38 th Annual
Northern Great Plains
History Conference
“Using History
on the
Northern Plains”
*Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo*
October 1-4, 2003
Radisson Hotel ? Fargo, ND
Northern Great Plains
History Conference Council
Chair:
¨ William E. Lass, Minnesota State University Mankato
Members:
¨ Gerald Anderson, North Dakota State University
¨ Harl A. Dalstrom, University of Nebraska, Omaha
¨ Susan M. Dingle, State Historical Society of North Dakota
¨ Joseph C. Fitzharris, Society for Military History
¨ Mary E. Glade, St. Cloud State University
¨ Robert J. Gough, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
¨ Barbara Handy-Marchello, Women’s History Interest Group
¨ Robert C. Hilderbrand, University of South Dakota
¨ Steven R. Hoffbeck, Minnesota State University Moorhead
¨ Anne Kaplan, Minnesota Historical Society
¨ Christopher W. Kimball, Augsburg College
¨ Nancy Tystad Koupal, South Dakota State Historical Society
¨ Lawrence H. Larsen, University of Missouri, Kansas City
¨ J. Michael McCormack, Bismarck State College
¨ Dana Miller, Hibbing, Minnesota
¨ James Naylor, Brandon University
¨ Kimberly Porter, University of North Dakota
¨ D. Jerome Tweton, North Dakota Humanities Council
The Council will meet on Saturday, October 4, at 7:30 a.m., in the Boardroom of the Radisson Hotel. Institutional or organizational representatives wishing to discuss any matter with the Council, including hosting future conferences, should contact one of the members listed above for placement on the agenda.
Sessions and Activities
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
7:30 p.m.
1. Round Table: Operation Iraqi Freedom
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
9:00 a.m.
2. Indian/White Relations in the 19th Century
3. Slavery and Colonization in 19th Century America
4. Democrats
5. Children on the Plains
6. The Great War
7. British America in the 18th Century
8. U.S. History
9. Preserving the Constructed Past: Fargo’s Renaissance Zone
11:00 a.m.
10. Subalterns in the 18th Century Colonial World
11. The Sioux War of 1862
12. The Cold War in the United States
13. The Politics of Woman Suffrage on the Northern Great Plains
14. Orphans and Dependency in 18th Century England and France
15. U.S. History
16. Teaching by Microcosm: A Collaborative Class Research Project—Norwegian Immigration and Lars Martin Nilsen Askeland
17. Oral History on the Plains
18. NDSU History
12:45 p.m.
Society for Military History Luncheon
2:30 p.m.
19. Narrating Ethnicity, Region, and Nation
20. The Civil War in the West
21. Punishment and Perception
22. James J. Hill - Beyond Railroads: Steamships, Stewardship, and A Daughter’s Grand Tour
23. Race and Racism in the 18th Century
24. The North Dakota NPL as Family and Community: 1915-present
25. The United States Marine Corps and Navy and the Pacific War: Prewar Preparations and Postwar Conceptions, 1933-1947
26. Teaching History in the Content Course
27. History’s First Draft: Journalists and History on the North Plains
4:00 p.m.
River Front Tour 1
5:00 p.m.
River Front Tour 2
5:30 p.m.
North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies Reception
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
9:00 a.m.
28. War and the State: Classical and Modern Variants of National Myth-Making
29. Violence in the 1890s
30. Historic Preservation on College and University Campuses
31. European Exploration of the American West
32. Aspects of Soviet History During World War II
33. Agents of Empire
34. New Historians on the Plains
11:00 a.m.
35. Memorials and Explorations
36. Researching and Teaching History
37. Agriculture and the Environment
38. History and National Construction: History Education in Early 20th Century China
39. Women Historians on the Plains
40. Barnes County History
41. Welfare in Minnesota
42. Progressive Politics
12:45 p.m.
Women Historians of the Midwest Luncheon
2:30 p.m.
43. History and Politics on the Northern Plains
44. Tourism and Preservation in the Dakotas
45. Germany in the 20th Century
46. Approaches to the History of Childhood and Adolescence in the Modern West
47. Indians and Newspapers in the 20th Century
48. World History
49. North Dakota and the Cold War
4:30 p.m.
Tour of the Historic Architecture of Downtown Fargo
6:00 p.m.
Cash Bar
Phi Alpha Theta Student Reception & Cash Bar
7:00 p.m.
Banquet and Address
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
7:30 a.m.
Northern Great Plains History Conference Council Meeting
9:00 a.m.
50. Adventure Tourism in the 19th Century
51. France and England
52. Women Promoting Change
53. A New Ph.D. Program on the Plains
54. Religious History
55. Writing Home
56. Technology and History
11:00 a.m.
