Kansas Association of Historians Annual Conference March 28-29, 2014 Old Cowtown Museum Wichita, KS 1 2 Conference Agenda Welcome to Wichita! This year’s Kansas Association of Historians conference is about breaking down the boundaries between the ivory tower of academe and the general public. Here, on the grounds of Old Cowtown Museum, scholars will get a chance to present their research in a non-academic setting. Don’t be surprised if visitors to the museum sit in on a session! Our panelists include tenured faculty, graduate students, museum professionals, and amateur historians. The goal is to broaden the scope of historical inquiry, maintain quality scholarship, and yes, get people to venture a bit out of their proverbial comfort zones. The Department of History at Wichita State University, the official host for the conference, welcomes you to Wichita. Please take some time to learn more about our city and what it has to offer! Friday, March 28, 2014 12:30—5:30 Registration Visitor Center 1:30—3:00 Sincerely, Jay Price Kansas Association of Historian President Session 1 A Usable Past for a Healthy Civic Life: A Roundtable Discussion on History, Outreach & the Humanities in Kansas Southern Hotel Chair: David Vail David Vail, Morse Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Virgil W. Dean, Consulting Editor of Kansas History, Kansas State University Rachel Pannabecker, Director, Kauffman Museum Julie L. Muliredel, Director of Grants, Kansas Humanities Council Betwixt and Between: Native Americans and Euro-American Society Turnverein Chair: Kim Morse “Good Indian, Bad Indian: Deconstructing the Culture Talk of Southeast Kansans (1866-1880),” John Mack, Georgia Perimeter College Online “The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War,” Kyrsten Rohr, Fort Hays State University “Betwixt and Between: Friar Matias Ruiz Blanco, Indians, and the Colonial State in Venezuela,” Kim Morse, Washburn University Sponsors A special thank you to this year’s sponsors. Department of History, Wichita State University Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Wichita State University Dole Institute of Politics Eric Engstrom The Media and the Message: Dominating Through Words and Images Saloon Chair: Tim Rives “Defining Liberalism in the Wake of Irish Home Rule,” Michael Kyle Thompson, Pittsburg State James C. Mershon Emporia State Society of Public Historians Wichita State Society of Public Historians 3 University “Not So Famous Last Words: What Did Eisenhower Say When He Launched the D-Day Invasion?” Tim Rives, Deputy Director, Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home “Make Way for Billy Sunday: Laying the Groundwork for Sunday’s Urban Revivals,” Jennifer L. Wiard, University of Missouri Across the Pond: European Culture and the World Empire House Chair: Joyce Thierer “Credible Witness: Sailors, Natural Histories, and the Age of Enlightenment in Scandinavia and the Americas,” Bethany R. Mowry, University of Oklahoma “A Deeply Interesting Psychological Phenomenon: Charles Dickens, Spiritualism, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” Hannah Thompson, Museum of Texas Tech University “Hungary in Crisis: The Making and Breaking of Eastern Europe in the Post-War Era,” Michael Preut, Baker University “Political Animals: Aristocratic Horsemanship in Restoration England,” Amber Roberts, University of Kansas 3:00—3:15 3:15—4:45 Beverage Break Visitor Center Session 2 True Grit at Old CowTown Southern Hotel Chair: Joyce Thierer “Programming with True Grit: A Lesson in Community Collaboration,” Julie Linnemon et al, Program and Outreach Manager, Wichita Public Library 4 History as Civic Dialogue Empire House Chair: Robin Henry Seth Bate, Director of Leadership Development, Wichita State University Center for Community Support and Research Aimee Geist, Curator of Education, Museum of Art, Wichita State University Fletcher Powell, Host of “All Things Considered” for KMUW Wichita Public Radio, Wichita State University