Eighth Annual Southern Industrialization Project Conference
Vanderbilt University Student Center
Nashville, Tennessee
September 6, 2003

The Southern Industrialization Project (SIP) seeks to foster a greater understanding of the history and culture of industrialization in the American South. SIP primarily consists of the scholarly discussion list H-Southern-Industry to which are subscribed nearly 200 academic and public historians with research interests that encompass many industries, eras, and geographic locations. Additionally each year we meet to hear scholarly papers and to propose methods for promoting research in Southern industrial history and the themes of the conferences guide the book series we sponsor through the University of Missouri Press. This year’s theme is on Southern industrial entrepreneurship. As has been our practice in the past, there is no registration fee for our conference. The program schedule is as follows:

8:30 to 10:00 1st paper session
Karen Utz, University of Alabama, Birmingham & Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark
“James W. Sloss, 1820-1890: Symbol of a New South Industrialist”

Robert Gudmestad, Southwest Baptist University
“The Influence of Steamboat Entrepreneurs in the Lower Mississippi Valley”

Chad Morgan, UNC Chapel Hill
“Entrepreneurs and the Confederate State in Civil War Georgia”

10:15 to 11:45 2nd paper session
Chair and Comments: David L. Carlton, Vanderbilt University

Aaron Marrs, University of South Carolina
“Time Management and Antebellum Railroads”

Marko Maunula, UNC Chapel Hill
“Richard Tukey and international industrial recruitment”

Bruce Eelman, Siena College
“Old South or New: The Pre-1880 Mill and Town Campaign in Spartanburg, South Carolina”

11:45 to 1:30 Lunch Break and Business Meeting

1:30 to 2:30 Keynote Session: Peter Coclanis, UNC Chapel Hill

2:30 to 4:00 3rd paper session
Chair and Comments: Randy Patton, Kennesaw State University

Martin Olliff, Troy State University Dothan
“The Montgomery Cooperative Canning Club”

Alan Bliss, University of Florida
“The Committee for Economic Development”

Monica Gisolfi, Columbia University
“A Good Crop on Bad Land: furnishing Merchants, Feed Dealers, and the Rise of the Poultry Industry in Northeast Georgia, 1930-1960”

Parking:
Parking on the Vanderbilt campus is at a premium, but two parking decks will provide free parking for the Saturday conference. Use the following URL to locate the decks. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/traffic_parking/large/allbig.jpg

Lodging:
We have not reserved rooms, but there are a number of hotels within a reasonable distance from the Vanderbilt Student Center