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2014_DC_DCHist_Books_141121	18	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Books (Friday) History Network – visit with organizations engaged in history and preservation Friday Book Talks * Julia King -- George Hadfield: Architect of the Federal City * Scott Einberger -- The History of Rock Creek Park: Wilderness and Washington, D.C. * Michael Lisicky -- Woodward & Lothrop: A Store...
2014_DC_DCHist_Books_141122	19	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Books (Saturday) Saturday Book Talks * Nathania Branch Miles -- Prince George's County and the Civil War: Life on the Border * Stephen McKevitt -- Meridian Hill: A History * Charles Clark -- The American Nazi Party in Arlington * Rohulamin Quander -- Omega - 50+ Inspired Years; Nellie Quander, Alpha Kappa Alpha...
2014_DC_DCHist_Broadway_141122	53	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Film: Black Broadway on U Black Broadway on U Run time: 5 minute/trailer * Executive Producer/Creator Shellée Haynesworth Description: This production is (multi-platform) project sheds light on the under-told story and rich heritage of African American community within Washington, D.C.'s U Street Corridor, aka "Black...
2014_DC_DCHist_Striner_141120	49	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Opening Lecture w/Richard Striner Letitia Woods Brown Lecture: "Reflections on Historic Preservation in Washington." History professor, author, and veteran Washington preservationist Richard Striner -- co-author of the newly-published book Washington and Baltimore Art Deco (Johns Hopkins University Press) -- looks back upon his...
2014_DC_DCHist_OpenRec_141120	75	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Opening Reception
2014_DC_DCHist_Other_1411	165	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Other images
2014_DC_DCHist_P01_141121	76	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 01: Penary Session w/Stephen Fuller Plenary Session – Washington D.C.: From Company Town to Global Business Center Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. (Dwight Schar Faculty Chair and University Professor, Director, Center for Regional Analysis, School of Public Policy, George Mason University) Fuller looks at the economic history of the District...
2014_DC_DCHist_P02_141121	26	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 02: Deciding What and How to Preserve Deciding What and How to Preserve: A Century of Historic Site Designation This roundtable will be led by Tom Luebke, Secretary of the Commission of Fine Arts, and author of the recent book A Century of Design: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1910 – 2010. Richard Williams, the grandson of David...
2014_DC_DCHist_P03_141121	5	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 03: Gallaudet University and Washington, D.C. Gallaudet University and Washington, D.C.: Celebrating 150 Years of A Deaf Community in A Hearing City Gallaudet University has experienced institutional growth, social change, and economic challenges in its 150 years of existence in the District of Columbia. Its graduates have overcome racial...
2014_DC_DCHist_P04_141121	11	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 04: Home Rule and Gentrification Home Rule and Gentrification * Freedom's Long Journey: The Legislative Path to Home Rule for the District of Columbia. Christopher Anglim * Home Rule & Who Shall Rule At Home. Jerome Paige * Gentrification and Inequitable Opportunity in the Nation's Capital. Nora Wiseman
2014_DC_DCHist_P05_141121	33	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 05: Mapping Segregation Mapping Segregation: How Racially Restricted Housing Shaped Washington, D.C., 1900-1948 * Researching Racially Restrictive Covenants in Washington, D.C. Amina Ndiaye * Setting the Context for Housing Segregation in Washington. Amanda Huron * Mapping Legal Challenges to Restrictive Covenants in...
2014_DC_DCHist_P06_141121	19	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 06: Early Washington, D.C.: War, Politics, and Brewing Early Washington, D.C.: War, Politics, and Brewing * The 1814 Removal Debate. Kenneth Bowling * The British are Coming! How the Declaration of Independence and Federal Constitution were saved by an Ox Cart. Peter Aschenbrenner * The Washington Brewery at Navy Yard. Garrett Peck
2014_DC_DCHist_P07_141121	8	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 07: Activism for Youth in the Nation's Capital Activism for Youth in the Nation's Capital * Total Involvement Approach to Teen Age Problems: The Bakers Dozen Solution. Dr. Ida Jones * Shaping Social Welfare: The Washington City Orphan Asylum and the Development of Dependent Child Care in the District of Columbia. Jamalin Harp * When Parents...
2014_DC_DCHist_P08_141121	53	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 08: D.C. Murals: Spectacle and Story D.C. Murals: Spectacle and Story The contemporary outdoor mural cycle came to Washington in the early 1970s when artists picked up on the vibrant energy that changed the urban landscape throughout the country and brought art out of the galleries and into the streets. From early depictions of ethnic...
2014_DC_DCHist_P09_141121	5	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 09: History Writing with Public Housing Residents History Writing with Public Housing Residents This panel brings together three community scholars who have worked with public housing residents to write their histories. These three community scholars have all worked specifically in the Potomac Gardens public housing project located at 13th and...
2014_DC_DCHist_P10_141121	6	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 10: Vision for a Digital D.C. Vision for a Digital D.C.: Documenting D.C.’s cultural history through online resources This panel bring s together practitioners creating digital vehicles for navigating and learning about the city’s r i ch cultural history. Cultural institutions are working to increase visibility of their...
2014_DC_DCHist_P11_141121	32	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 11: The Legacy of Marion Barry ROUNDTABLE: The Legacy of Marion Barry * Steven Diner, author of “Washington, The Black Majority: Race and Politics in the Nation’s Capital,” in Snowbelt Cities: Metropolitan Politics in the Northeast and Midwest since World War II. 1990. (chair) * Jonetta Rose Barras, journalist, author of The Last...
2014_DC_DCHist_P13_141122	29	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 13: Capturing and Celebrating Heritage in a Transforming Community: Southwest Washington D.C. Capturing and Celebrating Heritage in a Transforming Community: Southwest Washington D.C. The largest development [or what?] is the $1.5 billion Wharf project. Extending along Washington’s historic waterfront, this 27-acre mixed-use development is activating the currently underutilized waterfront and...
2014_DC_DCHist_P14_141122	38	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 14: Renovation plans Renovation plans for the D.C. Archives, the MLK Jr. Memorial Library, and the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.: A roundtable discussion The D.C. Archives, Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King Library, and the Historical Society of Washington will be moving into newly-designed...
2014_DC_DCHist_P15_141122	18	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 15: Preserving Spaces, Preserving Legacies Preserving Spaces, Preserving Legacies: Oral Histories of Long-term D.C. Residents Four panelists, each of whom will give presentation based on oral history research conducted in the spring of 2014 with long-term Washingtonians as part of Dr. Amanda Huron’s class, The History of the District of...
2014_DC_DCHist_P16_141122	6	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 16: Youthful Takes on D.C. Neighborhood History Youthful Takes on D.C. Neighborhood History For the past eight years, the DC Community Heritage Project has funded citizen groups exploring and documenting the heritage and history of their communities. Recognizing the need for preserving the history and heritage through youth, DCCHP projects have...
2014_DC_DCHist_P17_141122	4	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 17: Combining Public Data and Public Engagement to Map D.C.'s Past Combining Public Data and Public Engagement to Map D.C.'s Past A conversation based on a pilot effort at the MLK Library to empower citizens to map local history, visualize their work globally via mapstory.org, and build vital STEM and civic literacy s kills along the way. The MLK Library spatial...
2014_DC_DCHist_P18_141122	11	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 18: Activism and Public Works Activism and Public Works * The Role of Howard University, through its Faculty and Graduates, in the Integration of the Public Utility Industry in the District of Columbia. Phylicia Bowman * Cleaner Water during the Environmental Decade: Social Action to Protect the Potomac in the 1970s. John...
2014_DC_DCHist_P19_141122	7	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 19: Honoring the History before Us Honoring the History before Us: I Saw! DC Student Research Presentation on African American Communities in Early Washington Presentation of research project on Early African American 19th century communities in Georgetown (including Tudor Place) and extended areas of Washington, D.C. * Khari Eyen...
