Join Us for the Fifteenth Annual

Conference on History

September 26–27, 2013

Prairie Capital Convention Center Presidential Museum Springfield, Illinois

Sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation Conference Program REGISTRATION FORM

Please indicate the sessions that you are interested Name ______in attending. Your choices are not binding; this is to help us more accurately estimate the space required for each session. Address ______Thank you.

______THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 ______State ____ Zip ______8:30–10:00 __The Civil War Era Telephone ______Tales from the Progressive Era __The Time Capsule Project Email ______The Life and Work of Ernest Hemingway*

Additional Registrant(s) ______10:15–11:45 __Illinois Libraries ______Stories from the 1930s __The Importance of Place __Teaching Abraham Lincoln with Spielberg’s Film*

Registration* Number Total 1:45–3:15 Thursday & Friday: ______x $90 ______Early Illinois Trade and Exploration __Transcending Place & Time Thursday only: ______x $50 ______Popular Culture Friday only: ______x $50 ______Teaching the Gettysburg Address* Student Thu. & Fri.: ______x $40 ______Presenter: ______x $20 ______3:30–5:00 __Southern Illinois Stories Thursday Banquet: ______x $55 ______Lincoln and the Law (at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum) __Unusual Family Stories Thursday Luncheon: ______x $25 ______The Contours and Contexts of Teaching Friday Luncheon: ______x $25 ______FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 TOTAL ENCLOSED $______8:30–10:00 __Anglo-Indian Warfare on the Illinois Frontier On-site Registration, add $5 __Late 20th-Century Politics *Registrations for the Banquet and Luncheons must be __Special Buildings received by September 20, 2013. Due to limited seating, we __Understanding Abraham Lincoln through Primary Sources* cannot guarantee availability of tickets after this date. 10:15–11:45 __Government Initiatives—Federal and Local To register by mail, with a check, send the completed __Latino Experiences in Illinois form and payment (payable to Abraham Lincoln __Historical Meanings in Arts & Crafts Presidential Library Foundation) to: __Mapping the Prairie State* Shanta Thoele 1:45–3:15 Illinois Historic Preservation Agency __Civil Rights Stories 1 Old State Capitol Plaza __Adventures in Genealogy Springfield, IL 62701 __Illinois Civil War Generals __What is the National Register of Historic Places? To register using a credit card, go to: 3:30–5:00 www.PresidentLincoln.illinois.gov __Industrial and Social Change in or call 217-558-8934 __Lincoln Stories from Historic Sites __Social History in the Lincoln Era Questions? Contact Sabrina Manci __How Do I Get a Property on the National Register? Phone: 217–558–9014, Fax: 217–558–1559 [email protected] *Denotes Teacher Workshop

You may want to bring a sweater or jacket, as the room temperatures fluctuate.

Any changes to the program will be updated on these websites: www.PresidentLincoln.Illinois.gov and www.IllinoisHistory.gov/conference.htm Thursday, September 26

8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. Registration, Book Sales, Continental Breakfast Lower Level, Prairie Capital Convention Center

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. 10:15 A.M. – 11:45 A.M. The Civil War Era Illinois Libraries Moderator: Dave Joens, Illinois State Archives Moderator: Kathryn Harris, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum “‘We, the Republican Party, are the White Man’s Party’: Racial Conservatism among Illinois “A Golden Age of Illinois Libraries and Librarians?” Republicans in the 1860 Election,” Sally Heinzel, Peggy Sullivan, former Executive Director of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign American Library Association “Illinois at Andersonville: Sacrifice and “The Metropolitan Library Compact and the Commemoration,” Robert I. Girardi, Civil War Development of the Chicago Public Library, the Author Newberry Library, and the John Crerar Library,” Sean M. O’Connor, Edgewood International Tales from the Progressive Era Moderator: Brian Mullgardt, Millikin University Stories from the 1930s Moderator: Cecilia Stiles Cornell, University of Illinois “Caroline Fairfield Corbin and the Anti-Suffrage Springfield Movement in Illinois,” Jacqueline Torres-Ashpole, Willowbrook High School “A Taylorville, Illinois, Family during the ,” Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, Abraham “Vachel Lindsay’s Springfield Prognosticators: Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum George and Maydie Lee and their Merry Band of Radicals in Early 20th Century Springfield, Illinois,” “The Exile Years: George C. Marshall in Illinois, Marsha Silberman, Independent Scholar 1933–1936,” Robert E. Hartley, Journalist and Author The Illinois College Time Capsule Project: Teaching with Archives at a Liberal-Arts The Importance of Place College—-Roundtable Presentation Moderator: John Hoffmann, Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illinois College participants: “Downstate: Illinois’ Enduring Other,” Michael D. Jenny Barker-Devine, Steven Hochstadt, with Sublett, Illinois State University undergraduate students “Remembering : The Republic of Teacher Workshop Forgottonia and The Honorable Neal Gamm, “A Visit to Papa’s Places: The Life and Work of Governor,” Jeffrey Hancks, Western Illinois Ernest Hemingway,” Nancy W. Sindelar, Ernest University Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park Teacher Workshop “Teaching Abraham Lincoln with Spielberg’s Film,” Mark Pohlad, DePaul University Luncheon Presentation 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. Robert Hartley: How a Rifle Shot Changed the 1948 Illinois Election Outcome

