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Oildale and Beyond
Interpreting the Region Through Words, Images, and Music
| Location: | California, United States |
| Conference Date: | 2009-11-07 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2009-05-22 |
| Announcement ID: |
168850 |
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Oildale and Beyond
Interpreting the Region Through Words, Images, and Music
Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009
CSU Bakersfield
The History Department and the Walter Stiern Library at California State University, Bakersfield, announce a conference on the history of Oildale, California, and the larger region (Bakersfield, Kern County, the Southern San Joaquin Valley).
2009 marks the centennial of this unincorporated area of metropolitan Bakersfield, a distinct working-class community that emerged rapidly after a major oil discovery in the area in 1899 and which has left a legacy in business, literature, and song.
Papers exploring any aspect of the history of Oildale and the larger region are welcome, but the conference plans to highlight in particular the following topics:
The oil industry
The Bakersfield Sound
The Dust Bowl
Race relations and the Klan
Water issues
Education/libraries/literature
Ethnic groups/diverse communities
Aerospace
Featured musician: Merle Haggard
Oildale native, singer, songwriter, and
inductee into the Country Music Hall of
Fame (solo, plus interview by Bob Price)
Keynote speaker: Gerald Haslam
Oildale native, writer and teacher, and
author of over two dozen books, including
Workin’ Man Blues (UC Press, 1999)
Conference events open only to those registered for the conference
Please send abstracts by July 30, 2009, to Miriam Raub Vivian, program committee chair, at mvivian@csub.edu (or CSUB History Department, 9001 Stockdale Hwy., Bakersfield, CA 93311).
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Miriam Raub Vivian, program committee chair, at mvivian@csub.edu (or CSUB History Department, 9001 Stockdale Hwy., Bakersfield, CA 93311).
Email: mvivian@csub.edu
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