Registration \/ Continental Breakfast Service \/ Local Vendors
\n8 am-9 am
\nSirsi-Dynix Gallery
\nLevel 1
\n$5 suggested donation<\/p>\n
Plenary Session
\nCentral Library
\nMicrosoft Auditorium
\n9 am-10am<\/p>\n
Opening of the 28th Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Conference
\nWelcome to the Seattle Public Library
\nBill Woodward, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Vice President
\nJodee Fenton, Manager Special Collections and Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Past President<\/p>\n
Thaisa Way
\nIntroduced by: Eleanor Mahoney, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Secretary<\/p>\n
Thaisa Way, Professor, University of Washington<\/p>\n
\u201cThick Stories of Seattle\u2019s Urban Landscape: Gas Works Park by Richard Haag\u201d<\/p>\n
Thaisa Way is a landscape historian teaching at the University of Washington. She will be speaking about landscape architect Richard Haag and his groundbreaking work at Gas Works Park in Seattle. Dr. Way has contributed to a Trust for Cultural Landscape Foundation\u2019s oral history of Haag, and has published papers on Haag\u2019s process as landscape architectural professional and teacher. Her book, The Landscape Architecture of Richard Haag: From Modernism to Urban Ecological Design, is forthcoming from the University of Washington Press (2015). Dr. Way received her PhD in the history of architecture and urbanism from Cornell University. Her previous work includes the prize-winning text Unbounded Practices: Women, Landscape Architecture, and Early Twentieth Century Design (2009, University of Virginia Press.<\/p>\n
SESSION I
\n10:15-11:45<\/p>\n
Session 1A
\nMusic and Arts
\nThe cultural landscape of the region has been shaped by inspiring individuals and dedicated organizations that have built a unique \u201ccreative narrative\u201d for the Northwest region.<\/p>\n
Microsoft Auditorium
\nLevel 1<\/p>\n
Host: Need host
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Emily Marie Anderson Hall, \u201cThe Arts Cannot Flourish on Imagination Alone: An Exploration of PONCHO and the Communal Connection between Arts and Patronage\u201d
\nB. Dan Kerlee, \u201cWhen Seattle was Important to Composer Henry Hadley \u2013 and Why Hadley is Still Important to Seattle Today\u201d
\nC. Helice Koffler, \u201cHere on the Edge of Western Memory: Maxine Cushing Gray\u2019s Promotion of Professional Dance in Seattle\u201d<\/p>\n
Session 1B
\nCivic Life, Rights and Forces of Change
\nInstitutions, community challenges, and differences of opinion have all participated in what makes the Northwest a distinctive region. These \u201cforces of change\u201d have created direction and focus and opened debates on community values and vision.<\/p>\n
Room 1
\nLevel 4
\nHost: Bill Woodward, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Vice President
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Bryce Nelson, \u201cOrigins of Large-Scale Public Schooling in Seattle, 1900 \u2013 1930\u201d
\nB. Krzysztof Rafael, \u201cSeattle Influenza Epidemic of 1918\u201d
\nC. Bill Mullins, \u201cUrban Necessity or Urban Nightmare: The Kingdome and Seattle Stadium Politics\u201d<\/p>\n
Session 1C
\nBuilding Cities, Building Communities
\nThe built environment of the Northwest has been influenced by our multi-cultural communities who have brought unique elements to growth of the urban landscape. These presentations will look at some of that influence and its impact on the character of the region.<\/p>\n
Room 2
\nLevel 4<\/p>\n
Host: Jacqueline Williams, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Member
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Ben Bronson and Chuimei Ho, \u201cNew Light on Chinese Temples in Northwestern Cities\u201d
\nB. Junius Rochester, \u201cThe Urban Dream in a Rural Setting: Why Early Pacific Northwest Settlements Liked to Call Themselves \u2018New York\u2019\u201d
\nC. Oscar Rosales Castaneda, Somos Un Pueblo Sin Fronteras: We are a community Without Borders: The Early Roots of the Immigrant Rights Movement in Seattle\u2019s Latino Community\u201d
\nD. Alan Michelson, \u201cBalanced Like a Cedar: Paul Hayden Kirk\u2019s Regional Modern Architecture\u201d<\/p>\n
LUNCH Noon-1:15
\nMicrosoft Auditorium
\nLevel 1<\/p>\n
David Williams, Local Historian and Writer
\nIntroduced by Anne Jenner, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Membership Chair<\/p>\n
\u201cHistory Underfoot: Seattle\u2019s Storied Landscape\u201d
\nDavid B. Williams a freelance writer whose work focuses on the intersection of people and the natural world. His books include Stories in Stone: Travels Through Urban Geology, The Seattle Street-Smart Naturalist: Field Notes from the City and his latest, Cairns: Messengers in Stone. Williams also works at the Burke Museum and leads walking tours looking at the nature and history of Seattle.<\/p>\n
Box Lunches in Gallery on Level 1<\/p>\n
Brown bag lunches are welcome<\/p>\n
SESSION II
\n1:30-3:00<\/p>\n
Session 2A
\nEnvironment and Industry
\nLearn about the intersections of environmental and urban history in this panel. Presenters will discuss a variety of topics including Seattle community gardens, the Pacific Northwest salmon industry and early agricultural practices in and around Fort Nisqually in Tacoma.
