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Seattle, WA 98145.

 

"Meet me at the Fair" Exploring the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition

Seattle, March 6 & March 7, 2009

Where and when

  • Friday, March 6, 2009, 6-7:30pm:
    WELCOME RECEPTION at MOHAI
    Join us for wine and cheese and a special tour of the Frank Nowell exhibit hosted by Nicolette Bromberg, Visual Materials Curator, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections and Carolyn Marr, MOHAI Librarian and exhibit curator.

  • Saturday, March 7, 2009, 8:00am – 5:00pm:
    Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
    2700 24th Ave. East (call 206-324-1126 for directions)
    free parking
    Join us for a day long conference exploring the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

Saturday Conference Program

8:00 am Registration
8:30 am Convene
8:45 am Plenary speaker: Dr. Michael J. Herschensohn, Program Manager for the City of Seattle A-Y-P Celebration, will give us an overview of the significance of the events to take place at the Celebration.
9:15 am Break
9:30 am Track A, Session 1 – Planning and Design:
Moderator: Jeffrey Ochsner
  Joan Hockaday,  "The Olmsted Legacy Comes West"
  Thaisa Way,  "A-Y-P as Public Place: Art and Nature for Seattle Parks"
  Kathy Mendelson,  "From Wilderness to Wonderland: Plants and Gardens at the A-Y-P"
  Jeffrey Ochsner,  "Geometry and Geology: Rainier Vista from the A-Y-P to the UW"
  Track B, Session 1 – Seattle Meets the World:
Moderator: Shirley Yee
  Jeffer Daykin,  "Japan as a Modern World Power at the A-Y-P"
  David A. Rash,  "The A-Y-P and Nihonmachi"
  Luci Baker Johnson and Barbara Sullivan,  "Scandinavians at the A-Y-P"
  Chuimei Ho and Bennet Bronson,  "The Dragon at the A-Y-P"
11:05 am Break
11:20 am Track A, Session 2 – Promoting the Pacific Northwest:
Moderator: Bruce Jones
  Melinda Van Wingen,  "Snohomish County at the A-Y-P"
  Erik Smith,  "Hype, Hoopla and Public Relations: The Selling of the A-Y-P"
  Track B, Session 2 – Native Presence:
Moderator: Robin K. Wright
  Ana Novakovic,  "Modernity and Tradition: Portrayals of Native Americans at the A-Y-P"
  Jayme Yahr,  "Down the Pike: Native Americans and Snapshots of the A-Y-P"
  Jon Olivera,  "Seattle at the Threshold of Empire: Cultures of Design and Display at the A-Y-P"
12:30 pm Lunch - "Fair to Remember: Researching the A-Y-P from Gold Rush to Legacy"Paula Becker and Alan Stein, HistoryLink Staff Historians
1:50 pm Track A, Session 3 - Buildings, Places, Engineering:
Moderator: Jeffrey Ochsner
  Kathryn Rogers Merlino,  "Classicizing the Wilderness: The Forestry Building at the 1909 A-Y-P"
  Manish Chalana,  "Where Gaiety is the Reigning Deity: The Pay Streak at the A-Y-P"
  Tyler S. Sprague,  "Lighted Fair is Magic Landscape: The A-Y-P at Night"
  Track B Session 3 – Women Make their Mark:
Moderator: Karen Blair
  Michelle Dent,  "Alaskan Women's Work at the 1909 A-Y-P"
  Shanna Stevenson,  "Women's History Consortium – Suffragists on Mt. Rainier: Dr. Cora Smith Eaton and the A-Y-P Climb of 1909"
  Susan Boyle and Sonja Sokol Furesz,  "Cunningham Hall – The Past and Future of the A-Y-P Women's Building"
3:00 pm Break
3:10 pm Track A, Session 4 – Journeys to the Fair:
Moderator: Trish Hackett Nicola
  Phyllis Franklin,  "The Long Journey West: The St. Olaf Band plays the A-Y-P"
  Evelyn McDaniel Gibb and Eric Norris,  "Wheels North: Recreating the Historic Journey of Two Young Cyclists to the A-Y-P"
  Track B, Session 4 – Health in the City:
Moderator: Bud Nicola, M.D.
  Cathy Lykes,  "Health and Medicine and the A-Y-P"
  Colleen Weum,  "Infant Incubators, the Typhoid Outbreak, Textbooks and Health Device - A Selected look at Public Health and Medicine at the A-Y-P"
4:10 pm Track AB, Session 5 – Making Memories:
Moderator: Carolyn Marr
  Anne Frantilla,  "Behind the Scenes at the Fair: The City of Seattle and A-Y-P"
  Nicolette Bromberg,  "A World in Glass: Photographer Frank H. Nowell and the A-Y-P"

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Register online at www.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006.
Register by mail by sending a check to 4843 50th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98116.
For more information, go to www.pnwhistorians.org or call 206-937-9604.

Early Registration Jan 5th through Feb. 28th: $35
Registration after Feb 28th: $45
Seniors: $25; Students and teachers: $20
Saturday Buffet Lunch: $18; Friday Night Reception: $15
Reservations for reception and lunch must be received by Feb. 28.

Sponsors include MOHAI, Washington State Historical Society, and NARA.

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