Washington State Historical Museum
1900 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, OR TO REGISTER, CALL 253/798 – 5877.

Presenters:

James Ronda, John Logan Allen, Tom Chaffin, Ron Tyler and Brian Dippie Tom Chaffin, John Charles Fremont: Reimagining the American West.
Brian W. Dippie, “Equal I Have Never:” Custer Explores the Black Hills, 1984
James P. Ronda, "Seeing the Western Country:" The Great Plains Expeditions of Stephen H. Long, 1819 -1820
Ron Tyler,"The Most Picturesque and Wonderful Scenery:" Illustrated Government Publications Related to the American West, 1843-1863

Conference schedule:

September 26 - Teachers Institute with James Ronda and John Logan Allen, 1:30 - 5 pm; Clock Hours available through the Tacoma School District
September 26: Opening reception for registered History Museum members: 5:30 - 8 pm.
September 27: Conference sessions; 8:30 am - 5 pm & Closing reception: 5:30 pm - 7 pm

Registration:

Museum members attending the symposium will have the opportunity to participate in a private opening reception with museum director, David Nicandri, and the conference presenters on September 26. To become a museum member please call, 253/798 - 5902

Registration for the general public includes admission to all sessions, viewing of the exhibition, " Beyond Lewis and Clark," light refreshments on Monday and closing reception. Monday lunch is not included.

For discounted rate, registration must be received on or before September 13. After September 13, registration will only include the September 27 sessions.

COST:
Museum Member:
all events and sessions - $55.00
Monday sessions and reception - $35.00

General admission
Monday sessions and Monday reception - $40.00

Student admission
Monday sessions - $15.00

Teachers Institute
Sunday Institute and reception - $40.00
Sunday Institute, reception and all Monday events $75.00

Teachers Institute
James Ronda and John Logan Allen will host a pre-symposium teachers institute on Sunday from 1: 30 - 5:00. Teachers are also invited to attend all activities on Monday.

John Logan Allen Presentation Topic: The Immediate Legacy of Lewis and Clark: The Fur Trade in the Rockies, 1806-1812 John Logan Allen is chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Wyoming. He is the author of many books including Passage Through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the Image of American Northwest and the soon to be published Garden, Desert, and Passage: Fur Trade, Fremont and the Shaping of American Images of the West, 1806-1846.

Tom Chaffin is a visiting scholar in the Department of History at Emory University and former director of the Emory University Oral History Project. He is the author of Fatal Glory: Narciso Lopez and the First Clandestine U.S. War Against Cuba and Pathfinder: John Charles Fremont and the Course of American Empire.

Brian W. Dippie is a professor in the History Department of the University of Victoria and a former president of the Western History Association. He is the author of many works including Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth and The Vanishing American: White Attitudes and U.S. Indian Policy.

James P. Ronda is the H. G. Barnard Chair in Western History at the University of Tulsa. Professor Ronda is the author of numerous books, including Lewis and Clark Among the Indians and Jefferson's West: A Journey with Lewis and Clark. He is a former president of the Western History Association and served as consulting historian on the nationally travelling exhibits "Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America" and "Beyond Lewis and Clark: The Army Explores the West."

Dr. Ron Tyler is the director of the Texas State Historical Association and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written or edited numerous books on Western and American history and art, including Visions of America: Pioneer Artists in a New Land. He is editor of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly