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The conference, sponsored by the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, is accredited by the Illinois
State Board of Education for certified professional development
units.
The conference will feature sessions on
Illinois topics: Illinois Mormon history; Native Americans and the
Illinois Country; crime and punishment; relocating the state
capital; women in southern Illinois; reformers, culture and
citizenship in Chicago; Illinois reporting; Chicago politics; Joseph
Smith and the Nauvoo Legion; women's roles in early Illinois; the
Chicago War Exposition of 1918; 19th-century anti-slavery and social
justice; Illinois issues; Native American portraits; Lincoln and the
ministers; Chicago cultural expressions; Illinois and the world;
Emancipation and Reconstruction; public policy and designed spaces;
free speech and the student movement; from market revolution to the
Gilded Age; and Abraham and Mary Lincoln in memory.
Teacher workshops will be conducted on
using impersonators in the classroom; uncovering the mysteries of
Illinois history; Illinois maps; the changing world of local
historians; developing electronic sources for student research;
developing audiovisual materials for use in teaching Illinois
history; and educational and volunteer opportunities at the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
The Conference on Illinois History will
also feature Illinois Civil War discussions; a workshop on the
National Register of Historic Places; and topical local history
presentations on Galesburg, Galena, Mattoon and Springfield.
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The Thursday, Oct. 28, luncheon
speakers will be Robert Hartley and David Kenney, authors of "An
Uncertain Tradition: U.S. Senators from Illinois, 1818-2003," who
will present "Illinois Senators." The Thursday evening banquet
speaker will be Catherine Clinton, author of "Harriet Tubman: The
Road to Freedom" and "The Other Civil War: American Women in the
Nineteenth Century."
The Friday, Oct. 29, luncheon speaker
will be Timothy Samuelson, cultural historian for the Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs and author of "But Wait! There's
More!: The Irresistible Appeal and Spiel of Ronco and Popeil." His
talk will focus on the rags-to-riches story of this fascinating
business whose name has become synonymous with the word "gadget."
Preregistration is $40 per person or
$15 for students; walk-in registration is $45. The Thursday luncheon
costs $20, the banquet $35 and the Friday luncheon $10.
For
additional information, contact Donna Lawrence, Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL
62701;
e-mail
donna_lawrence@ihpa.state.il.us; or phone (217) 785-7933. More
information on the conference is available online at
http://state.il.us/hpa/conference.htm.
[Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency
news release]
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