"
Miguel Juarez, Texas A&M University
"! Siempre ! Hispanics at Texas A&M University "
| COFFEE BREAK
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10:15 - 10:45 A.M. |
SESSION XVIII-Hurricane Rita: Its Effects on Southeast Texas
Mary Kelley, Presiding
Lamar University |
10:45 - 12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 1 |
Wesley Jay Nelson, Lamar University
"Rita vs. Lamar University , September 24, 2005"
Donald Bouley, Lamar University
"Firefighters Fight Rita"
Vera Dixson, Beaumont
"Houses of God Forgiving Rita's Trespass"
SESSION XIX-Murder and Mayhem in Chambers County
John Britt, Presiding
Lee College |
10:45 - 12:00 P.M.
Diplomat 2 |
Karen Wilson, Lee College
"The Controversy Surrounding the Assassination of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers"
Regina McElwain, Lee College
"The Mysterious Disappearance of Sheriff John Frost"
SESSION XX-LUNCHEON
Dan K. Utley, President
East Texas Historical Association
Presiding |
12:15 P.M.
Fountain View |
Amilcar Shabazz , Oklahoma State University
"African American East Texans from Juneteenth to Rita: Navigating between Mnemosyne and Clio"
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Thanks to the Program Committee members for their hard work:
Mary L. Kelley, Chair
Jo Ann Stiles
Mamie Bogue
Robert J. Robertson
John W. Storey
John Britt
