POWER LINES April 18-21, 2018 | Las Vegas, Nevada Annual Meeting of the National Council on Public History Photograph of Hoover Dam tower and lines, circa 1935. Manis Photograph Collection 0100 0826. Digital ID pho001388. Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. RENAISSANCE LAS VEGAS LAS VEGAS MONORAIL ANNUAL MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY April 18-21, 2018 Renaissance Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Tweet using #ncph2018 CONTENTS Photograph of Lone Wolf and others on horseback, 1920s-1940s. Logan Collection 0019 0270. Special Collections & Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Schedule at a Glance .............................. 2 Registration and Hotel Information ...... 5 Getting to (and Around) Las Vegas ..... 6 Dining and Drinks ..................................... 8 Things to Do and See in Vegas ...........10 Exhibitors ...................................................12 Conference Information and Social Media Guide ........................13 Special Events/Working Groups ..........15 Tours and Field Sessions ......................18 Workshops ...............................................20 Posters ......................................................22 Conference Program .............................23 Index of Presenters ................................44 NCPH Committees .................................48 Registration Form ...................................63 2018 PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS Priya Chhaya (Co-Chair), National Trust for Historic Preservation Benjamin Filene (Co-Chair), North Carolina Museum of History Alicia Barber, Stories in Place LLC Camille Bethune-Brown, University of Maryland, College Park Michael Dove, Western University – Canada Rachel Feinmark, Lower East Side Tenement Museum NCPH EXECUTIVE OFFICE STAFF Patrick Grossi, Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia Heather Heckler, Independent/Consulting Historian Stephanie Rowe, Executive Director Lara Kelland, University of Louisville [email protected] Andrew Kirk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Christine Crosby, Membership Manager Laura Koloski, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage [email protected] Serge Noiret, International Federation for Public History Meghan Hillman, Program Manager Jeff Pappas, New Mexico State Historic Preservation Division [email protected] Angelita Reyes, Arizona State University Mark Speltz, Wells Fargo Stasia Tanzer, Graduate Assistant Brenda Tindal, Levine Museum of the New South [email protected] 2018 LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alicia Barber (Co-Chair), Stories In Place LLC Andrew Kirk (Co-Chair), University of Nevada, Las Vegas Brian Paco Alvarez, Zappos Christina Barr, Nevada Humanities Peter Barton, Nevada State Museum The presentations and commentaries presented during the meeting are solely for those in attendance Jim Bertolini, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office and should not be taped or recorded or otherwise Su Kim Chung, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections reproduced without the consent of the presenters Deirdre Clemente, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the National Council on Public History. Recording, Michael Green, University of Nevada, Las Vegas copying, or reproducing a presentation without the Mark Hall-Patton, Clark County Museums consent of the author is a violation of common law copyright. NCPH reserves the right to use images and Rob McCoy, Neon Museum recordings of the conference and those in attendance Geoff Schumacher, The Mob Museum for educational and promotional purposes. Heidi Swank, Nevada Preservation Foundation Claytee White, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Oral History Program Program design by Brooke Hamilton, openbookstudio.com 1 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE SCHEDULE AT SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 8:30 am – 12:00 pm 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm T2. The Las Vegas African American Community The Public Historian Editorial Board Meeting (Summit) 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Field Session (Meet at Registration)* Registration Open (Renaissance Ballroom Foyer) 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm 10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall (Renaissance 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall (Renaissance Ballroom I) Ballroom I) W1. Using GIS for Public History Research, Projects, Pop-Up // What Does NCPH Mean to You? (Renaissance Ballroom I) and Crowd-Sourced Activities* (Rainbow) 10:00 am – 12:00 pm W2. Humanizing History with First Person Speed Networking (Renaissance Ballroom II)* Interpretation* (Summit) 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Sessions S18. The Many Ways of Being a Historian (Copa A) W3. So You Want to be a Government Historian?* 10:00 am - 1:00 pm S19. Disability in Public: Creating Accessible, (Paramount) Pop-Up // Remembrance and Healing in the Community-Engaged, and Pedagogically-Informed Mexican Ofrenda (Renaissance Ballroom I) W4. Harvesting History: Democratizing the Past Exhibits on the History of Disability (Copa C) through the Digitization of Community History* (Capital) 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Sessions S20. 