Register now for the
2017
Illinois History Symposium
Sponsored by
The Illinois State Historical Society and Lincoln Land Community College
April 20-22, 2017
Lincoln Land Community College
Trutter Center
5250 Shepherd Road, Springfield
“1917, Year of Turmoil:
War and Suffrage”
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Endorsed by the World War I Centennial Commission.
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Join us in Springfield for two days of
fascinating programs, lectures,
and discussions about Illinois in the years
leading up to the
state’s first centennial celebration.
Experience more than 25 presentations from national, state, and regional
professional and amateur historians who will examine the forces, people,
and events that shaped our destiny 100 years ago.
n Early two-day registration deadline March 31, $30 for ISHS members, $40 for non-members.
After March 31, $40 for ISHS members, $50 for non-members.
n Early one-day registration deadline March 31, $20 for ISHS members, $30 for non-members.
After March 31, $25 for members, $35 for non-members.
n Thursday Box Lunch and Program, $15, $20 after March 31 (All reservations.)
n Banquet on Thursday, April 20 requires separate reservation. All banquet reservations are $50,
$60 after March 31. No special member rates.
n Friday Luncheon and Program, $25, $30 after March 31. (All reservations.)
n Friday Evening Reception and Program, 7:00 p.m. Illinois State Military Museum,
1301 N. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield. No charge for members, $5 for non-members.
Call 217-525-2781 for more information.
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The Illinois State Historical Society • 5255 Shepherd Road • Springfield, Illinois 62703
ISHS Symposium: April 20-22
(Program as of March 5; schedule subject to change)
THURSDAY 4/20
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
TRUTTER CENTER LOBBY
09:00-10:00 WELCOME
WELCOMING REMARKS TRUTTER CENTER
Dr. Eileen Tepatti, Vice President of Academic Services at LLCC
TRUTTER A
TRUTTER B
10:15-11:30 SESSION 1
“Honor Book of Sangamon County:
A Living Memorial to Those Who Served,”
William Furry, Executive Director,
Illinois State Historical Society
“Pullman and WWI: The Wartime
Experiences of the Pullman Company and
Neighborhood,” Andrew Bullen,
Illinois State Library
11:30-12:45 LUNCH
Lunch program to be announced
13:00-14:30 SESSION 2
“Ambulance Corps and WW1,”
Debra M. Dudek, Adult and Teen Services
Manager, Fountaindale Public Library,
Bolingbrook, IL
“Kent Hagler, Volunteer American
Ambulance Driver in France,”
Chris McDonald, Ph.D., LLCC
14:45-16:00 SESSION 3
“Central lllinois Women on the Home
Front,” Virginia Boynton, Ph.D.,
Western Illinois University
“Early Women Voting Records of
Sangamon County,” Mike Kienzler,
Sangamon County Historical Society
“Swedish-American Lutherans in
Rock Island at the Onset of World War I:
A Religious Community’s Response
to Wartime Nativism,”
Peter Ellertsen, Ph.D.
16:15-17:30 SESSION 4
“Rising Up of the Springdale Ladies Aid
Society,” Readers Theatre Production
“Illinois Government Responds to War,”
Bernie Sieracki, Ph.D.
“IDA and World War I: The State Library’s
Digital Archives of the Great War,”
Joseph Natale, Illinois State Library
17:30-19:00 SOCIAL
SOCIAL TIME (Trutter Museum / displays / vendors etc.)
19:00-20:30 BANQUET
TRUTTER COMBINED
Banquet with Speaker
Ernest Freeberg – “Eugene Debs, Free Speech, and World War I”
“The 1917 Eleanor Robinson Countiss
Home and the Red Cross Effort,” Michelle
Rinard and Justina Doyle, International
Museum of Surgical Sciences.
“The Red Cross in Central Illinois: A
Centennial Perspective,” Mr. Bryan Soady,
Executive Director, Central Illinois chapter
of the American Red Cross.
