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F ebruary 2004 Progressive Preservation — Natchez, Mississippi Page “HEARTS RESOLVED AND HANDS PREPARED, THE BLESSINGS THEY ENJOY TO GUARD.” Smollett February 2004 A Publication of the Historic Natchez Foundation Natchez, Mississippi Tour Christina Williams House this Sunday, Feb. 8 The Historic Natchez Located at 600 N. Martin Foundation and Adams Luther King St., the Queen County Supervisor Darryl Anne-style house was built Grennell invite the public about 1895. to tour the Christina Wil- A suggested donation of liams house on Sunday, $5.00 will benefit Zion February 8, from 3:00 to Chapel A.M.E. Church’s 5:30, and enjoy cocktails planned renovation of the ing adjacent to the church. received the Foundation’s donated the house to the and hors d’oeuvres. historic Club Delisso build- Grennell acquired the 2004 historic preservation Historic Natchez Founda- then deteriorated house award for his renovation tion in 2000. The Founda- (see photo above left) in (see photo above right). tion structurally stabilized 2002 from the Historic Dan and Roane Bland the porch before transfer- Natchez Foundation and and David and Judy Heard ring ownership to Grennell. Free Public Events at Historic Natchez Conference February 11-14 Free events at the 2004 York Life, at 7:00 p.m. cords preservation and re- Historic Natchez Confer- Friday at Stanton Hall. search program initiated in ence, “South by Southwest: The conference brings 1992 by California State Exploring the History of together recognized schol- University, Northridge, and the Old Natchez District,” ars, archivists, students, the Historic Natchez Foun- include lectures, visits to and the general public to dation, with major funding The perspective view of Natchez and the fort above were drawn in historic sites, exhibits, and discuss subjects as diverse and assistance provided by 1796 by French cartographer Georges Henri Victor Collot and two cocktail buffets—one as the planter aristocracy, the Natchez National His- published in A Journey in North America in 1826. Greg O’Brien at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the slave trade, Irish immi- torical Park. will focus on 1790s Natchez in his conference presentation, the Eola Hotel and the gration, the Civil Rights Graduate students serve “Choctaws, Chickasaws, Spaniards, and Anglos: Trade, Kinship, other, sponsored by New era, free African Ameri- as interns in a comprehen- and Politics in the 1790s Lower Mississippi Valley.” cans, and World War II. sive summer program in- The conference also volving conservation, re- HNF Elects New Leaders for 2004 recognizes the role of ar- search, and interpretation chival collections in re- of multiple manuscript Peter Burns began his Center. elected to 3 year terms searching and interpreting sources. Most student pa- tenure as President of the Members selected Dennis were Royal Hill, Stuart the history of the American pers presented at the con- Historic Natchez Founda- Switzer as President Elect, Margolin, Margaret Per- South. ference are products of that tion at the annual meeting Frances Morris as Secre- kins, and George Ward. The conference is an program. held jointly with the Cham- tary, and Chuck Caldwell Edie Christian assumes outgrowth of the Adams (See the following two ber of Commerce on Janu- as Treasurer. the office of immediate County Courthouse Re- pages for the complete con- ary 23 at the Convention New board members past president. cords Project, a public re- ference program.) Page 2 Progressive Preservation — Natchez, Mississippi February 2004 W EDNESDAY, FEBRUA RY 11 Greg O‘Brien, University of Southern Mis sissippi All conference presentations will be in the ballroom of the Eola Hotel, except for 11:00 a.m. Session #5: Delineating a Decade: The 1940s. Moderator: Anne the Thursday evening session to be held at St. Mary Minor Basilica. All morning Lipscomb Webster, Mississippi Department of Archives and History sessions will break at 10:30 for refreshments in the Eola Hotel lobby. Camp Van Dorn, Natchez, and the 99th Infantry Division in 11:00 a.m. Registration opens, Eola Hotel lobby World War II. Charles P. Roland, Professor Emeritus, University of Point of Beginning Kentucky 1:00 p.m. Session #1 (Student Session): Putting Themselves on the Map: Federal Law Against Mississippi Mob Law, 1940-1947. Chris- Early Settlers Make Their Marks. Moderator: Ralph Vicero, Cali- topher Waldrep, San Francisco State University fornia State University 2:30 p.m. Session #6 (Student Session): Metes and Bounds: The Post-bellum From Jersey to the Wilderness: Revolutionary Era Migra- Era. Moderator: Charles Yarborough, Mississippi School for Mathe- tion from New England to the Natchez Area. Johanna Lee matics and Science, Columbus Smith, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Lost Cause Versus Lost History: Historical