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Keynoting the Symposium is the distinguished and award-winning historian of antebellum America, William G. Shade of Lehigh University.
Stephen A. Douglas History Symposium
Illinois and the Nation in the Age of Douglas
April 28, 2001
8:15 a.m.--8:45 a.m.--Registration
8:50 a.m.--Welcome
9 a.m.--10:15 a.m.
Panel One: Nationalism and Slavery. Kevin Murphy, Ph.D., Millikin University, Chair
- Graham A. Peck, Ph.D., Northwestern University, "Was Stephen A. Douglas Antislavery?"
- Edward Schmitt, Marquette University, "Nationalism and Other Loyalties in the Life of Stephen A. Douglas"
10:15 a.m.--10:30 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m.--11:45 a.m.
Panel Two: Douglas in the Senate. Brooks Davis, Chairman, Stephen A. Douglas Association, Chair
- Dan Monroe, Ph.D., Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, "Stephen A. Douglas and Henry Clay: An Appeal to the Old Whigs of Illinois"
- Bruce A. Tap, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, "A Tale of Two Senators: Stephen Douglas and Charles Sumner"
11:45 a.m.--12:15 p.m.--LUNCH
12:15 p.m.--12:50 p.m.--Keynote Address
William G. Shade, "Douglas, Revisionism, and the Failure of the New Political History"
1:00 p.m.--2:15 p.m.
Panel Three: Illinois Agriculture in the Age of Douglas. John Cordulack, Ph.D., Richland Community College, Chair
- Kay Reardanz, University of Illinois–Springfield, "The Beginning of the Illinois State Fair in the 1850s"
- R. Lee Slider, Macon County Conservation District, "Changes in Illinois Agriculture in the Age of Douglas"
2:15 p.m.--2:30 p.m. BREAK
2:30 p.m.--3:45 p.m.
Panel Four: Actors, Lawyers and a Scoundrel. Stacy Pratt McDermott, The Lincoln Legal Papers Project, Chair
- Michael S. Casey, Ph.D., Graceland University, "Judge Douglas as a 'Bit' Player: Stephen Douglas as Portrayed in Films about Abraham Lincoln"
- Christopher A. Schnell, The Lincoln Legal Papers Project, "At the Bar and on the Stump: Douglas and Lincoln's Legal Relationship"
- Rodney O. Davis, Ph.D., Knox College, "Dr. Charles Lieb: Lincoln's Mole?"
4 p.m.--Adjournment
Registration is $20 per person and includes lunch and breaks. Please make checks payable to: Macon County Conservation District. To register or obtain more information, contact: Brent Wielt, MCCD, 3939 Nearing Drive, Decatur, IL 62521.
DIRECTIONS TO ROCK SPRINGS
From Interstate 72, take U.S. 36 exit (133-A) at west edge of Decatur; at stoplight (Holiday Inn), turn right onto Wyckles Road and follow it for about one mile to its intersection with Rock Springs Road (watch for signs); turn left onto Rock Springs Road and follow it for about 3/4 of a mile to Brozio Lane (large sign on corner for Rock Springs Center); turn left onto Brozio and follow signs to Visitors Center parking area.
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