Robert Hartley has been a journalist, newspaper editor and publisher, worked in public relations, and written important books on significant Illinois political figures including Paul Powell, Charles Percy, and Paul Simon. His recent book, Battleground 1948: Truman, Stevenson, Douglas, and the Most Surprising Election in Illinois History, examines the pivotal role Illinois played in the 1948 elections of Adlai Stevenson II as governor, Paul Douglas as senator, and Harry Truman as president of the . CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:45 P.M. – 3:15 P.M. 3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Early Illinois Trade and Exploration Stories Moderator: William B. Tubbs, Illinois Historic Moderator: Gillum Ferguson, Independent Researcher Preservation Agency “‘A lodge in some vast wilderness . . . ’: Exploring “The at Fort Saint Louis in the 17th the Concept of Wilderness in the Formation of the Century,” Mark Walczynski, Illinois Valley English Prairie Community,” Caroline M. Kisiel, DePaul University “Lewis & Clark in the ,” Brad Winn, “The Mysterious Stone Fortifications of Southern Lewis & Clark State Historic Site Illinois,” Mark Motsinger, Carrier Mills/Stonefort High School Transcending Place & Time Moderator: James Cornelius, Abraham Lincoln Lincoln and the Law Presidential Library and Museum Moderator: John Lupton, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission “Who you callin’ ‘railsplitter’?: On Abraham Lincoln and the Significance of ‘Toil’ in the Pursuit of the “The Matson Slave Case: A Countercultural View of American Presidency,” Terry Gibson, Project Lincoln’s Law Practice,” Roger D. Billings, Northern Coordinator for George Washington: Pioneer Farmer University Chase College of Law Exhibition “Abraham Lincoln’s Constitutionalism Regarding “Edgar Lee Masters’ : Upon and the Unilateral Suspension of Habeas Corpus,” Geoff Beyond an Illinois Anthology,” Samuel J. Rogal, Rogal, University Illinois Valley Community College Unusual Family Stories Popular Culture Moderator: William Siles, University of Illinois Moderator: Terry Barnhart, Eastern Illinois University Springfield “‘A criminal offense to take a little free and “Chief Shabbona’s Sojourns with the Vial Family of healthful exercise’: Base Ball’s Challenges in Post- Flagg Creek in Lyons Township, Cook , Civil War Illinois,” Robert D. Sampson, Millikin Illinois,” Brian G. Bardy, Lyons Township High University School “The Hollywood of the Midwest: Chicago, Illinois “The Mysterious Life of Thomas Higginbotham,” and its Motion Picture Producing History,” Rick S. Nancy Schumm-Burgess, Schumm Consulting LLC Glowaki, Christian Brothers Academy, DeWitt, New York The Contours and Contexts of Teaching: Its Challenges and Rewards—-Rountable Teacher Workshop Presentation “Teaching the Gettysburg Address,” Carol Moderator: Christopher Strangeman, MacMurray Manning, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and College Museum MacMurray College participants: Eric Berg, Ashley Green, Laurie Lewis, and Thomas Winski Luncheon Presentation 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. Thursday Evening Program

6:00 P.M. Cocktails Visitors’ Center for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Located across the street from the Museum at Union Station)

7:00 P.M. Banquet ¥ Convention Center

DRAFT

Plaza of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum 8:00 P.M. Featured Speaker

Suzanne Cooper Guasco Suzanne Cooper Guasco is the Robert Haywood Morrison Associate Professor and Chair of History at Queens University at Charlotte, North Carolina. Her book and the Rise of Antislavery Politics in Nineteenth-Century America examines the important role that Edward Coles—Illinois’ second governor (1822–26)—played in shaping the national debate against slavery. Guasco argues that Coles’s articula- tion of antislavery nationalism appealed to both North- erners and Southerners, formed the “foundation of the Republican Party platform [and] ultimately con- tributed to the destruction of slavery.” Friday, September 27

8:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. Registration, Book Sales, Continental Breakfast Lower Level, Prairie Capital Convention Center

CONCURRENT SESSIONS 8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. 10:15 A.M. – 11:45 A.M.

Anglo-Indian Warfare on the Illinois Frontier Government Initiatives—-Federal and Local Moderator: John Reda, Illinois State University Moderator: Pete Harbison, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency “Failed Diplomacy and Violence in the Illinois Country: The British and Indians before the “Why is the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois Revolutionary War,” Jeffrey A. Spanbauer, Illinois rather than Baraboo, Wisconsin?” Roger W. Valley Community College Tilbrook, Curator of the Nuclear Energy Exhibit, Argonne National Laboratory “The Indian Creek Massacre as a Part of the Black Hawk War,” Heinz-Dietrich Suppan, Marquette “Municipal Government: The Story of the Village of Academy at Ottawa and Joliet Junior College Lisle’s Incorporation,” Brian Failing, Late 20th-Century Politics Moderator Latino Experiences in Illinois Moderator: Denise R. Johnson, Abraham Lincoln “Russell Johnson: The Man Who Took on the Presidential Library and Museum Ryans—and Won,” Tim Black, Adult Education at Henry Hill Correctional Center “An Undocumented Dream,” Manuel Barbosa, Retired Judge “The Appointment of Lynn Martin of Illinois as Secretary of Labor,” Philip A. Grant, Pace University “The History of Mexicans in McLean County, Illinois,” Salvador Valadez, Laborers International Union of North America-Midwest Region Special Buildings Moderator Historical Meanings in Arts & Crafts “Finding Frederick Stoddard: The Mystery of the Moderator: Jessica Hagemann, Abraham Lincoln College Praise Angel Window,” Liz Burns Presidential Library and Museum and Greg Cash, Reid Memorial Library, Lewis & Clark Community College “The Dedication of the Living: Augustus Saint- Gaudens’s Abraham Lincoln in Chicago and “Galena is One of those Special Places,” Steve London,” Christopher J. Young, University Repp, Galena Public Library Northwest “Crafting Americans: Textile Crafts and Immigrant Teacher Workshop Cultures at the Hull-House Labor Museum, 1900– “Beyond the Stovepipe Hat: Understanding 1935,” Kate Swisher, Winterthur Program in Abraham Lincoln through Primary Sources,” David American Material Culture, University of Delaware Bates, DePaul University Teacher Workshop “Mapping the Prairie State: Old Maps, Past Geographies, and Historical Sensibilities,” Gerald A. Danzer, University of Illinois Chicago Luncheon Presentation 12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M. Mark Pohlad: Abraham Lincoln: Chicagoan?

Abraham Lincoln is closely associated with , but he was no stranger to Chicago. Mark Pohlad, associate professor of Art History and associate dean of Liberal Studies at DePaul University, will discuss the Windy City’s Lincoln connections using historic and modern-day images. Pohlad teaches courses in American and Modern European art, the history of photography, and Chicago topics. He frequently speaks on his research interests—photohistory, Abraham Lincoln, Chicago artists, and the relationship between art and history. CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1:45 P.M. – 3:15 P.M. 3:30 P.M. – 5:00 P.M. Civil Rights Stories Industrial and Social Change in Chicago Moderator Moderator: Frank Valadez, Chicago Metro History Education Center “‘A New Relationship between Civic Interests and Business Enterprise’: Equal Employment “Industrial Chicago: Chicago Steel, 1855–1905,” Opportunity at the Inland Steel Company in Chicago, Erica Ruggiero, School of the Art Institute of 1945–1980,” Johannes Steffens, Ruprecht-Karls Chicago University Heidelberg, Germany “Robert Collyer, Minister at Large: The Chicago – “The Experiences of One 1960s-Era Decatur Years, 1859 1879” Gerald A. Danzer, University of Minister,” Kayla Samuelson, Millikin University Illinois Chicago

