FLORIDA CONFERENCE OF HISTORIANS

1999 ANNUAL PROGRAM

Hosted by

Irvin D. Solomon

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Meyers, Florida

Thursday, April 15

4:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Registration

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Mixer

Friday, April 16

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Royal Meeting Room: American History Through a Different Lens

Chair: Roy I. Mumme, Florida Gulf Coast University

“Confederate Ersatz, Villainous Salt-Petre, Ladies of Selma: Rejuvenating Civil War History  Through the Black, Gray, and Blue Humor of Johnny Reb and Billy Yank”

Roy I. Mumme, Florida Gulf Coast University

“The Uses of History: Four Narratives of the Pequot War of 1637"

Blaine T. Browne, Broward Community College

“The Forgotten Migration: U.S. African-American Emigration in the Americas”

E. Valerie Smith, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussant: Gordon Patterson, Florida Institute of Technology

Sabal Meeting Room: The Internationalization of History and Memory

Chair: Anna M. Dempsey, James Madison University

“The New York Times and Yasir Arafat, 1988-1996"

John J. McTague, Saint Leo College

“Filming German History and Memory: Three Movies by Michael Verhoeven”

Katrin Paehler, The American University

“Historic Memory and German Cultural Identity: Anselm Kiefer and Rejuvenated Explorations of  German History”

Anna M. Dempsey, James Madison University

“Democratic Italy and the Allies: From the ‘Ashes of Disgrace’ to Equality in NATO, 1943-50s”

Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo College

Discussant: Susan A. Eacker, Morehead State University

Queen Meeting Room: Ancient Greece and Rome:
Theoretical Articulation of Character, Daring, and Images

Chair: Jeffrey L. Miller, Florida Institute of Technology

“Democratic Characteristics of Democracy: Liberty's Relationship to Equality and Freedom of  Speech in Ancient Athens”

Jeffrey L. Miller, Florida Institute of Technology

“Constraints on Command: An Analysis of the Restrictions and Limitations of Logistics, Military Intelligence and Battlefield Selection Imposed on Roman Military Commanders during the Second Punic War”

Rodney Earl Walton, Florida International University

“Ship Frescoes in the Temple of Isis in Pompeii”

Wilma Lovejoy, Edison Community College

Discussant: Alana Cain Scott, Morehead State University

10:30 - Noon

Royal Meeting Room: New Interpretations of Florida's Past

Chair: Susan A. Eacker, Morehead State University

“Harriet Beecher Stowe's Private Life and Public Letters in Postbellum Florida”

Susan A. Eacker, Morehead State University

“Victory from Defeat: Claude Pepper and the Florida Senatorial Election of 1934"

Joseph Allen Guttman, University of Virginia

“The Origins of Mosquito Control in Florida: The Creation of the Florida Anti-Mosquito  Association”

Gordon Patterson, Florida Institute of Technology

“History Used, Confused, or Abused: Recollections of Thomas A. Edison's Affiliation With the  Town of Fort Myers, Florida”

Irvin D. Solomon, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussant: Roy I. Mumme, Florida Gulf Coast University

Sabal Meeting Room: The Koreshan State Historic Site and its Significance to Southwest Florida and the Nation

Chair: Jane Munson Hogg, Bonita Springs Historical Society

“Women in the Koreshan Unity”

Jane Munson Hogg, Bonita Springs Historical Society

“Cyrus Teed”

Peter van Russel Hicks, Koreshan State Historic Site

“Koreshan State Historic Site Archives”

Michael Widner, Collier County Public Library

Discussant: Michael P. Musick, National Archives

Queen Meeting Room: Impacting Lives: Florida Voices from the Past

Chair: Anna Mary Dempsey, James Madison University

“Building for the Future--the CCC In Florida”

Julian Pleasants, University of Florida

“‘An Opportunity to Rectify Possible Omissions’: African-Americans, the University of Miami, and the UBS Protest of 1968"

Aldo Regalado, University of Miami

“The Primary Role of Seminole Slaves in the First Seminole War”

James E. Lake, University of Miami

Discussant: Anna Mary Dempsey, James Madison University

1:30 - 3:00

Royal Meeting Room: Rejuvenating the Teaching of History:
Trends, Themes, and the Internet

Chair: Irvin D. Solomon, Florida Gulf Coast University

“Trends in Teaching History at the College Level”

Irvin D. Solomon, Florida Gulf Coast University

“Oldies But Goodies: Rejuvenating the Ancient World History Curriculum”

Alana Cain Scott, Morehead State University

“Is Anybody Teaching History in High School?”