57. Pre-modern Tactics and Command
58. Women and Food on the Plains
59. Modern Maritime History
60. Immigration in the Upper Midwest
61. A Half Century of Change: Reflections on Careers in History
62. Minnesota History
63. Outside In: African–American History in Iowa, 1838-2000
The Northern Great Plains History Conference gratefully acknowledges the efforts and support of the following institutions and individuals:
Sponsoring Institutions
¨ Concordia College
¨ Minnesota State University, Moorhead
¨ North Dakota State University
Supporting Agencies and Organizations
¨ Phi Alpha Theta
¨ Agricultural History
¨ Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau
¨ North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies
Program and Arrangements
¨ Gerald Anderson
¨ Jessica Clark
¨ David Danbom
¨ Laura Dickerson
¨ Joe Fitzharris
¨ Steven R. Hoffbeck
¨ Linda Johnson
¨ Larry Peterson
¨ Claire Strom
¨ Melissa Zietlow
Conference Headquarters
The conference headquarters is in the Radisson Hotel, 201 5th Street North in Fargo. Please use the enclosed mailer to reserve your room. In order to assure yourself conference rates, please make your reservation before September 15. An alternative lodging site in the immediate vicinity is the Quality Inn & Suites, 701-232-8850. For alternative lodging in Minnesota contact Courtyard By Marriot, 218-284-1000. Wherever you stay, be sure to make your reservations early.
Those arriving by car can most easily reach the Radisson by either one of two routes. From Interstate 29, take the Main Avenue Exit and go east to 4th Street, then north (left) to the Radisson. From Interstate 94, take University Drive Exit and go north to 13th Avenue South, then east (right) to 10th Street, then north (left) to 2nd Avenue North, then east (right) to the Radisson. The Radisson offers free ramp parking to guests of the hotel.
The Radisson provides courtesy van service for those arriving by plane. Taxi service from Hector Airport is also available.
Registration
We strongly urge participants and attendees to pre-register, using the form in the back of this program. The fee for those registrations received on or before September 15 is $40. For those registering after that date the fee is $50. Students with a valid student ID may register for $20 on or before September 15, or $30 thereafter. All participants and attendees are expected to register.
The registration table will be located in the Prefunction Area on the third floor of the Radisson, and will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.
Complimentary coffee, sponsored by Agricultural History, will be available at the same location.
Publications Exhibit
The publications exhibit will be in the Prefunction Area, on the third floor of the Radisson.
Locations of Sessions
Most sessions will be held in the meeting rooms on the third and fourth floors of the Radisson. Some will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Fargo Public Library, on 1st Avenue and 4th Street, one block southeast of the Radisson or in the Boardroom of the Plains Art Museum, on 704 1st Avenue.
Organizational Luncheons
The Society for Military History luncheon will be on Thursday, October 2, at 12:45 p.m. in Cityscape A. Tickets are $12.50 and may be purchased using the registration form in the back of the program. Please specify your preference for fresh Atlantic salmon or burgundy beef stroganoff.
The Women Historians of the Midwest luncheon will be on Friday, October 3, at 12:45 p.m. in Cityscape A. Tickets are $12.50 and may be purchased using the registration form at the back of this booklet. Please specify your preference for fettuccini primavera or grilled yellowfin tuna.
Reservations for the luncheons must be made by Monday, September 15.
River Front Tour
Take a ride on the “Gem of the North!” Join the captains of the S.S. Ruby on a journey through history. During this forty-five minute pontoon tour you will learn about the history, geography, and wildlife of the Red River. The S.S. Ruby, owned and operated by the non-profit River Keepers to promote “a renewed vision for the Red River of the North,” is operated by a pilot licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Tours are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and will accommodate twenty passengers per tour. Tickets are $8.00. Please indicate the tour of your choice. Tickets for this tour are on a first come, first served basis.
Historic Architecture Tour
Steve Martens of the NDSU Architecture Department will conduct a complimentary tour of the historic architecture of downtown Fargo. Conference participants and attendees taking this tour should assemble in the Radisson Lobby at 4:30 p.m., on Friday, October 3. The tour will last no more than one hour.
Those interested in taking the architectural tour are requested to check the appropriate box on the registration form in the back of this program
North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies Reception
The North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies will host a complimentary reception, on Thursday, October 2, between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. at the Heritage-Hjemkomst Interpretive Center in Moorhead.
The Heritage-Hjemkomst Interpretive Center is the striking white building you see to the east of the Radisson. To get there walk south of the Radisson to 1st Avenue North, then east across the bridge into Moorhead, where you will see the Center on your left. Transportation will be available at the Radisson and the Hjemkomst entrances from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Phi Alpha Theta Student Reception
There will be a student reception and cash bar sponsored by Phi Alpha Theta at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 3, in Prairie Rose Room A. Phi Alpha Theta will be providing hors d’oeuvres.
Banquet
The conference banquet will be held on Friday, October 3, in the Cityscape Ballroom. A cash bar will be open in the Prefunction Area outside the ballroom between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Our speaker will be Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian David Kennedy of Stanford University. His topic will be "Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shape of the Twentieth Century."
Banquet tickets are $20, and should be purchased using the registration form at the back of this booklet. Please specify your preference for fettuccini primavera, roast porkloin, or fresh Atlantic salmon. Reservations for the banquet must be made by Monday, September 15.
