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Fall Conference Offers Myriad Options
"So much to choose from … how will someone decide?" That's been the reaction to plans for the 2008 Joint Local History and Historic Preservation Conference, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 26-27, in Madison at the Radisson Hotel. This year's conference boasts five tracks with a total of 27 sessions, a dozen roundtables, two luncheon speakers and — to top it all off — a bus trip to tour Mazomanie, a revitalized historic community 15 minutes northwest of Madison. The bus trip will include a dinner at the historic 1857 Old Feed Mill.
The conference will feature three local history tracks encompassing 18 sessions, with topics ranging from cemetery preservation and developing a capital campaign to decorating a Victorian house for the holidays. In addition, this year's conference incorporates a fourth track geared specifically for the historic preservation commissioner and a fifth track consisting of hands-on workshops designed to upgrade your organization's archival, curatorial and oral history skills.
Other highlights include luncheon presentations by Randy White, preservation architect for the South Carolina Main Street program and by two of the four Sanvidge sisters, along with their mother Helen Sanvidge. The Sanvidges will discuss their newly released book, Apple Betty and Sloppy Joe, a family cookbook of post-World War II recipes and family memories growing up in Oshkosh.
So save the date and make plans to join us in Madison. Be sure to check out our Web site in the months to come for more conference information.
:: Posted May 30, 2008
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