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2008 State History Conference
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The 134th Annual State History Conference will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is hosted and sponsored by the Public Museum and the Grand Rapids Area Historical Society. The 2008 State History Conference is also generously sponsored by Michigan's leading retailer, Meijer Inc., and Grand Valley State University.
Highlights of the conference include:
Pre-conference tours of Historic Grand Rapids, a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of History Exhibitions at the Public Museum, and Closed Stacks: a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Grand Rapids' Research Archives.
Conference Keynote speakers include Hank Meijer discussing Michigan's Homegrown Retailer: 75 Years of Meijer, John Logie on Back to the Future - how Grand Rapids' past is informing decisions in the present, Gordon Olson exploring Grand Rapids in Film and Craig Benjamin exploring Michigan Jazz artists and their impact in Blues of the Motor City.
Breakout sessions on Saturday will feature Newcomers: the People of This Place: Ethnicity in Western Michigan - the Public Museum's Newest Long-term Exhibit by Chris Carron; Women and Work in Grand Rapids 1830-1930 by Ruth Fan Stee and Marcie Beck; the Toledo War: the First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry with Donald Faber; Researching and Interpreting Native American History with Jim McClurken, Mary Esther Lee and Debra Muller; Idelwild: An African-American Eden in Western Michigan with Ben Wilson; and Lost in Grand Rapids by Father Dennis Morrow.
A "training track" is also a part of the Saturday breakout sessions. Mini-workshops will be included including Designing a Dynamic and Affordable Website: Insights from our Successes and Failures by Diana Barrett and Matthew Daley, Textile Preservation for Small Museums by Veronica Kandl, and using First Person History with Michael Johnson.
The conference hotel is the Days Hotel in downtown Grand Rapids, across the street from the Public Museum and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum and just down the block from the Eberhard Center on GVSU's downtown campus where all of the Saturday conference events will be held. Days Hotels are the upscale properties of the Days Inn chain. This hotel just completed a $3 million renovation earlier in 2008. A special conference rate of $89.95 has been arranged.
To make reservations call the number below. Be sure to identify yourself as attending the 2008 State History Conference and ask for the special conference rate:
Days Hotel: (616) 235-7611. To visit their website Click here.
For more information on the conference or to register download the conference flier below, e-mail us at hsm@hsmichigan.org or call toll-free (800) 692-1828.
Download a PDF of the 2008 State History Conference flier
Mulling Over MichiganTuesday October 28, 2008 3:30-8:30 |
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Mulling Over Michigan is an annual Statewide Michigan Studies Conference. Aimed at educators that teach Michigan History in the classroom, this conference will increase the quality and quantity of your Michigan state and local history teaching and promote its incorporation into the social studies curricula.
The Mulling Over Michigan is an educational conference of the Historical Society of Michigan.
Download the 2008 brochure to see sample content
Register for the conference by clicking here via PayPal.
Future Conference Locations:
Upper Peninsula History Conference:
June 27-29, 2008 Gwinn
June 26-28, 2009 Newberry
June 25-27, 2010 Menominee
State History Conference:
September 26-28, 2008 Grand Rapids
October 2-4, 2009 Mackinac Island
2010 Frankenmuth
2011 Traverse City
For information about this year's conference you can call toll-free (800) 692-1828.
You can use your credit card and register online with the interactive chart below.
Full conference:
HSM members = $119, Non-members = $149 (includes one year HSM membership)
Includes all events except pre-conference tours/workshop.
Saturday day only:
HSM member = $69, non-members = $99 NOTE: Does NOT include Saturday Evening Banquet.
Pre-Conference Workshop, Tours, and Conference Polo Shirt:
Pre-Conference Historic Preservation Workshop: $15*
Grand Rapids Local History Tour: $15
A Behind-the-Scenes Tour: History Exhibitions at the Public Museum: $15
Closed Stacks: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Grand Rapids' Research Archives: $15
Conference Polo Shirt: $25 ea
*$15 workshop fee when registering for the conference. If registering only for the workshop see workshop description for fee.
The UP pre-conference tours are full. Please call 800-692-1828 for more information. Space is still available in the pre-conference archival workshop.
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| Full Conference Member $119.00 |
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| Full Conference Non-Member $149.00 |
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| Saturday - Day Only Member $69.00 |
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| Saturday - Day Only Non-Member $99.00 |
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| Pre-Conference Historic Preservation Workshop $15.00 |
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| Grand Rapids Local History Tour $15.00 |
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| A Behind-the-Scenes Tour: History Exhibitions at the Public Museum $15.00 |
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| Closed Stacks: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Grand Rapids' Research Archives $15.00 |
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| Conference Polo Shirt __S __M __L __ XL __ XXL $25.00 |
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