Remembering the Ancestors: Heritage, Memory and Ancestry Turnverein Chair: Richard Kyle “For the Love of the Financier: The Cross Family of Emporia and Public’s Perception of the Fiscal Elite in Gilded Age Kansas,” Harry A Spencer IV, Emporia State University “The Hart Family, A MultiGenerational Journey: From Loyal British Citizens to Revolutionaries,” Alyson L. Burnett, Fort Hays State University “The Other John Knox: Pastor and Counselor,” Richard Kyle, Tabor College Place and Progress – Gender and Race Play Out in Kansas, Iowa, and the Nation Saloon Chair: Ann Birney “The Athletic New Woman: Liberation and Confinement in Kansas,” Scharla Paryzek, University of Kansas “Suffrage on the Platform: The Politicization of the Chautauqua Movement,” Sarah Bell, University of Kansas “A Critical Education: Washburn University’s Role in Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education,” Shelbie Konkel, Washburn University 5:30-6:30 Dinner Visitor Center 6:30-7:00 Annual Business Meeting Visitor Center 7:00—9:30 “The Road to Valhalla ” Visitor Center Enjoy a screening of the film followed by discussion with Ken Spurgeon Paul Michael Leeker, Wichita State University Where the West Begins: Heritage Tourism in Kansas and Beyond Empire House Chair: Virgil W. Dean, Consulting Editor of Kansas History, Kansas State University “Living History Museums and Heritage Tourism in the West,” Lynsay Flory, Wichita State University “’Where the Old West Comes to Life:’ The Story of Old Cowtown Museum,” Keith Wondra, Wichita State University “Connecting Visitors to Kansas Agricultural Heritage through Living History,” Alexis Woodall, Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Saturday, March 29, 2014 8:00-8:30 Coffee Visitor Center 8:30—10:00 Session 3 Heritage as an Historical Influence Chair: Jay Price Saloon Chair: Jay Price “Old School, New School – Marketing the Old to Attract the New,” Barth Hague, Wichita State University “John Smyth, the Origins of the English Baptists, and the Amsterdam Bakehouse: Another Look,” Keith Sprunger, Bethel College “Neither Barren or Exhausted”: John Thompson’s Cyprus Expeditioin, 1878,” Tom Prasch, Washburn University Voter Fraud or Fraudulent Voters? A Brief History of Voting Laws in the States Turnverein Chair: Michael Smith Michael A. Smith, Emporia State University Chapman Rackaway, Fort Hays State University Kevin Anderson, Eastern Illinois University 10:00-10:15 Cuisine and Consumption Visitor Center 10:15—11:45 Chair: Kelly Erby “From Corn Bread and Baked Beans to Chop Suey and Minestrone: The Growth of Ethnic Cafes in the Late Nineteenth Century and the Reordering of American Cuisine and Culture,” Kelly Erby, Washburn University “Surviving the Dirty Thirties: A Story of Kansas Farm Families and Survival in the 1930s,” John Patchen, Baker University “The Great American Pasture: Humans and Herbivores on the Great Plains,” Carolyn Speer Schmidt and 5 Break Session 4 Kansas History Day Saloon Chair: No Chair Wendy Donaldson, Coordinator, Wichita Public Schools, District 6 Barbara Brotton, Teacher, Wichita Public Schools, District 6 Freemasonry and History Turverein Chair: Nolan Sump “The Evolution of a Masonic Lodge from Inception to Closure.” Nolan Sump, Teacher, Blue Rapids “Hidden in Plain Sight: Kansas Masonic Resources,” Daniel Anderson, Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society Historic Interpretation Styles and Choices Empire House Chair: Loren Pennington “Keep your Rifle Level!: Learning from Historical Reenactment Participation Panel” Loren Pennington, Emporia State University, Thomas Richardson, Emporia State University Alex Winkler, Emporia State University Radical Kansas or Not? Southern Hotel Chair: James Leiker “The Klan in the Coal Mines: Radicalism, Nativism, and the End of Kansas’ Reform Era in the 1920s,” James Leiker, Johnson County Community College “Women in the Coal Industry,” Natasha Jenkins, Emporia State University 6 Notes 7
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