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Interdisciplinary Conference - February 17-19, 2000



National Archives and Records Administration * Southwest Region
Texas Christian University

Interdisciplinary Conference
The Southwest: A Region n Transition
February 17-19, 2000

Opening General Session   Michael Ferrari, Chancellor, Texas Christian University
                                Kent Carter, Regional Administrator NARA-SW Region

Session I:      Archival Collections of the Southwest, Kristina L. Southwell, Presiding
        Robert Torrez, New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
        "Voices from the Past: New Mexico's Documentary Resources, 1621-1912"

        William Welge, Oklahoma Historical Society
        "The Founding of the Indian Archives and its Contribution to Historiography                          of the Southwest"

Session 2:      Air Power in the Southwest, Victoria Lindsey Levine, Presiding

        Scott Murdock, Military Historian
        "The Evolution of the Air Force Basing in the Southwest"

        Michael Binder, Military Historian
        "When Armageddon Called the Southwest Home"

Session 3:      Mexican-American Relations on the Frontier, William S. Clayson, Presiding

        John F. Matthews, Cisco Community College 
        "Border Consuls: U.S. Department of State Consuls on the Mexican Border, 1821-1865"

        Steven Butler, University of Texas at Arlington
                "San Antonio, Texas During the War with Mexico, 1846-1848"

Session 4:      Civil War Leadership in the Southwest, Marie Windell, Presiding

        Dallas Cothrum, University of Texas at Tyler
        "South Carolina Politics Comes to Texas:  The Arrival of Louis T. Wigfall"
                	
        Donald Frazier, McMurry University
        "The Making of a Solider:  The Military Education of Tom Green in Texas and Mexico"

Session 5:      Pollution and Cleanup:  The Southwest Environment, Jeffrey A. Owens, Presiding

        Mary L. Barrett, Centenary College of Louisiana
        "The Nature and Magnitude of Oil Waste in Early 20th Century Petroleum Fields"

        C. John Daly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
        "The Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites"

Session 6:      Dallas-Fort Worth: Political and Cultural Leadership, Charles Zelden, Presiding

        Christopher Ohan, Texas Christian University
        "Ben Long: The Politics of Dallas' Practical Utopian"

        Bart Pointer, Texas Christian University
        "Culture in Cowtown"

Session 7:      Southwestern Agriculture: Self*Sufficiency and the New Deal Black Experience
                                Keith Volanto, Presiding

        Robert F. Pace, McMurry University
        "Where South and West Collide: Texas Agriculture 1849-1879"

        Debra Reid, Eastern Illinois University
        "African-American Extension Agents and the New Deal in Texas"

Session 8:              Conflict on the Border: Contraband and Racism, Ann Cummings, Presiding
                                	
        Marie Windell, University of New Orleans
        "The Coranudella and the Contraband Trade"

        Margaret Hacker, National Archives and Records Administration * Southwest Region
                        "Chinese Exclusion Acts: Racism in Texas"

Session 9:              Bringing History to the People, Cameron l. Saffell, Presiding

        David Coffey, McMurry University
        "Ronald Mackenzie's Texas: History and Heritage Tourism in West Texas"

        Fred MacVaugh, Carlsbad Caverns National Park
        "Selling Darkness: Preservation and Marketing of Carlsbad Cave, Playground of the Southwest, 1922-1930"

Session 10:     Taming the Waters: Flood Control in the Southwest, Barbara Rust, Presiding

        Jeffrey A. Owens, Louisiana State University
        "Gentrification and Flood Control in the Arkansas Delta, 1800-1850"        	
        	
        D. Clayton Brown, Texas Christian University
        "Large Dams vs. Small Dams: The Flood Control Controversy,                                      1945-1955"

Session 11:     Empresarios in Early Texas , Debra Reid, Presiding

Anne E. Richardson, Texas Christian University
"Foreigners Need Not Apply: Popular Opposition to Empresario 
                                Colonization Contracts in the Republic of Texas"

David E. Narrett, University of Texas at Arlington
"The First Constitution of Texas, 1813: A Mexican Revolutionary Document"

Session 12:     Federal Records Management in the Southwest, Margaret Hacker, Presiding

Stephen Adams, Leonard Harmon, Jr. and Cindy Smolovik
National Archives and Records Administration * Southwest Region

"NARA'S Records Management for the New Millennium: 
                Records Management, Records Center, and Archival Operations Working Together"


Session 13:     Claiming the Land: Early Settlers in Texas, Mary Linn Wernet, Presiding	

Richard Francaviglia, Center for Southwestern Studies, 
                                        University of Texas at Arlington
"The Cross Timbers as a Southwestern Landmark, 1750 * 1900"

David J. Mycue, Hidalgo County Historical Museum 
"Ranch Life in the Lower Rio Grande"

Session 14:     Native American Culture of the Southwest, Rodney Krajca, Presiding

Kristina L. Southwell, Western History Collection University of Oklahoma
"Annette Ross Hume: Pioneer Photographer"