Adventures in Genealogy Lincoln Stories from Historic Sites Moderator: Jim Edstrom, Harper College Moderator: Karen Everingham, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency “‘Angel Mother’: An In-Depth Look at the Veracity of William Herndon’s Account of a Conversation “Rehabilitating Thomas Lincoln: Exploring the facts with Lincoln about the Illegitimate Birth of Nancy of his life and understanding the myths which Hanks,” Gerald Haslam, Brigham Young University persist as part of the Lincoln lore,” Matthew Mittelstaedt, Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site “In Search of the Rich and (Not So) Famous: Reference Research at the Abraham Lincoln “Lincoln’s New Salem 1830s to Today,” Tim Guinan, Presidential Library,” Gwen Podeschi, Abraham Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and Lauren Pierce, University of Illinois Urbana- “Distant Memories: Lincoln’s Funeral,” Martha Plog, Champaign Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site, and Pam VanAlstine, Lincoln Monument Association Illinois Civil War Generals Moderator: Dan Monroe, Millikin University Social History in the Lincoln Era Moderator: Susan Haake, Lincoln Home National Historic “Grierson’s Raid,” John Billimack, Millikin University Site “General John A. Logan,” Maxwell Couch, Millikin “‘Love’s Young Dream’: Courtship and Weddings in University Lincoln-Era Springfield,” Erika Holst, Curator of Collections at Benjamin Edwards Home, Springfield “What is the National Register of Historic Places?” “Domestic Violence in Antebellum Illinois,” Christina by Andrew Heckenkamp and Amy Hathaway, Illinois Rum, Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Historic Preservation Agency, focuses on the origins Commission of the program, what it means to be registered, examples of National Register properties in Illinois, “How Do I Get a Property on the National Regis- and what the requirements are in order to become ter?” by Andrew Heckenkamp and Amy Hathaway, registered. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, focuses on the application process itself and the best practices for writing a nomination form. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Conference on Illinois History PRSRT STD U.S. Postage 1 Old State Capitol Plaza PAID Springfield, IL 62701-1512 Springfield, IL Permit #247 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

TEACHERS! The Conference on Illinois History is accredited by the ISBE for CPDU.

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS FEAVendorsTURED SPEAKERS Wednesday, September 25 & Thursday, September 26 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum Rooms have been set aside at the Hilton Springfield, 7th & Books on the Square (Independent Bookseller) Adams Streets, at $70 single and $85 double. Phone 217– Illinois State Archives 789–1530 to make a reservation. Illinois State Historical Society Forty rooms have been set aside at the President Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission Abraham Lincoln Hotel & Conference Center, 701 E. Adams St. (across from the Hilton) at $70 single and $85 Sly Fox (Independent Bookseller) double. Phone 217–544–8800 to reserve a room. Southern Illinois University Press Please inform hotels that you are with the University of Illinois Press Conference on Illinois History (code: Illinois History), Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, when making reservations. For other accommodations and rates in Springfield, Call for Manuscripts call Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1–800– 545–7300 or 217–789–2360, or visit its web site at The Journal of Illinois History seeks manuscripts on all www.visit-springfieldillinois.com. facets of the and its citizens. Contribu- tions in social, political, economic, and cultural history are welcome, as are related midwestern and Civil War topics, CONFERENCE FACILITIES the history of the , and Illinois biogra- All sessions will meet at the Prairie Capital Convention phy. Center, 1 Convention Center Plaza (which is bounded Articles for publication are carefully chosen by the by Washington St. on the north, Adams St. to the editors, who solicit the comments of at least two referees. south, and Ninth St. to the east) in Springfield. Lun- Articles are judged on their quality and depth of research, cheons (by reservation) will also be held at the Conven- originality, significance of the subject matter, and appropri- tion Center. NOTE: You may want to bring a sweater ateness for this Journal. or jacket, as the room temperatures fluctuate. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (15th The Thursday evening banquet (by reservation) edition) in the preparation of Journal manuscripts. Addi- will be held at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential tional guidelines can be viewed at www.illinoishistory.gov/ Museum. Submit.htm or will be sent upon request. All manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced, 20–25 pages in length, with footnotes appearing separately at the end of WHO ATTENDS? the text. Authors should submit three copies of each The Conference on Illinois History welcomes more manuscript, and since manuscripts are refereed anony- than 350 people each year who appreciate opportuni- mously, the author’s name should appear only on the title ties to share their interest in the history of Illinois. The page. conference is also an excellent source for teachers All articles will be edited to conform to Journal style, with a desire to bring new perspectives and teaching and the editors may make other changes for clarity and techniques into their classrooms. The conference is word economy. Authors are expected to review type- accredited by the Illinois State Board of Education for scripts and galleys. Continuing Professional Development Units. The sessions include scholarly papers, panel discussions, and Mail manuscripts to: William B. Tubbs, Editor, Journal of workshops. Exhibitors both days include university Illinois History, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1 Old press publishers, new- and used-book dealers, and the State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701-1512. For more Illinois State Archives. information, call Bill Tubbs at 217-785-7953, or email [email protected].