South Carolina Historical Association

2010 ANNUAL MEETING
MARCH 6, 2010
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, COLUMBIA, SC

 

PROGRAM OF EVENTS
 

  • BREAKFAST/REGISTRATION: 7:30-8:45 a.m., Annex

  • SESSION A: 8:50-10:10 a.m., Wachovia Rooms I, II, and III

  • SESSION B: 10:30-11:50 a.m., Wachovia Rooms I, II, III, and Auditorium

  • LUNCH: 12:00-12:45 p.m., Wachovia Room I

  • KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 12:45-1:30 p.m., Auditorium

  • MEMBERS’ AND OFFICERS’ MEETING: 1:30-2:00 p.m., Auditorium and Wachovia I

  • SESSION C: 2:00-3:20 p.m., Wachovia Rooms I and II, and Auditorium

 

SESSION A: 8:50-10:10

PANEL 1: Wachovia III: Slavery and Slaveholders in the Colonial Era

Paper 1: “Hearing Africa: Early Modern Europeans’ Auditory Perceptions of the African Other,” Amy Long Caffee, University of South Carolina 

Paper 2: “’Enlightened’ Slavery: The Evolution of South Carolina Slaveholders, 1669 – 1820,” Meggan A. Farish, Waccamaw Center for Cultural and Historical Studies, Coastal Carolina University

Paper 3 “’The Way Slaves Married in Slavery Time:’ South Carolina, Broomstick Weddings and the Ubiquity of Slave Culture throughout the Antebellum South,” Tyler D. Parry, University of South Carolina 

Chair/comment: Paul Thompson, North Greenville University

 

PANEL 2: Wachovia II: Reflections on South Carolina in the Antebellum Period

Paper 1: “’Ever Able, Manly, Just, and Heroic:’ Preston Brooks and the Myth of Southern Manhood,” Kenneth A. Deitreich, West Virginia University 

Paper 2: “Plain Folk of Color: Free People of Color and Common Whites in the Rural Charleston District, 1800-1860,” David Dangerfield, University of South Carolina 

Paper 3: “’We Will Strike at the Head and Demolish the Monster’: The Impact of Joel R. Poinsett’s correspondence on President Andrew Jackson during the Nullification Crisis, 1832-1833,” Joshua Cain, Georgia Southern University

      Chair/comment: Lewie Reece, Anderson University

 

PANEL 3: Wachovia I:  Life and Work in Twentieth Century South Carolina 

Paper 1: “Covered with Rust: the 1922 Columbia Streetcar Strike,”    
Jeffrey M. Leatherwood, West Virginia University    

Paper 2: “Just Plain Hard Work: Women and Farm Labor in the Rural South,
Matthew C. Roberts, Converse College 

Paper 3: “History and Genealogy: Giving Voice to the Voiceless: Case Studies in History and Genealogy,” Harris M. Bailey, Jr., Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society

     Chair/Comment: Andrew Myers, USC Upstate

 

SESSION B: 10:30-11:50

PANEL 4: Wachovia I:  National and International Politics in the Twentieth Century 

Paper 1: “Undertakers of the Weimar Republic? The Nazification of Munich Professors, 1918-1933,” Stefan Wiecki, Presbyterian College

Paper 2: “Stanley Morse and the 1952 Eisenhower Campaign.” Jeremy Monroe Richards, University of South Carolina

Chair/Comment: Jeffery Cook, North Greenville University

 

PANEL 5: Wachovia III: 1960s Sport in the International Setting

Paper 1: “High Costs and Hidden Wrenches: Contests for Physical Space in British Football in the 1960s and 1970s,” Brett Bebber, Presbyterian College

Paper 2: “Hard Foul: The U.S./Soviet Basketball Rivalry, 1965-1975,”

      Kevin Witherspoon, Lander University

Chair/Comment: Fritz Hamer, S.C. State Museum 

 

PANEL 6: Auditorium:  A Century of Black Educational Experiences in South Carolina

Paper 1:  “The Jenkins Orphanage: Saving African-American Orphans, Making Model Citizens,
       ”Nathan Johnson, Park Guide, Fort Sumter National Monument 
 

Paper 2: “A Study of Educational Inequalities in South Carolina: Creating A Movement Against Segregation,” Celia James, University of South Carolina

 

Paper 3: “Integrating Rock Hill,” Luci Vaden, Rawlinson Road Middle School

       Chair: Rebekah Dobrasko, SC Department of Archives & History

 
Comment: Janet Hudson, University of South Carolina

 

PANEL 7: Wachovia II: Military History in late-18th Century U.S. History

Paper 1: “Atrocity Stories as a Teaching Tool for the Rules of War in South Carolina’s Revolution,” Rebecca Brannon, USC-Aiken

Paper 2: “Taming the Fox: Francis Marion and His Commanders, 1780-1782,” Tom Powers, USC Sumter

Paper 3: “’Were You Entitled To An Answer:’ General Anthony Wayne and Major William Campbell on the Banks of the Maumee,” Sarah Miller, USC Salkehatchie

Chair/Comment: Marvin Cann, Professor Emeritus, Lander University

 

LUNCH: 12:00 – 12:45 p.m., Wachovia I

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: 12:45 – 1:30 p.m., Auditorium

DR. WILLIAM RAMSEY, LANDER UNIVERSITY: “You Say Yemassee, I Say Yamasee: Recasting the Early History of South Carolina”

MEMBERS’ MEETING: 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Auditorium

OFFICERS’ MEETING: 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Wachovia I

 

SESSION C: 2:00-3:20

 

PANEL 8: Wachovia II:  Reflections on Religion, Race, and Gender Issues in the Atlantic World

Paper 1:  “Refugees, Race Issues, and Rituals: A Catholic Community in Charleston South Carolina, 1790-1820,” Christina Shedlock, College of Charleston  

Paper 2: “‘Differences in opinion or practice in matters of Religious concernment’: The Dynamics of Promoting Liberty of Conscience in Proprietary Carolina, 1630-1687,” Neal Polhemus, College of Charleston 

Paper 3: “‘Firm and Immovable as Rocks’: The Empowerment of Native American Women within the Jesuit Missions of New France,” Ivy Farr, College of Charleston 

Paper 4: “Satanic Visions: The Evolution of Demonic Imagery in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods,” Hilary Lentz, College of Charleston/The Citadel

Chair/Comment: Brenda Schoolfield, Bob Jones University

 
PANEL 9: Wachovia I: Society and Education in Twentieth Century South Carolina

Paper 1: “A Centennial Celebration: Anderson University Turns 100,” Joyce Wood, Anderson University

Paper 2: “The State versus the Volunteer: Power and Promotion in the Formation of the South Carolina Illiteracy Commission 1917-1918,” Mary Mac Ogden, University of South Carolina

Paper 3: “J. Waties And Elizabeth Waring: Elite Remedies For Curing The Nation’s “White Problem,” Benjamin Patrick James Dudek, University of South Carolina

Chair/Comment: Katherine D. Cann, Spartanburg Methodist College
 

PANEL 10: Auditorium

Special screening of the documentary film: “Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre 1968,” (2009) Directed by Bestor Cram and Judy Richardson

Moderator/Comment: Ron Cox, USC Lancaster