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2010 Conference

Welcome to the 37th Annual Conference on Washington, D.C. Historical Studies!

This year's conference will be held November 5-6, 2010 at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives located at 1201 17th Street NW.



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Conference Schedule

Friday November 5

9:00–6:00 – Registration

9:30–11:15 – Session 1 Plenary Session: DC’s Built Environment

11:30-1:30 – History Network/Lunch

Noon–1:00 – Session 2 Brown Bag Lunch: Greetings from Hometown Washington, DC” – Jerry McCoy

1:45-3:15 – Concurrent Sessions

            Session 3 – African-American Activism in DC

Session 4 - The History of DC Newspapers from 1800 to Today - Presentation File Available (PDF, 20MB)

Session 5 - Education, Social Services and Reform


3:30-5:00 – Concurrent Sessions

Session 6 – Teaching DC’s Civil War History to K-12 Students

Session 7 – The Plight of DC Records: An Update


5:15-6:30 – Session 8a: Opening Reception

6:45 – Session 8b: Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture

Blair Ruble, author of Washington’s U Street: A Biography

 

Saturday November 6

9:00 – 2:00 – Registration

9:30-11:00 – Concurrent Session

Session 9 – The National Mall and the Design of DC

Session 10 – Race, Identity, and Civil Rights in the District of Columbia, 1790-1900

Session 11 – Women and Social Organizations


11:15-12:45 – Concurrent Sessions

Session 12 – Historical Perspective on DC’s LGBT Religious and Spiritual Communities

Session 13 Donna Wells Memorial Session

Approaches to Documentation: Prince George’s County and Washington, DC


12:45 – 1:30 – Lunch       

1:30-3:00 – Tours/Open Houses

             Session 14 - Park View Neighborhood Walking Tour

             Session 15 - Park View Neighborhood Walking Tour

1:30-3:30 – Workshop

 Session 16 - Writing the Family Memoir Workshop


The 37th Annual Conference on D.C. Historical Studies is co-sponsored by the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives, Cultural Tourism D.C., Friends of Washingtoniana Division, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., Rainbow History Project, and the Washingtoniana Division of the D.C. Public Library.


WHS

"A visit to the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., is not only a trip through time, but also a multimedia adventure."

-Ann
 Geracimos

 
 
 
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