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<font size=3>Date: Fri,
17 Feb 2006 16:34:54 -0000<br>
Reply-To: H-Net Discussion List on History and Culture of Ohio
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Sender: H-Net Discussion List on History and Culture of Ohio
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From: "H-Ohio Editor Sarah E. Miller"
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Subject: Conference on Local History, Bowling Green<br>
To: H-OHIO@H-NET.MSU.EDU<br><br>
The 2006 Conference on Local History will be held at Bowling Green
State<br>
University at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Ballroom on Tuesday,<br>
April 4, 2006, beginning at 9:00 a.m.<br><br>
Plenary speaker Kevin McCray will discuss the journey of exploration
and<br>
discovery that resulted in his award-winning history of the 99th
Ohio<br>
Volunteer Infantry, a Civil War regiment. "A Shouting of
Orders,"<br>
researched over a 10-year period, was honored with the Independent<br>
Scholar Award at the 2005 Conference on Local History.<br><br>
Our second speaker, Joyce Hayward, a technical diver from northern
Ohio,<br>
will speak on "History Beneath the Waves" as she relate
examples of the<br>
stories contained in shipwrecks, how shipwrecks are studied and<br>
documented by divers working with historians, and how the appreciation
of<br>
shipwrecks enriches our understanding of our region's history.<br><br>
Community history is the focus of our third speaker, Kimberly M.<br>
Caldwell,speaking on "From Africa Town to Out Stickney:
Reminiscences of<br>
a Toledo, Ohio African-American Community." Her presentation
chronicles<br>
the history of the long-time African-American presence in North
Toledo. In<br>
the context of this vibrant community, she will trace the legacy of
one<br>
family, the Lawson's, from Dahomey, West Africa, to Mobile,
Alabama's<br>
AfricaTown, to North Toledo's Stickney community.<br><br>
A highlight of the conference will be the presentation of this
year's<br>
Local History Publication Award in two categories, the Academic Scholar
and<br>
Independent Scholar.<br><br>
Registration begins at 9:00. Following the morning session, a
luncheon<br>
will be served in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union ballroom and is<br>
included in the $25.00 registration fee. Four hours of
Continuing<br>
Education credits are available to those requesting them at the time
of<br>
registration. Between sessions, attendees are welcome to visit
the<br>
publications tables and exhibit area. Free parking is available
on<br>
campus in Lot 20 near the Visitor Information Center.<br><br>
Please RSVP by March 30, 2006 by registering at:<br><br>
Center for Archival Collections<br>
Conference on Local
History
<br>
Phone: 419-372-2411<br>
FAX: 419-372-0155<br>
5th Floor, Jerome
Library
<br>
Bowling Green State University<br>
Bowling Green, OH 43403<br><br>
A printable registration form is available at :<br>
<a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/register.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/register.html<br><br>
</a>More information about the conference is available online at:<br>
<a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ac0603.html" eudora="autourl">
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/ac0603.html<br><br>
<br>
</a>Ms. Lee N. McLaird, Curator of Rare Books & Special
Collections<br>
Center for Archival Collections - 5th Floor, Jerome Library<br>
Bowling Green State University<br>
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 (419) 372-2411
lmclair@bgnet.bgsu.edu<br>
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Janet M. Carleton - <carleton@ohio.edu> - 740/597-2527
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Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's Studies Bibliographer<br>
Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens,
Ohio<br>
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