New New Sweden Sweden and PAID and U.S. POSTAGE Permit No. 1350 Philadelphia, PA Native NONPROFIT ORG. Native America America A Symposium to Explore Economic A Symposium to Explore Economic Swedish Colonial Society Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') and Political Relations Between and Political Relations Between 916 S. Swanson St. Church Native Americans and Europeans in Native Americans and Europeans in Philadelphia, PA 19147 1129 Kings Highway the 17th-Century Delaware Valley the 17th-Century Delaware Valley www.ColonialSwedes.org Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Founded in 1909, the Swedish Colonial (856) 467-1227 Society is the oldest Swedish historical www.TrinitySwedesboro.org organization in the United States with Trinity is a friendly community church a mission to preserve the legacy of the in the Episcopal (Anglican) tradition The New Sweden Project proudly announces the Fourth New Sweden Colony in America. The and a member parish of the Diocese Society welcomes new members. No Annual New Sweden History Conference, expanded this year of New Jersey. The third (of eight) Swedish relative or ancestry is required Swedish Lutheran churches founded to also include an evening New Sweden Heritage Dinner. - only an interest in the colonial history during colonial times, Trinity was built Begun in 2001, this series has examined the current "State of of our nation. on Raccoon Creek to minister to West Jersey families who risked life and limb What We Know" about New Sweden; the interaction of "Man, American Swedish Historical crossing the Delaware River to worship Medicine and Material Culture" in the colony (2002); and Museum at Holy Trinity, Wilmington or Gloria Dei, Philadelphia. "The Church of Sweden's Mission to the Delaware Valley" 1900 Pattison Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19145 (2003). Following two successful gatherings at the American (215) 389-1776 New Sweden Centre Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia, the conference www.AmericanSwedish.org 819 E. 7th St. Wilmington, DE 19801 visited Trinity Episcopal (Old Swedes') Church, Swedesboro, Founded in 1926 on land granted to a Swedish colonist by Queen Christina, (302) 426-1638 New Jersey last year. In 2004, the New Sweden Project fulfills the ASHM is the oldest Swedish www.ColonialNewSweden.org its promise to tour each colonial venue by gathering this year museum in America as well as the focal The New Sweden Centre is an interpre- point of Swedish-American activity in tive center for the colonial history of the in Wilmington, Delaware - the landing site of the first European the Delaware Valley. Modeled after a Delaware Valley, featuring "Hands-On- settlement in the Delaware Valley. 17th century manor house, the museum History" displays of artifacts from the houses 12 permanent galleries, each Prehistoric era to the American War for This year our program expands to include a New Sweden designed to highlight an area of Independence, with a special focus on Swedish and Swedish-American native Americans and the New Sweden Heritage Dinner - an opportunity to chat one-on-one with achievement - complete in one room. Colony. our distinguished speakers and each other in a casual and relaxed setting. McNeil Center for Early Historical Society of Delaware American Studies 505 Market St. University of Pennsylvania Wilmington, DE 19801 Please join us for the conference, the dinner or Saturday, 3619 Locust Walk (302) 655-7161 (preferably) both - but please make a plan to Philadelphia, PA 19104 www.HSD.org (215) 898-9251 visit Wilmington on November 20th. November 20, 2004 Founded in 1864, HSD is a private, www.MCEAS.org non-profit, educational organization The McNeil Center facilitates scholarly whose mission is to provide and Fourth Annual New Sweden inquiry into the histories and cultures of encourage a greater understanding and The New Sweden Project is an educational and scholarly North America in the Atlantic world appreciation of history, particularly the program that was founded by the Swedish Colonial Society, History Conference before 1850, with a particular, but by history of the State of Delaware. The American Swedish Historical Museum Avenue 1900 Pattison Philadelphia, PA 19145-5901 the American Swedish Historical Museum and the McNeil Delaware History Museum no means exclusive, emphasis on the Society maintains a Research Library Center for Early American Studies at the University of Mid-Atlantic region. The Center offers and the Delaware History Museum in pre- and post-doctoral fellowships, Wilmington, as well as three historic Pennsylvania, and has grown with the support of Trinity New Sweden Heritage Dinner conducts a seminar series among local sites: Old Town Hall, Willingtown Episcopal (Old Swedes') Church, the New Sweden Centre The Brandywine Country Club and visiting faculty and students, and Square and the Read House and and the Historical Society of Delaware. publishes Early American Studies: An Gardens. Wilmington, Delaware Interdisciplinary Journal. Directions