// CHALLENGING THE EXCLUSIVE PAST 16 - 19 March 2016 // Baltimore, Maryland A Joint Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History and the Courtesy of the Maryland Historical Society, Image ID# B64-9 (top) and ID# PP177-101A Society for History in the Federal Government (bottom). RENAISSANCE BALTIMORE HARBORPLACE HOTEL 5Ǧǚ FLOOR 6Ǧǚ FLOOR A Joint Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History and the Society for History in the Federal Government 16-19 March 2016 Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel Baltimore, MD Picketers outside Ford’s Theatre in Baltimore. Courtesy of the Maryland Historical Tweet using #ncph2016 Society, Image ID# HEN-00-A2-178. CONTENTS Schedule at a Glance ..............................2 Registration ................................................ 5 Hotel Information ......................................5 Travel Information .................................... 6 History of Baltimore ..................................7 Tours and Field Trips ..............................14 Special Events ..........................................16 Workshops ...............................................20 Conference Program .............................23 Index of Presenters ................................42 NCPH Committees .................................44 Registration Form ...................................60 2016 PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS Gregory Smoak, The American West Center, University of Utah (Chair) Carl Ashley, U.S. Department of State (Co-Chair) Kristin Ahlberg, U.S. Department of State Michelle Antenesse Laurie Arnold, Gonzaga University Marian Carpenter, Delaware Historical and Cultural Affairs Mandy Chalou, U.S. Department of State Courtney Hobson, Maryland Humanities Council Melinda Jette, Franklin Pierce University Brian Joyner, National Park Service Ann McCleary, University of West Georgia Denise Meringolo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Timothy Roberts, Next Exit History/Historical Research Associates Mattea Sanders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The presentations and commentaries presented during the meeting are solely for those in attendance and should not be taped or recorded or otherwise 2016 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS reproduced without the consent of the presenters, the Denise Meringolo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Chair) National Council on Public History, and the Society for History in the Federal Government. Recording, copying, Elizabeth Nix, University of Baltimore (Co-Chair) or reproducing a presentation without the consent of the author is a violation of common law copyright. Glenn Johnston, Stevenson University NCPH and SHFG reserve the right to use images and Susan Philpott, University of Maryland, Baltimore County recordings of the conference and those in attendance for educational and promotional purposes. Program design by Brooke Hamilton openbookstudio.com 1 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE SCHEDULE AT SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: 2016 SESSION SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 8:00 am – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm NCPH Board of Directors Meeting (Pride) NCPH Business Meeting (Watertable A) 8:00 am – 6:00 pm 8:30 am – 10:00 am Sessions 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sessions Registration Open (Maryland Foyer) S1. Challenging Perceptions of Preservation S14. Re-interpreting Relevance: Preservation, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshops (Watertable A) Herstory, and the Challenge to the Traditional W1. Introduction to Documentary Editing (St. S2. Bringing History to Light: The Challenge Narrative (Watertable B) George)* of Declassifying Federal Records (SHFG) S15. Thinking Visually About History (SHFG) W2. Daring to Speak Its Name: Interpreting (Watertable B) (Watertable C) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and S3. Past Exclusion/Present Inclusion: S16. Helping a Disadvantaged Population or Queer Pasts at Historic Sites (Maryland B)* Preserving, Sharing, and Interpreting the Technology Push? (SHFG) (Guilford) W3. Putting Theory into Practice: Making Your Chinese American Experience (SHFG) S17. Student Historians in Federal Agencies: Case for Promotion and Tenure (Homeland)* (Watertable C) Internship and Fellowship Opportunities in the W4. Association for Gravestone Studies S4. Uncomfortable Truth (SHFG) (Guilford) Federal Government (SHFG) (Homeland) Workshop (Kent)* S5. Diamonds in the Rough: The National S18. Historical Interpretation in a Time of Park Service’s Postwar Turn Towards Poverty, Global Climate Change (Fells Point) 8:30 am – 12:30 pm Workshop Pollution, and Urban Planning (SHFG) W5. Facilitating a Civic Engagement Dialogue: (Homeland) 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tour/Working Group How to Make it Work (Fells Point)* S6. Drafting History for the Digital Public (Fells WG2. Museums and Civic Discourse: Past, Point) Present, and Emerging Futures (Maryland B) 10:00 am – 11:30 am S7. Curating Controversy: Kent State and T3. Mount Vernon Pride Walking Tour (Meet at National Park Service Historians Meeting (Suite Watergate (Maryland B) Registration)* 