\nMicrosoft Auditorium
\nLevel 1<\/p>\n
Host: Eleanor Mahoney, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Secretary
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Kathy Mendelson, \u201cGrow Your Own: Community Gardens in the Urban Northwest\u201d
\nB. Ross Coen, \u201cFresh from the Can: Salmon, Pure Food Laws, and Perceptions of Nature in the Early 20th Century Pacific Northwest Fishing Industry\u201d
\nC. Richard Scheuerman, \u201cTithlow Farm to Destiny\u2019s City: Tacoma\u2019s Grain Industry Origins\u201d<\/p>\n
Session 2B
\nResidential History
\nWhere and how we lived brings a narrative about urban life that is deeply personal. These presentations will look deeper into some of the underlying history that created the residential history in the region.<\/p>\n
Room 1
\nLevel 4
\nHost: Judy Bentley, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Treasurer
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Diana James, \u201cSeattle Apartment Buildings 1900 \u2013 1939 and Women Who Bought, Sold, Built and Owned Them\u201d
\nB. Marie R. Wong, \u201cBuilding Pan-Asian Seattle: Life in the Single-Room Occupancy Residential Hotels\u201d
\nC. Sharon Boswell, \u201cUrban Rediscoveries: Uncovering a Forgotten Community and its \u2018Floating Population\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Session 2C
\nIndividuals and Their Urban Networks
\nIndividuals have struggled, built, influenced and otherwise formed the communities in the Northwest region with their unique visions and hard work. Their narratives create touchstones for the study of the urban landscape and these presentations will explore several of the lives that have influenced Seattle.<\/p>\n
Room 2
\nLevel 4
\nHost: Conor Casey, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild President<\/p>\n
Speakers:
\nA. Andrew Hedden, \u201cCarlos Bulosan in Seattle, 1930 \u2013 1956\u201d
\nB. Priscilla Pope-Levison, \u201cFrom Kansas City to Seattle: Emma Ray\u2019s Racial Uplift and Interracial Cooperation\u201d (paper presented by Bill Woodward)
\nC. Diane Rodill, \u201cA Filipino Rascal: Denis Rodill, 1894 \u2013 1977\u201d<\/p>\n
SESSION III
\n3:15-4:45<\/p>\n
Session 3A
\nThe Military and Its Impact<\/p>\n
Room 1
\nLevel 4
\nHost: Bill Woodward, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Vice President
\nSpeakers
\nA. Robert R. Foxcurran, \u201cThe Battle of Frenchtown (1855): Washington Territory and the Political and Demographic Context\u201d
\nB. Tom Mendelson, \u201cHonorable Discharge: The Military\u2019s Impact on Seattle Neighborhoods, Then and Now\u201d<\/p>\n
Session 3B
\nIconic Markers, Routes and Landscapes
\nThe concept of place and meaning is discussed in these three papers. Presenters will treat topics ranging from our local downtown waterfront, to historic sites and routes in Washington State and British Columbia.<\/p>\n
Room 2
\nLevel 4
\nHost: Anne Jenner, Pacific Northwest Historians Guild Membership Chair
\nSpeakers:
\nA. Judy Bentley, \u201cStatues, Rocks, and Story Poles: Washington Cities Remember\u201d
\nB. Noreen Jacky, \u201cTravel on the Triangle Route: Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle\u201d
\nC. Jennifer Ott, \u201cThe Seattle Waterfront: Is Place in the Eye of the Beholder\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
See a full program for the 2015 Conference, the Urban Northwest in Landscape and Story […]<\/p>\n