2014_DC_DCHist_P20_141122	11	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 20: Digitization and Social media for D.C. 's History Digitization and Social media for D.C. 's History * Mapping the City of Words. Jonathan Marino * Digitizing for Access. Karen Needles * Building a Local History Community Online: Old Time D.C., Facebook, and Public History Through Social Media. Ryan Shepard, Tim MacKinnon, Jon Wilson
2014_DC_DCHist_P21_141122	5	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 21: The 1960s: Protest and Cultural Politics The 1960s: Protest and Cultural Politics * Cosmopolitan Folk: The Cultural Politics of the North American Folk Music Revival in Washington, D.C.. Stephen Lorenz * To Show the World We Have No Fear: The Howard University Student Takeover of 1968 and its Impact on Washington, D.C.. Jocelyn Imani *...
2014_DC_DCHist_P22_141122	4	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 22: Transforming Parks for the New Washingtonians Transforming Parks for the New Washingtonians Perhaps more than most other urban centers in the United States, Washington D.C. has an abundance of parks and green space. They are used by both residents of the city as we ll as visitors for a variety of reasons, such as commemoration, recreation,...
2014_DC_DCHist_P23_141122	18	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 23: War and Consequences War and Consequences * Washingtonians Marooned In Europe at the Outbreak of World War I. Sandra Schmidt * Commemoration through Community Action: The Memorial Building to the Women of the World War. Allison Finkelstein * Washington Women at War: How World War II Government Girls Transformed the...
2014_DC_DCHist_P24_141122	29	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 24: Remembering Arlington ROUNDTABLE: Remembering Arlington: Historical Consciousness in a Changing Community This roundtable tackles the conference theme, "Historical Consciousness in a Changing City," by bringing together various experts on and stakeholders in the history of Arlington County. Originally part of the 100...
2014_DC_DCHist_P25_141122	26	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 25: Social Issues and Social Control Social Issues and Social Control * Mangy Curs and Stoned Horses: Animal Control in the District of Columbia from the Beginnings to the 1930s. Hayden Wetzel * Schools under Siege: Reactions to the Crack Epidemic in Washington, D.C., Schools. Kathryn Gillon * The United Order of Dope Fiends – Opium...
2014_DC_DCHist_P26_141122	7	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 26: Women's Work: Shaping the mid-19th century National Capital Women's Work: Shaping the mid-19th century National Capital * Myrtilla Miner (1815 - 1864): Her Vision and Legacy. Christopher Anglim * Mary Ann Shadd Cary: A New Washingtonian. Jenny Masur * “Practical Clubwork”: A History of the Women's Bindery Union in Washington, D.C.. Jessica French
2014_DC_DCHist_P27_141122	12	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 27: Civil War and Aftermath Civil War and Aftermath * “An Odious Discrimination”: Ecclesiastical Disputes and the Military’s Requisition of Episcopal Churches in Civil War Washington. Sean Scott * Alexander T. Augusta - The Life of an African American Civil War Surgeon in Washington, D.C.. Heather Butts * Making the March...
2014_DC_DCHist_P28_141122	5	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 28: Exploring Howard University's Cultural Impact Exploring Howard University's Cultural Impact: Donna Wells Memorial Session * Laying Foundations: Rev. Jesse Moorland and African American Washington in the Progressive Era. Kenvi Phillips * What Kind of Man is this? The Life and Times of Andrew Fowler. John Fowler, II * Dorothy Porter Wesley at...
2014_DC_DCHist_P29_141122	70	41st Annual Conference on DC Historical Studies -- Panel 29: Public Archaeology in Washington, D.C. Public Archaeology in Washington, D.C. The current building boom in the District has increased the number of projects requiring compliance archaeology. Construction at parks, schools, and for infrastructure resulted in the identification of new sites from nearly every prehistoric and historic time...

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