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.
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.