Memory and the Andrew Marshalk and the Fighting Press of the Old Black Troops of Civil War Natchez. Dan O‘Sullivan, California Natchez District. Anthony Seybert, California State University, State University, Northridge Northridge They Came on Like Locusts: Northern Merchants in Post- Fair Daughters of Charity: Women and the Ordering of Bellum Natchez. Aaron Anderson, California State University, Benevolence in Natchez and the Early American Republic. Northridge Nancy Zey, University of Texas, Austin Jim Crow, Louis J. Winston, and the Survival of Black Politi- 2:00 p.m. Break for Refreshments, Eola Hotel lobby cos in Post-Bellum Natchez. Sheryl Nomelli, California State Uni- 2:30 p.m. Session #2 (Student Session): African American Passages: All Over versity, Northridge the Map. Moderator: Charles Macune, California State University, The Unknown Soldiers: The Black Troops of World War I Northridge Natchez, 1910-1930. Shane Peterson, California State University, The Journey Home: Natchez and the African-American Northridge Colonization Movement, 1828 to 1855. Dawn Dennis, Califor- 6:00 p.m. Session #7: Gender and Ethnic Meanders. Moderator: Don Carleton, nia State University, Northridge Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin. The Natchez —Over-Ground“ Road to Emancipation: Send- St. Mary Minor Basilica, Main and Union Streets ing the Enslaved to Ohio, 1830 to 1861. Roseanne Welch, Cali- Felicite‘ Girodeau: Racial and Religious Identity in Antebel- fornia State University, Northridge lum Natchez. Emily Clark, Lewis and Clark College, Oregon Telling the Monmouth Story from the Perspective of the The Irish in Antebellum Natchez. David Gleeson, College of Enslaved. Cynthiana Parker, California State University, North- Charleston, South Carolina ridge Making the Most of Freedom: Female Black Teachers in FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Post-Bellum Natchez. Darcy Bieber, California State University, 9:00 a.m. Session #8: Archival Expeditions: Traveling Well-Worn Paths and Northridge Blazing New Trails. Moderator: Ron Miller, Historic Natchez Founda- tion 5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception: Eola Hotel The Benchmark of Downtown Natchez Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin, Don Carleton 7:00 p.m. Welcome. Natchez Mayor F. L. —Hank“ Smith; Historic Natchez Foundation President Peter Burns; Natchez National Historical Park Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Louisiana Superintendent Keith Whisenant; California State University, North- State University, Baton Rouge, Faye Phillips ridge Ronald L. F. Davis Mississippi Department of Archives and History, H. T. Holmes 7:15 p.m. Session #3: The Compass Always Points North. Moderator: Faye Southern Historical and Folklife Collections, University of Phillips, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, Louisi- North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Tim West and Laura Clark Brown ana State University, Baton Rouge 11:00 a.m. Session #9: Betwixt and Between the Law: Mid-Century Explora- Not Quite Southern: The Precarious Allegiance of the tions. Moderator: Tim West, Southern Historical and Folklife Collec- Natchez Nabobs in the Sectional Crisis. William K. Scarbor- tions, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ough, University of Southern Mississippi When Natchezians Were Terrorists: Filibustering and the THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Failure of American Law in the 1850s. Robert E. May, Purdue 9:00 a.m. Session #4: Crossroads and Cross Currents: Converging Cultures University in Early Natchez. Moderator: Charles Bolton, University of South- ern Mississippi White Christmas: Buy-ins and Boycotts in Civil Rights-Era Natchez. Ted Ownby, University of Mississippi Natchez Bluffs: Once Upon and Now Down Under, Ar- chaeological and Historical Investigations along the 2:30 p.m. Session #10: Living Within Boundaries: Free African Americans in Natchez Riverfront. Thurston Hahn, Coastal Environments, Ba- Antebellum Natchez. Moderator: Keith Whisenant, Natchez National ton Rouge Historical Park Choctaws, Chickasaws, Spaniards, and Anglos: Trade, Kin- Not Everything is Black or White: Comparing and Contrast- ship, and Politics in the 1790s Lower Mississippi Valley. ing the Lifestyles at Melrose and the William Johnson House. February 2004 Progressive Preservation — Natchez, Mississippi Page 3 Carol Petravage, Harpe r‘s Ferry Center, National Park Serv ice Dri ving Out the Traders: The Natc hez Uprising of 1833. Thom Rosenblum, Natchez National Historical Park In Search of Robert Smith: Preserving and Interpreting an African American Legacy. Jim and Ruthie Coy, Natchez Recognizing and Interpreting the Forks of the Road Slave Market. Jim Barnett, Mississippi Department of Archives and His- 4:00 p.m. Tour of William Johnson House and Bontura (home of