10029) New Professional and Graduate Student 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tour Committee Meeting (St. George) 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm National Park Service T1. African American Community History th 100 Anniversary Symposium in Baltimore County Bus Tour (Meet at 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Challenging the Exclusive Past: Can Federal Registration)* The Public Historian Editorial Board Meeting Agencies Help Re-Orient and Diversify Public (Pride) Culture in the 21st Century? (Maryland Historical 10:00 am – 10:30 am Society, 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore)* Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall (Baltimore 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Ballroom) Public Sports History in Baltimore Pop-Up 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop Meet the TPH Editors! (Baltimore Ballroom) Exhibit (Baltimore Ballroom) W6. THATCamp NCPH Boot Camp (Kent)* 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Sessions/Tour 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Workshop/Exhibit Set Up Speed Networking (Maryland C)* S19. Searching for an Inclusive Past through W7. Teaching Public History (Homeland)* Cultural Landscapes (Watertable A) Sustainability Committee Meeting (St. George) W8. Learning Historic Places with Diverse S20. Exhibiting Gentrification: Documenting the Populations (St. George)* 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Sessions/Tour History of an African American Neighborhood Exhibit Hall Set-Up (Baltimore Ballroom) S8. Past, Present, and Future of Public History: in Richmond, VA (Watertable B) Views from Three Book Editors (Watertable A) S21. Using Medical Archives and Artifacts 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop S9. Lifting the Cloak of Secrecy: The Challenge to Challenge an Exclusive Past (SHFG) W9. Résumé Building Workshop (Fells Point)* and Relevance of Cryptologic History (SHFG) (Watertable C) 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Watertable B) S22. First Ladies (SHFG) (Guilford) S10. Methods of Digital Archiving and S23. Roots and STEM (SHFG) (Homeland) First Time Attendee and Mentor/Mentee Biography (SHFG) (Watertable C) Pre-Reception (Maryland AB)* S24. Change Starts Within: Challenging S11. Military History and the Public in the Cultural & Structural Barriers to Inclusive Public 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Federal Government (SHFG) (Guilford) History (Fells Point) Opening Reception (Maryland AB)* S12. Preserving and Interpreting History on T4. The 1904 Fire and How It Shaped Book Signing for A Thinking Person’s Guide to Capitol Hill (SHFG) (Homeland) Downtown Walking Tour (Meet at Registration)* America’s National Parks (Maryland Foyer) S13. From Myth to Resistance Movement: How Public History has Contributed to the Evolving 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm 8:00 pm Scholarship of the Underground Railroad (Fells Diversity Task Force Meeting (St. George) Point) New Professional and Graduate Student Social 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm (The James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant, T2. Baltimore National Heritage Area Walking 616 S. President St., Baltimore)* Tour (Meet at Registration)* Joint Editorial Board/Digital Media Group Meeting (Pride) 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Working Group 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm THURSDAY, MARCH 17 WG1. Making Public History Accessible: Exploring Best Practices for Disability Access Poster Session and Reception (Maryland C) 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (Maryland B) Consultants’ Reception (Maryland A)* Registration Open (Maryland Foyer) Society for History in the Federal Government 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Awards Ceremony (Kent) 7:30 am – 8:30 am Out to Lunch (meeting locations vary)* NCPH New Member Welcome (Kent)* 7:00 pm 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Dine Arounds (Meet at Registration)* 8:00 am – 5:00 pm SHFG Luncheon and Roger R. Trask Lecture Digital Media Group Meeting (Location TBA) Exhibit Hall Open (Baltimore Ballroom) (Maryland A)* NCPH Diversity Off-Line Un-Conference (Teavolve Cafe & Lounge, 1401 Aliceanna St., 2 Baltimore) SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE: 2016 SESSION SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MARCH 18 S34. Historic Sites of Cultural Diplomacy S47. Challenging the Established Narrative (Watertable B) through an Examination of Transient Housing 7:00 am – 10:00 am S35. Rediscovering the Hidden Past: in the South (Watertable C) Graduate Students Advocating for Historically S48. Strained Relations and Cordial Humanities Action Lab Planning Meeting Marginalized Groups (Watertable C) Partnerships: Cultural Resources and Military (Pride) S36. Digital History in the City: Apps, Websites Lands (Guilford) 7:30 am – 5:00 pm and Trails (Guilford) S49. Bringing History to Life: Infusing Public Registration Open (Maryland Foyer) S37. Finding the Embedded Archivist History into the Undergraduate Curriculum (Homeland) (Homeland) A GLANCE SCHEDULE AT 8:00 am – 5:00 pm S38. Listen Up: Podcasts for Pedagogy and S50. Alternative Modes