History

Camp is the unconference dedicated to all things history.

Saturday, November 14 at the Iowa State Historical Museum
600 East Locust in Des Moines Ample free parking nearby

Everyone is welcome, but registraBon is required: HistoryCamp.org

Sessions planned so far include Democratizing Digitization: How thousands of strangers across the world are helping preserve Iowa history. Mark F. Anderson,
Digital Collections Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries "History in Fast Forward: 12 million years in just 30 minutes" Pam Schwartz, Executive Director, Boone
County Historical Society "Confederates from Iowa: Not to Defend, but to Understand" David Connon, interpreter, Living History Farms; independent researcher and
writer "A War of IdeasU.S. Propaganda Posters of the Second World War" John Fender, Associate Professor of Design, Drake University "Outside In: AfricanAmerican History in Iowa, 1838-2015" Hal S. Chase, co-author of Outside In: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2015 "How We Made the Gyrafoam: The Story
of Two Midwestern Farm Boys Who Changed Washday Mondays Forever" Tom Hoover "The Museum Curator and the Meskwaki" Jerome Thompson, state curator
(ret.) "Evaluating the Role of Women in Underground Railroad Activities in Iowa through Genealogical Research" Douglas W. Jones, Iowa Freedom Trail Project
Manager, State Historical Society of Iowa History of Military Communication Dan Rasmussen "Abraham Lincoln at Council Bluffs Marvin Foss "Happy Danes on
the Plains" Tova Brandt, Albert Ravenholt Curator of Danish-American Culture, Museum of Danish America "Iowas Amazing Public Exposition Palaces" Bill
Sherman "Billy Sunday, T. Nelson Downs and the Green Mountain Train Wreck" Robert Kerr, author of Completely Restored "Midwestern Farm Childhood" Pamela
Riney-Kehrberg, author and Professor of History, Iowa State University "An Incomplete Guide to Teacher Preparation in Iowa" Steve Rose, Professor of Education and
coordinator of secondary education, Simpson College "George Washington Didnt Sleep Here: Backyard History" Justin Alliss, state government professional and
independent historian Whoa. Why Havent I Been Here Before?: The Coolest Historic Site Youve Never VisitedYet. Megan Stout Sibbel, curator and historian,
Salisbury House Clang, Clang Went the Trolley!" Phil Borleske "The Almost President" Robert Bibens From Military Reporter to Mary Manners: The Unbounded
Journalism of Dorothy Ashby Pownall Tracy Lucht "Dakota Prisoners in Davenport and their Uses of Literacy" Linda Clemmons From Prairie to Farm: How the
General Land Office survey shaped Iowa Paul F. Anderson, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University Family Genealogy Newsletters: Monthly History Lessons
Paul F. Anderson, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University World War I Camp Dodge Michael W. Vogt, Curator, Iowa Gold Star Military Museum Border Skunks and
Heartland History of Lancaster George W. House McGregor, tell me thy Weird Story: The American School of Wildlife, 1919-1941 Mary Wise Tools historical
societies and other local history organizations can use to attract more visitors and members Lee Wright, founder of History Camp and The History List, and a
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Marlborough Historical Society.
Interested in presenting? Details: HistoryCamp.org/Iowa
History Camp started in Cambridge, MassachuseAs in 2014. It was held again in Boston this March. Both lled up quickly. History Camp Iowa will be the rst History Camp held
outside of New England. Heres what people had to say aMer the rst two: Excellent sessions, interesQng people. I hoped it would be good . . . and it was great!