Saturday, February 28, 2009 – 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Walker Education Center, Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville, Texas
-- free and open to the public --

8:30     Arrival / Registration [Coffee and refreshments]

9:00     Welcoming remarks

9:15     Panel 1: Sam Houston: Confidants and Controversies

Chair: Tom Rogers, Professor, History, Lone Star College

Andrew Williams, undergraduate student, Sam Houston State University: “Sam Houston and Andrew Jackson”
Marian Barber, doctoral student, History, University of Texas at Austin: “Sam and Margaret”
Robert Robertson, Adjunct Professor, History, Lamar University: “Sam the Politician”

10:30   Break [Coffee]
           
Poster Session of Student Research

(Students from various departments will set up visual displays that showcase their various research projects so that symposium attendees can examine their work and engage in discussion about it with them during the coffee break.)

11:00   Panel 2: The Civil War Era

Chair: Katherine Pierce, Assistant Professor, History, Sam Houston State University

Samuel Stokes, undergraduate student, Sam Houston State University: “Camp Ford: Evolutions”
Blake Whitaker, doctoral student, History, Texas A&M University: “Huntsville during the Civil War”
Lynda Crist, Editor, Jefferson Davis Papers, Rice University: “Researching the Civil War Era”

12:00   Lunch [Catered]

Speaker: Chris Holm, Superintendent, Huntsville State Park

(Talk will focus on the history and natural history of the park.  In October, 1937, Civilian Conservation Corps Co. 1823, an African American veteran company was brought in to begin construction at Huntsville State Park. This company was also responsible for construction at Palmetto State Park, Longhorn Cavern State Park, Kerrville-Schreiner State Park, and Abilene State Park. The major structure built by the CCC at Huntsville was the dam creating Lake Raven. The CCC also built one major building, the group recreation hall.)

1:00     Panel 3: Camp Huntsville—POWs of World War II

Chair: Jeff Littlejohn, Assistant Professor, History, Sam Houston State University

Jared Gamble, undergraduate student, Sam Houston State University
Nathan Pope, undergraduate student, Sam Houston State University

 2:00    Panel 4: Civil Rights Stories from the Huntsville Latino Community

Chair: Melinda Kovacs, Associate Professor, Political Science, Sam Houston State University

Lidia Martinez Shadle, Huntsville resident
Caroline Crimm, Professor, History, Sam Houston State University
Rosanne Barker, Associate Professor, History, Sam Houston State University
             
3:00     Roundtable: Local Research and Archival Collections

Chair: Susannah Ural, Associate Professor, History, Sam Houston State University

Mac Woodward, Curator of Collections, Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Ann Holder, Director of Library Services, Newton Gresham Library, Sam Houston State University
Johnnie Jo Dickenson, Genealogist, Huntsville Public Library
Naomi Ledé, Senior Research Scientist, Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University; President, Samuel Walker Houston Cultural Center and Museum
James Patton, Walker County Clerk; Chairman, Walker County Historical Commission

4:30     Farewell remarks – Nancy Zey

            Reception