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green (Capital) S7. Death and Display, Bodies and Boundaries S21. Coalition Building for Shared Political Power 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Copa A) (Rainbow) T1. The Nevada Nuclear Test Site (Meet at Registration)* S8. The Hidden Costs of History: War Exhibitions S22. The Power of Dialogue (Paramount) and Ethical Sponsorships (Copa C) 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm S23. Successes and Challenges of User-Generated S9. The Orange Story: Narrative Film and Digital Content (Five Spot) W5. THATCamp NCPH* (Five Spot) Public History (Capital) 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm S10. Exhibiting Sorrow: Memorial Tributes to Victims and Community Healing in the Wake of Violence Long Range Planning Committee Meeting W6. New Directions for National Register (Rainbow) (Chairman) Nominations* (Rainbow) S11. Hold My Place: Documenting and Preserving W7. Developing Audience-Centered Techniques* Black Geographies (Paramount) 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm (Summit) Skills Lab // Digital Humanities Applications for S12. Relitigating Civil Rights: Social Justice, Public W8. Taking Care of Business: The Nuts and Bolts of Public History (Renaissance Ballroom I) History, and the Law (Five Spot) Historical Consulting* (Paramount) 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm W9. Lessons from Art and Design for Public 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Digital Media Group Meeting (Renaissance Ballroom III) Historians: A Workshop on Inquiry-Driven WG1. Insider/Outsider: Racial Bias and Positionality Collaboration* (Capital) in Interpretation (Renaissance Ballroom III) 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Set-Up (Renaissance Ballroom I) 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Poster Session and Reception (Renaissance Ballroom II) 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm In the Works (Paramount) National Park Service Historians Meeting (Chairman) The Consultants’ Speakeasy (ENVY Wine Cellar in Out to Lunch (Meeting locations vary)* the ENVY Steakhouse) 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Professional Development Committee Meeting (offsite) 7:00 pm First Time Attendee and Conference Connections Meet-Up (Pool Deck) 1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Dine Arounds (Meet at Registration)* NCPH Business Meeting (Copa C) 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Opening Reception (Renaissance Ballroom III)* @NCPHInclusion Mixer (ENVY Wine Cellar in the Pop-Up // Experiencing History: Using Virtual and ENVY Steakhouse) 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Augmented Reality to Explore Women’s History (Renaissance Ballroom I) 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm New Professional and Graduate Student Social (The Mob Museum – Meet at Registration. Buses depart T4. The Neon Boneyard by Night (Meet at between 7:40 pm and 7:55 pm) 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Registration)* T3. Islands in a History Desert: The Historic State THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Parks of Southern Nevada (Meet at Registration)* FRIDAY, APRIL 20 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Development Committee Meeting (Copa C) 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Open (Renaissance Ballroom Foyer) Registration Open (Renaissance Ballroom Foyer) 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Sessions 8:00 am – 5:00 pm S13. Resources and Best Practices for Public 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open (Renaissance Ballroom I) History Education and Training and Environmental Exhibit Hall Open (Renaissance Ballroom I) Sustainability (Copa A) 8:00 am – 1:00 pm 8:00 am – 10:00 am Board of Directors Meeting (Summit) S14. Hands On and Ears Open: Engaging Secondary School Students with Objects, Oral Histories, and Public History Educators’ Forum (ENVY Wine Cellar in the ENVY Steakhouse) 8:30 am – 10:00 am Sessions Primary Documents (Capital) Government Historians Committee Meeting S1. Public Histories of Poverty (Copa A) S15. Proactive Public History in New Interdisciplinary Arenas (Rainbow) (Chairman) S2. Is Facebook Bad for History? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Social Media and Public History S16. Between Memory and Forgetting: The Bracero 8:30 am – 10:00 am Sessions Archives of the Border Farmworker Center (Paramount) (Capital) S24. Heritage Conservation in Latin@ Communities S3. Documenting Resilience: Condolence Collection S17. Connecting Veterans and Communities through (Copa A) Government-University Partnerships: The Veterans Projects in the Wake of Violence (Rainbow) S25. Getting Published in The Public Historian Legacy Program (Five Spot) S4. Preparing Our Students for “Other Duties as (Copa C) Assigned” (Paramount) 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm S26. The Murals of Las Cruces Project and the Ephemerality of Paint (Capital) S5. Negotiating Authority at Museums: Who Owns WG2. Negotiating Power Lines: Economic