FRIDAY 4/21
08:00-09:00 REGISTRATION
TRUTTER CENTER LOBBY
MILLENIUM 1
MILLENIUM 2
10:15-11:30 SESSION 5
“Ernest Hemingway Anti-Fascist Writings
“Researching Your WWI Ancestor,”
in his Spanish Civil War Writings,” Matthew Tina Beaird, Local History/Genealogy
Nalefski, Millikin University Student
Librarian, Plainfield Public Library
“Lady Brett Ashley: A Study of Complex
Characterization in The Sun Also Rises,”
Taylor Hagerdorn, Millikin University
Student
Session moderated by Dan Monroe, Ph.D.,
Millikin University
11:30-12:45 LUNCH
TRUTTER COMBINED
LUNCH PROGRAM
Proposed: Joseph Gustaitis, “Chicago and World War I”
13:00-14:30 SESSION 2
“Influenza and WWI,” Tina Beaird,
Local History/Genealogy Librarian,
Plainfield Public Library
“Adams County in World War I,”
Rob Mellon, executive director,
Historical Society of Quincy and
Adams County Illinois
“DeWitt County World War I Collection,”
Bobbi Perryman, Vespasian Warner
Public Library, Clinton
“McLean County and WWI,” Bill Kemp,
McLean County Museum of History
14:45-16:00 SESSION 3
“Roots of the Prairie Division: From Illinois
National Guard to the 33rd Division,
August 1917-May 1918,”
Mark Roehrs,Ph.D.,LLCC
“33rd Into Action: Training with the British
and First Combats, May-Sep. 1918,”
Christopher McDonald, Ph.D., Professor,
Political Science, Department of Social
Science, LLCC
“Answering the Call: World War I Poster
Collection,” Illinois State University,
Milner Library Collection,
April Anderson, PhD.,
Illinois State University
“Women of WWI: The Ange Milner
Collection,” April Anderson, Ph.D.
Illinois State University
16:15-17:30 SESSION 4
“The Music of First World War,”
Andrew Bullen, Illinois State Library
“Pioneers of Illinois Base Ball, 1865-1870,”
Robert Sampson, Ph.D.,
Millikin University
19:00-21:00 MUSEUM
ILLINOIS STATE MILITARY MUSEUM
“Magic Lanterns in the Great War,” media presentation by Chris McDonald, Ph.D.,
Lincoln Land Community College
“The 8th Illinois: First in Battle, First in Valor,” Mark DePue, Ph.D.,
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Director, Oral History Project
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Endorsed by the World War I Centennial Commission.
ISHS hotel block for 2017 Illinois History Symposium
A limited number of rooms have been reserved from Wednesday,
April 20 through Saturday, April 22, at the Springfield Baymont Inn
for attendees of the 2017 Illinois History Symposium, “1917, Year of
Turmoil: War and Suffrage,” which will be held at Lincoln Land
Community College. The hotel is located at I-55 and Toronto Road,
just south of Springfield.
Room rates are as follows:
Block name: ISHS SYMPOSIUM (Guests must reference this block
when seeking discounted rate)
Block date: 04/20-21-22/2017 Thu-Fri-Sat night
Block rate: Doubles @ $74.99 + Tax, Kings @ $74.99 + Tax
Suite Upgrades:
(1) Option 1: Upgraded large room with king + pull-out sofa for $109.99/night
(2) Option 2: Upgraded large Jacuzzi room with king + pull-out sofa for $119.99/night
(4) Option 3: Upgraded large room with 2 beds and pull-out sofa bed for $119.99 + Tax
Cut off date: 04/07/2017. 04/07/2017 all non-reserved rooms will be cancelled, and a
block rate will not be available for guests wanting to make reservation after cutoff date)
Cancellation Policy: 24 hours in advance, but you must call and cancel your room a day
before your arrival date by 4 p.m.
How to make a reservation:
Please call (217) 529-6655 and ask them to reserve a room out of : : ISHS
SYMPOSIUM, block on 04/20-21-22/2017 Thu-Fri-Sat night. You may add
extra nights to your stay for the same price at your group rate.
What`s included in price? Free parking; Complimentary hot breakfast;
Complimentary highspeed Wi-Fi
For information about the hotel and guest services, go to www.baymontinns.com/hotel/17908
To I-72 Decatur
South Grand
Dirksen Parkway
29
To Springfield
Stevenson Drive
11th Street
I-55
Illinois Central R.R.
I-55
Exit 90
Health
Sciences and
Technology
Center
Fire
Station
Toronto Road
To St. Louis
To Taylorville
Exit 94
West Lake Drive
To Rt. 36
I-55
Lincoln Land Community College
On-Campus
Program and Course Facilities
Springfield, Illinois
University of Illinois
at Springfield
Child Development
Center
Main Cass Gym, Logan Hall,
Campus Mason Hall, Menard Hall
Sangamon Hall
Millennium Center
Workforce Development
Resource Center
Lake
Springfield
SOCCER FIELD
CLAUDE KRACIK
BASEBALL FIELD
CASS
GYM
FITNESS
CENTER
MASON HALL
SOFTBALL FIELD
LOGAN HALL
A. LINCOLN
COMMONS
MENARD
HALL
SANGAMON
HALL
MONTGOMERY
HALL
MILLENNIUM
CENTER
MILLENNIUM DRIVE
FOUNDATION DRIVE
TRUTTER
CENTER
WORKFORCE
CAREERS
CENTER
R.L. POORMAN DRIVE
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
CENTER
SHEPHERD ROAD
TORONTO ROAD