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