Many of you may be interested in this announcement:
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The Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Conference
sponsored by
The Historic New Orleans Collection and The Louisiana Historical Association
January 22-25, 2003
The Omni Royal Orleans Hotel
Registration includes all symposium presentations, receptions at the
Historic New Orleans Collection (Thursday) and the Cabildo of the Louisiana
State Museum (Friday), and reserved seating for the concert of 18th century
music in the St. Louis Cathedral on Friday evening.
REGISTRATION
NAME:
(Please provide names and addresses of all registrants, use additional sheet
if necessary)
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE: FAX:
E-MAIL:
____Entire symposium registrations at $90 per person (prior to January 6) =
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____Entire symposium registrations at $100 per person (after January 6) =
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Day Registrations after January 6 as space permits
_______Registrations at $30 per person for Wednesday = ___________
_______Registrations at $50 per person for Thursday = ___________
_______Registrations at $50 per person for Friday = ___________
_______Registrations at $30 per person for Saturday = ___________
Please consult conference schedule on reverse
Lunches are available at K-Pauls Louisiana Kitchen and the Royal Orleans
for an additional cost of $30 per meal.
_______ lunches at K-Paul or Omni Royal Orleans on Thursday =
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_______ lunches at K-Paul or Omni Royal Orleans on Friday =
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(please circle restaurant selection for each day requested)
Total amount enclosed: ____________
Credit Card payment: Visa ? MasterCard ? American Express ?
Credit Card Number:
Expiration Date:
Name as it appears on card:
Please make checks payable to The Historic New Orleans Collection. Mail
registration form with payment to Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres
St., New Orleans, LA. 70130 or for credit cards: fax form to 504-598-7168.
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Wednesday, January 22, 2003
6:30 pm Joseph Ellis, Mount Holyoke College: Thomas Jefferson
and the Louisiana Purchase
Thursday, January 23, 2003
9:00 am 10:30 am The Purchase in International
Perspective
Syvlia Hilton, Universidad
Compultense: Spain
David Geggus, The University of
Florida: French Imperialism
Gene Smith, Texas Christian
University: British Imperialism
10:45 Noon The Economy of the Purchase
Territory
Franklin Knight, Johns Hopkins
University: Caribbean Perspecitves
Daniel Usner, Jr., Vanderbilt
University:Colonial and Other Perspectives
1:30 pm 2:45 pm Native Peoples
Patricia Galloway, University
of Texas, Austin: Native Americans before 1760
Susan A. Miller, Arizona State
University: Native Americans after 1760
3:00 pm 4:15 pm National Identity and the
Purchase
Andrew R.L. Clayton, Miami University of Ohio: Citizenship, Nationalism, and
the Problem of Treason in the Mississippi Valley
Peter Kastor, Washington University, St. Louis: Louisianans and The Question
of National Identity
6:00 pm Reception at The Historic New Orleans
Collection
Friday, January 24, 2003
9:00 am 10:15 pm African Americans, Slave and Free in the
Purchase Territory and the Effects of the Purchase on African Americans in
General
Peter Wood, Duke University
Celia Naylor-Ojuronbge, Dartmouth College
10:30 am 11:45 am Europeans in the Purchase Territory
Glenn R. Conrad, University of Louisiana at Lafayette: French Speaking
Populations
Light Cummins, Austin College: Spanish- and
English-Speaking Populations
1:30 pm 2:45 pm Conflicting Traditions
Hans Baade, University of Texas: Legal
Traditions
Randy Sparks, Tulane University: Religion
3:00 pm 4:15 pm Women in the Valley and the Purchases Effects
on Women in the United States
Johanna Miller Lewis, University of Arkansas,
Little Rock: Womens Experiences in the Purchase Territory compared to Women
s Experiences Back East
Lucy E. Murphy, Ohio State University, Newark
6:00 pm Reception at the Sala Capitular of the Cabildo
7:15 pm Antonio Solers Missa Sacris Solemnis: A Salute to
the Louisianas Musical Heritage
St. Louis Cathedral
El Coro de Canto Gregoriano, Ismael Fernández de la Cuesta, director
The Louisiana Vocal Arts Chorale, Dr. Sara Lynn Baird, director
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, January 25, 2003
9:00 am Learning about the Purchase (Explorers, Arts, and
Cartography)
John L. Allen, University of Wyoming:
Explorers
Jessie J. Poesch, Tulane University:
The Artists Mississippi Valley
John R. Hèbert, Library of Congress:
Cartography
11:15 Closing Remarks
John Boles, Rice University