FLORIDA COLLEGE TEACHERS OF
HISTORY
28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
HOSTED BY
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
APRIL 6-7, 1990

FLORIDA COLLEGE TEACHERS OF HISTORY 1990
ANNUAL MEETING
PRESIDENT: Dave Mock
VICE PRESIDENT: J. Larry Durrence
SECRETARY-TREASURER: Jim Mayes
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS: J. Larry Durrence and Frank Hodges
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
ALL EVENTS WILL BE HELD AT THE LAKELAND
HOLIDAY INN-SOUTH EXCEPT THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT LECTURE TOUR
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
5:00-6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION
7:30-?? RECEPTION
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
8:30-11:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
10:15-11:00 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING
8:45- 10:15 a.m. . SESSIONS
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
3:30- 5:00 p.m. FRANK L. WRIGHT TOUR AT FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE (Begins at Building “B”)
7:00 p.m. BANQUET AND SPEAKER
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
9:00- 10:30 a.m. SESSIONS
10:45-12:00 a.m.
FRIDAY
8:45-10:15 a.m. PARKER ROOM
CHAIR: Owen E. Farley, Jr., Pensacola Junior College
“The War of the North American Invasion: Mexican Nationalism and Interpretations on the Frontier, 1846-1848”
Alvin M. Goffin. South Florida Community College
“Life on the Southern Georgia Frontier: the Dickeys of Duncanville”
Robert J. Rubanowice, Florida State University
“Jacob Summerlin, Jr.: A Veteran of Three Wars”
Joe A. Ackerman, North Florida Junior College
COMMENT: Owen E. Farley, Jr., Pensacola Junior College
10:15-11:00 a.m. BUSINESS MEETING - PARKER ROOM
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. PARKER ROOM
CHAIR: Daniel W. O’Connell, Palm Beach Community College
“The Key West Extension: A Civil Engineering Landmark”
J. Paul Hartman, University of Central Florida
“New Research of the Life of Peter Demens, the Founder of St. Petersburg, Florida”
William H. Parsons, Eckerd College
“Still They Sail: Ship Building in World War II in Tampa”
Nick Wynn, Florida Historical Society
COMMENT: Francis R. Hodges, Florida Southern College
1:30-3:00 p.m. PARKER ROOM
CHAIR: Thomas Campbell, Florida State University
“From Kennan to Kirkpatrick: U.S. Policy Toward Latin American Dictatorships in the Post-World War II Period”
Michael L. Krenn, University of Miami
“Vietnam, Nicaragua, and the Uses of History”
Kevin J. O’Keefe, Stetson University
COMMENT: Thomas Campbell, Florida Stale University
1:30-3:00 p.m. LOUNGE
CHAIR: J. Larry Durrence, Florida Southern College
“A New Frontier for Blacks: Organization and Militancy in the 1960’s”
Irvin D. Solomon, Edison Community College
“C. K. Steele and the Tallahassee Bus Boycott”
Greg Padgett, Eckerd College
COMMENT: J. Larry Durrence, Florida Southern College
3:30-5:00 p.m. Tour of Frank L. Wright Buildings, Florida Southern College
7:00 p.m. SOCIAL HOUR IN PARKER ROOM
7:30 p.m. BANQUET IN PARKER ROOM
SPEAKER:
Dr. William I. Hair, Fuller E. Callaway Professor of Southern History, Georgia College
“Fadeout in Blue and Gray: The Last Veterans of the Civil War”
SATURDAY
9:00-10:30 PARKER ROOM
CHAIR: Jim L. Mayes, Florida Community College, Kent Campus
‘Settlement of the Peace River Valley”
Canter Brown, Gainesville
“The Forgotten Pioneers: U. S. Deputy Surveyors on the Florida Frontier”
Joe Knetsch, Florida Department of Natural Resources
COMMENT: Jim L. Mayes, Florida Community College
10:45-12:00 PARKER ROOM
CHAIR: John J. McTague, St. Leo College
“American Print Media Treatment of Russian Handling of the Warsaw Uprising”
Anita Morris, Florida Community College, South Campus
‘Eastern Europe In the 1990’s: An Historical Perspective”
Lynn H. Curtright, Tallahassee Community College
COMMENT: John I. McTague St. Leo College