Jean McNary, Zephyrhills High School

“‘One to Speak, Another to Hear’: The Internet and the Preservation of Oral History”

Terry Dugas, Florida Gulf Coast University

Discussant: David B. Mock, Tallahassee Community College

Sabal Meeting Room: Pre- and Post-Imperial Case Studies:
Expanding Influence and its Residual

Chair: Edmund Abaka, University of Miami

“Economic Imperialism and British Colonial Policies in the Gold Coast, 1824-1900"

Edmund Abaka, University of Miami

“History of Wildlife Conservation in Post-Colonial India”

Eric Strahorn, Florida Gulf Coast University

“Marriage Alliance: The Union of Two Imperiums, Japan and Ethiopia”

Jay Clark, Jacksonville University

“The United States and Central America: Past, Present, and Future”

Anthony J. Beninati, Valencia Community College

Discussant: Jeff Miller, Florida Institute of Technology

3:30 - 5:00

Sabal Meeting Room: Florida's Unusual Military Heritage

Chair: Robin F. A. Fabel, Auburn University

“Settling Scores on the Fringe: Duels and Dustups in British West Florida”

Robin F. A. Fabel, Auburn University

“Skulkers and Deserters in Florida During the Civil War”

David Stanford Gregory, Florida State University

“The Civilized and the Savage: The Ethical Conduct of the U.S. Army During the Second  Seminole War”

David W. Rolfs, Florida State University

Discussant: Blain T. Browne, Broward Community College

Royal Meeting Room: Special Session:
Workshop on Researching at the National Archives

Chair: Irvin D. Solomon, Florida Gulf Coast University

Facilitator: Michael P. Musick, The National Archives, Washington, D.C.

“Researching at the National Archives: An Overview and an Examination of Records Relating to  Florida History in the Civil War and Reconstruction Period”

Michael P. Musick, Civil War Specialist, National Archives, Washington, D. C.

Judith Z. Thorne, User Services, National Archives, Washington, D. C.

Budge Weidman, Project Manager/Civil War Conservation Corps, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Discussants: Jane Munson Hogg, Bonita Springs Historical Society

Peter van Russel Hicks, Koreshan State Historic Site

Michael Widner, Collier County Public Library Audience

7:00 - 8:30

Banquet

Mr. Herman O. Bly, J.D., Distinguished Special Agent for the FBI under J.  Edgar Hoover, CIA Officer, and author of, Communism, The Cold War and  the FBI Connection.

“Communism, the Cold War, and the FBI Connection: Time to Set the  Record Straight.”

Saturday, April 17

8:30 - 10:00

Royal Meeting Room: Intimate History and the Theme of Connections

Chair: Eric Strahorn, Florida Gulf Coast University

“The Caloosahatchee: One Hundred years of History”

Carolyn Kimes, Florida Gulf Coast University

“Jewish History in the South from Charleston, South Carolina to Savannah, Georgia, to Ft. Myers,  Florida”

Timothy L. Chestnut, Barron Collier High School, Naples, Florida

Discussant: Wilma Lovejoy, Edison Community College

Sabal Meeting Room: The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936:
Young Historians Explore the Nature and Meaning of Conflict

Chair: Jay Clark, Jacksonville University

“Ethnic Conflict in America During the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36"

Amber Dearborn, Jacksonville University

“The Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-36: Chemical Warfare”

Frank Salling, Jacksonville University

“Italy's Use of Aircraft in Ethiopia, 1935-36"

Michael J. Foley, Jacksonville University

“Prelude to Liberation: The Ethiopian Patriot's Struggle Against Italian Imperialism”

Stephen R. DesRosiers, Jacksonville University

Discussant: Jay Clark, Jacksonville University

10:30 - Noon

Royal Meeting Room: New Interpretations of European History:
Strategies, Results, and Analysis

Chair: Pascal R. Venier, University of Salford, Manchester, England

“Theophile Delcasse and French Foreign Policy, 1898-1901: Towards a Reinterpretation”

Pascal R. Venier, University of Salford, Manchester, England

“Historical Monuments: A Categorization and Some European Examples”

Paul Edson, Embry-Riddle University

“Wasted Opportunity: The Flanders Harbors and German Naval Strategy, 1914-1916”

Mark Karau, Florida State University

“Kleinkrieg or Sitzkrieg: The Marine Korps Flandern and German Naval Policy, 1914-15”

Jerrett Phipps, Tallahassee Community College

Comment: David B. Mock, Tallahassee Community College

11:30 - Noon

Sabal Meeting Room: Special Session. Creating Historical Monuments:
The Completion of the Southernmost Monument to the Federal Service of Black Soldiers (the USCT) in Fort Myers, Florida

D. J. Wilkins Distinguished Sculptor and Creator of Numerous Nationally Acclaimed Works North Fort Myers