Victoria L. Levine, Holbert Center for Southwest Studies Colorado College
                        "From Camp Fire to Concert Hall: Representations of 
                                Southwest Indian Musics, 1890-1930

Session 15:     White Gold: King Cotton in the Southwest, D. Clayton Brown, Presiding
Keith J. Volanto, Texas A & M University, "The AAA Plow-Up Campaign in Arkansas"

Cameron L. Saffell, New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
        "King Cotton Expands His Kingdom: The Beginnings of the Cotton West and                                Perceptions of its Production in the Twentieth Century"	
	
Session 16:     Legal and Judicial Issues: Constitutional Reforms in the Southwest
                                        Fred MacVaugh, Presiding

Barbara Rust, National Archives and Records Administration-Southwest Region
"The Border in Turmoil: Federal Courts in Texas, 1890 * 1920

Charles Zelden, Nova Southeastern University
"Ruiz vs. Estelle and The Reform of Texas Prisons"

Session 17:     Archiving the Southwest: Private and Public records, Cindy Smolovik, Presiding

Ellen Buie Niewyk and Sam Ratcliff, Hamon Arts Library
                                        Southern Methodist University
"Archiving the Arts of the Southwest: The Jerry Bywaters Special Collection"

Lisa E. Borden, University of Texas at El Paso
"Gila Monster: Symbol of the Southwest"

Session 18:     Researching the Space Odyssey, Kent Carter, Presiding

Marc Scroggins, NASA, Johnson Space Center
"Researching NASA Records Today"

Michael Baimbridge, National Archives and Records Administration*Southwest Region
"NARA Records Management for the Future: NASA  as a Case Study"
	
Friday Evening


7:30 p.m.                               FEATURED SPEAKER


                                                Paul Boller 

Professor Emeritus, Lyndon Baines Johnson Chair of History 
Texas Christian University.  Mr. Boller is known for using humor to bring out an interest in history in the general public.

Author of such works as:

Congressional Anecdotes; 

Not So!  Popular Myths About America from Columbus to Clinton;

Best Selling Trilogy:           Presidential Anecdotes; 

                                        Presidential Campaigns; 

                                        Presidential Wives; 

They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, 
                and Mis-Leading Attributions;

Hollywood Anecdotes 

American Transcendentalism and Intellectual Inquiry 1830-1860

American Thought in Transition, 1860-1900.

Saturday, February 19, 2000

8:00 a.m. * 9:00 a.m.   Breakfast

Special Guest Speaker 

Richard Claypoole

National Archives and Records Administration
Assistant Archivist for the Office of Regional Records Services 



Session 19:     The New Deal and Great Society, Mary Barrett, Presiding

Brenda Taylor, Texas Wesleyan University
"FSA Nurses and Home Economists: Women and Work in Texas, Arkansas,                                     and New Mexico, 1930 * 1946"

William S. Clayson, San Antonio College
"'¡Viva Sanyo!:' The San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization, the War                     on Poverty, and Catholic and Latino Political Activism in the 1960's" 


Session 20:     Family History: Native American Records, William Welge, Presiding

Ann Cummings, National Archives and Records Administration * Pacific Region
"Sources for Indian Genealogy in the National Archives"

Rodney Krajca, National Archives and Records Administration * Southwest Region
"Researching the Five Civilized Tribes, Applications for Enrollment, 1896"	

Session 21:     Opportunities for Research: Southwestern Archives, Robert Torrez, Presiding

Mary Linn Wernet, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
"A Fresh Look at Some Old Documents"

Laura McLemore, Austin College
"A Review of Nineteenth Century Texas Historical Resources" 

Session 22:     Archival Avenues for Ancestral Research, Margaret Hacker, Presiding

George T. Kellum, Fort Worth Public Library
"Archival Resources for African American History in North Texas: An Outline of the Collections of the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society"

Sharon S. Ashton, Oklahoma Historical Society
"Tracking Down Family Traditions of Indian Ancestry: Records of the United States Court of Claims"

The conference will be held in the 
Clarion Hotel in downtown
Fort Worth, Texas 
adjacent to Sundance Square and 
the Bass Performance Hall.  
Hotel Conference Rate: $70.00
For more information and accommodations call:  817-332-6900


Registration fee:  $25.00, includes 
Friday evening reception and Saturday Breakfast .  After February 11 and on-site registration $30.00

No credit cards please
Registration Form:


Name:    

Address: 


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Phone, Fax, Email:



Return Registration form and payment by February 11, 2000  to:
(on-site registration also available) - No credit cards please

Dr. D. Clayton Brown
Department of History
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297260
Fort Worth, Texas 76129

For more information call:  817-257-7288
Email: d.c. brown@tcu.edu
FAX: (817) 257-5650

Conference funded in part by: Texas Christian University, National Archives and Records Administration, and the Summerlee Foundation. 

Cindy Smolovik
Archivist
NARA-SW Region
phone: 817-334-5525
fax: 817-334-5621

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