Washington Historical Studies Conference

35^th Annual Washington Historical Studies Conference

Date:	November 13 - 15, 2008
Location:	Historical Society of Washington, D.C. 801 K Street, NW

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Washington Historical Studies Conference: November 13-15, 2008

The 35th Annual Conference on Washington, D.C. Historical Studies is a gathering of everyone – from scholars and students to collectors and history buffs – who shares an abiding fascination in the local history of Washington, D.C.

Thursday, November 13

Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture - Dr. Peniel Joseph

Friday, November 14, and Saturday November 15

Session 1: From Riots to Buy-Outs: The Washington Post, Past and Future

Session 2: Film: Perspectives on Urban Violence: An Oral History of the Washington, DC Riots of 1968

Session 3: Film: Portraits of a City: The Legacy of the Scurlock Studios

Session 4: Queering DC: Roots of Activism and Community in LGBT Washington

Session 5: Reading the City

Session 6: The Capitol and Its Neighbors

Session 7: Faith-Based Support for Human Needs

Session 8: Howard University: An Inward Look at 1968

Session 9: Mid-century Residential Architecture

Session 10: Vice and Anti-Vice: Urban Reform in Civil War Washington

Session 11: Panel Discussion: Freemasonry in the Washington, D.C. Area

Session 12: Collections Update

Session 13: Walking Tour: An Environmental History Walk along T Street

Session 14: Film: The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Session 15: Elementary, My Dear Watson!: Collectors as Real History Detectives

Session 16: Walking Tour: Insider Tour of Most Worshipful Prince Hall

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Sponsors
Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
The Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
Friends of Washingtoniana Division
Rainbow History Project

Special Thanks for the Generous Contributions of
Cultural Tourism DC
Special Collections, Gelman Library, George Washington
University
Karol A. Keane Design & Communications

Program Committee
Brett Abrams, Sandy Bellamy, Karen Blackman-Mills, Yvonne Carignan, Mark Greek, Dottie Green, Jennifer King, Jane Freundel Levey, Richard Longstreth, Mark Meinke, Michael Rigby, Gary Scott, Donna Wells, Leslie White