PROGRAM Delaware History Museum directions & parking: 8:30 Breakfast & Registration: Fourth Annual New Afternoon Program I-95 north or south to Exit 6 - Martin Luther King Blvd. Follow Sweden History Conference, Delaware History Concurrent Session 1: signs to turn left on Market St. Travel north to Delaware Museum, 504 N. Market St., Wilmington, DE 19801. History Museum, on right at 504 Market St., under the arch! The Nature of the Swedish-Native American Relationship Ample public parking is available at 4th & King St., 7th & King 9:30 Welcome Introduction: Herbert R. Rambo St., 6th & Shipley St., and at on-street meters. Joan Reynolds Hoge, Historical Society of Delaware Swedish Colonial Society, Session Chair Marianne Mackenzie, New Sweden Centre Ronald Hendrickson, Swedish Colonial Society Naamans Rd. Gunlög Fur, Associate Professor of History, Växjö University, Sweden, exit 11 To Discipline Subjects or Cultivate Friendships: Swedish Morning PROGRAM Relations with Saamis and Indians in the 17th Century. Shipley 9:45 Introduction: 95 , Curator of Archaeology and Ethnology, Silverside The Rev. Dr. Kim-Eric Williams, Lorraine E. Williams Brandywine New Jersey State Museum, and Swedish Colonial Society, Chair of the morning program Email: Country , Executive Director, the American Richard Waldron Signature: Club Affiliation: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Swedish Historical Museum, The Politics of Large and Small: Swedish-Indian Expiration date: Daniel K. Richter, Richard S. Dunn Director, McNeil Relations from Pieter Minwe to Johan Rising. Center for Early American Studies, and Professor of Questions and Discussion Sauteed blanc Salmon Fillet with lemon beurre Concord Pike (202) History, University of Pennsylvania, Delaware Native Americans and Europeans Concurrent Session 2: History in the 17th-Century East. exit 8 Museum Swedish and Native American Economic and Questions and Discussion Diplomatic Roles. Jean R. Soderlund, Professor of History and Chair of the 6th Introduction: Marianne Mackenzie sauce, or cream mustard with brandy Breast Dinner choice Sauteed Chicken History Department, Lehigh University, The New Sweden Centre, Session Chair Natives and Immigrants in the 17th-Century 4th Delaware Valley. Alison D. Hirsch, Independent Scholar, ) Questions and Discussion Indian and Swedish-Finnish Women in the Fur Trade. Market King (Please type or print; the coupon please photocopy for each person registering.) Martin Luther King Blvd. LUNCHEON Peter Stebbins Craig, Swedish Colonial Society, exit 6 Luncheon Presentation Swedish Indian Traders, 1638-1737, and Their Role as Peacemakers in the Colonies of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Staffan Brunius, Curator, The Americas, The Ethnographic Maryland & New Jersey Directions: Delaware History Museum (I-95 north) Museum, Stockholm, to Brandywine Country Club: Ethnographical Artifacts in Sweden from 3:30 Concluding Plenary Session: Summarize and critique King St. south to Martin Luther King Blvd. Right turn on M.L. Northeastern North America: Facts, Possibilities, the day’s proceedings and collect audience evaluation forms. Registration Coupon Name: & state (city, Address zip): ( telephone: Daytime purchase I wish to & lunch ($25) breakfast dinner ($40) both ($65) Print name: To register, complete this coupon and mail to New Sweden Symposium, American Swedish Historical Museum, Museum, Sweden Symposium, American Swedish New this couponHistorical and mail to complete register, To “ASHM” it payable to please make enclosing a check or money order, you are If 19145-5901. Philadelphia, PA 1900 Ave., Pattison info call (215) - 1776. 389 more Dinner” on the memo line. For Conference/Heritage “History and write one) (circle Mastercard VISA card. may also pay by credit You Account number: King Blvd. to I-95 north. I-95 north 1.7 mi. to Exit 8 - Concord and Uncertainties Questions and Discussion Pike (Rte. 202). Concord Pike north 3.3 mi. to right turn on HERITAGE DINNER Silverside Rd. Silverside Rd. east .7 mi. to left turn on Shipley 5:00 Cocktails & Social Hour at Brandywine Country Club, Rd. Travel north .6 mi. to Brandywine Country Club, on left at 2822 Shipley Rd., Wilmington, DE 19810. 2822 Shipley Rd. Ample on-site parking is available. Directions: I-95 south to Brandywine Country Club: 6:00 New Sweden Heritage Dinner: A chance to chat one- I-95 south to exit 11 - I-495 south toward Port of Wilmington. on-one with our distinguished speakers, to continue a line Merge on to Naamans Rd. exit. Naamans Rd. west 4.5 mi. to of discussion from the morning or afternoon sessions, and a left turn on Shipley Rd. Travel south .8 mi. to Brandywine wonderful opportunity to relax and enjoy the company and Country Club, on right at 2822 Shipley Rd. Ample on-site fellowship of all friends of New Sweden and Native America. and parking is available. (See Registration Coupon for menu choices.) A Symposium to Explore Economic and Political Relations Between Native Americans and Europeans in the 17th-Century Delaware Valley New Sweden Native America.