Larry Rowen Remele Award
Established by the Northern Great Plains History Conference to honor the memory of Larry Rowen Remele, this award is presented annually to an individual who has made significant contributions to the betterment of the conference. Remele, a long-time editor of North Dakota History, worked energetically to promote and enhance the conference and was serving as council chair at the time of his premature death in 1988.
The recipient of the Larry Rowen Remele Award for 2003 is Charles M. Barber. Dr. Barber is a Professor of History-Emeritus at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, where he taught from 1967through 2000. Professor Barber, known to all as Charlie, has been a mainstay at Northern Great Plains History Conferences for several years, and has presented almost a dozen papers to the conference since 1984. He has enlightened us on topics ranging from historical political issues of the Upper Midwest to the Volkesdeutsche of East Central Europe. To each conference he has brought his guitar, his knowledge of American folk songs, and a spirited congeniality.
The thirteen previous winners of the Larry Rowen Remele Award are, in order of presentation, D. Jerome Tweton, Archer Jones, Lawrence H. Larsen, James M. Skinner, William E. Lass, William C. Pratt, R. Alton Lee, David B. Danbom, Hans Burmeister, Dana Miller, Malcolm Muir, Jr., Harl Dalstrom, and J. Michael McCormack.
Wednesday, October 1
7:30 p.m.
1 Round Table: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Sponsored by the Society for Military History
Cityscape A
Moderator:
Keith Bjerke, North Dakota State University
Panelists:
Donald Bittner, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College
Selika Ducksworth-Lawton, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Hal Friedman, Henry Ford Community College
Thursday, October 2
9:00 a.m.
2 Indian/White Relations in the 19 th Century
Cityscape B
Chair:
James Mochoruk, University of North Dakota
" ‘A People's Dream Died There:’ The Ramifications of the Shatter Zone on the Great Plains Region"
Brian Craig Miller, University of Mississippi
"Restrictions on Guns and Ammunition to the Fort Peck Agency, 1874-1888"
Dennis J. Smith, University of Nebraska, Omaha
"The Battle to Assimilate the Native American: Letters from the Front"
Robert Willoughby, Hannibal-LaGrange College
Comment:
Greg Camp, State Historical Society of North Dakota
3 Slavery and Colonization in 19 th Century America
Prairie Rose B
Chair:
Lisa Ossian, Southwestern Community College
“Cautious Disclosures: Self-Image vs. Public Image in the Personal Letters of a Female Plantation Manager”
Nikki Berg, University of Minnesota
“Musing about Manumission: Slaves’ Thoughts on American Colonization Society Emancipations”
Eric Burin, University of North Dakota
"Slaves, Pawns and Canoemen: An Atlantic Labor Spectrum at Cape Coast Castle, 1750-1800"
Ty M. Reese, University North Dakota
Comment:
Dieter Berninger, Minnesota State University Moorhead
4 Democrats
Loft
Chair:
Kristin Anderson, Augsburg College
“J. Howard McGrath and the Wiretapping Case - A Democrat’s Ticket to the Top”
Debra A. Mulligan, Roger Williams University
“No-Class Democrats: The Democratic Leadership Council and the End of Cold War Liberalism”
Jason M. Stahl, University of Minnesota
Comment:
Craig Grau, University of Minnesota Duluth
5 Children on the Plains
Cityscape A
Chair:
Susan Dingle, State Historical Society of North Dakota
“Dakota Memories: The Rhetoric of Origin and Growth in John King Fairbank’s Autobiographical Writings”
Robert André LaFleur, Beloit College
“Ada Soule’s Diary, 1900: A Child’s Perspective of Plains Living”
Suzzanne Kelley, North Dakota State University
Comment:
Molly Rozum, Doane College
6 The Great War
Sponsored by the Society for Military History
Metropolitan
Chair and Comment:
Donald Bittner, U.S. Marine Corps Command and Staff College
“Captain Truman’s War: The Meuse Argonne”
Stan Parsons, University of Missouri, Kansas City
“The ‘Other’ Camp Des Moines: Training African-American Medical Personnel in World War I”
James Westheider, University of Cincinnati, Clermont
7 British America in the 18 th Century
Prairie Rose A
Chair:
Jim Norris, North Dakota State University
“Reasserting Royal Authority in Colonial North Carolina: British Policy Early in the 1750s”
Steven G. Greiert, Missouri Western State College
“Jack Tar on the Farm”
Erik L. Towne, University of North Dakota
Comment:
Robert J. Gough, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
8 U.S. History
Plains Art Boardroom
Chair and Comment:
James Belpedio, Becker College
“Child Labor as a Platform for Labor Reform in Early 20 th Century America”
Lisa J. Peppers, Minot State University
“Sputnik and the Education Conference”
Brad Boness, Minot State University
“Breaking Away: How Post World War II Youth Created the Rebellious Hell’s Angels”
Jason Zablotney, Minot State University
9 Theme Session: Preserving the Constructed Past: Fargo’s Renaissance Zone
Library Multi-Purpose Room