ORAL HISTORY IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION (OHMAR)

SOCIETY FOR HISTORY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

2005 ANNUAL MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building
College Park, Maryland
March 17-19, 2005

Directions


Annual meetings for OHMAR and SHFG will be co-located this year. The SHFG meeting will be Thursday,17 March 2005; the OHMAR meeting will be Friday 18 March. Both organizations will participate in workshops on Saturday, 19 March 2005. Members of each organization may register for the other's annual meeting and pay member rates. Meetings and workshops will be held in the Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building in College Park, MD.


For questions concerning registration call:
John Lonnquest at 703-428-6563; e-mail: lonnquestj@hq02.usace.army.mil
Renee Braden at 202-828-6697; e-mail rbraden@ngs.org


Program Details


PRELIMINARY SHFG PROGRAM -- THURSDAY MARCH 17, 2005

8:00 - 8:30 am Conference Registration
8:40 - 9:00 am Conference Opening
9:15 - 10:15 am

Sessions

Panel 1
Constitutions and Statutes
Katharine M. Jones, "Oral History of the US International Trade Commission"
Marilyn Norcini, "Mediating Factionalism: A History of the First Pueblo Constitution under the Indian Reorganization Act"
Panel 2
Sports Oral History
Jackie Reisert Esposito, "Sports Medicine-Documenting Its Birth and Adolescence through Oral History"
John Vernon, "Jim Crow Meets Lt. Jackie Robinson"
10:30 - 11:30 am Sessions
Panel 3

The CIA Record Search Tool (CREST) (Panel Discussion)
James David, NARA
Archivists and Records Managers from NARA and CIA

Panel 4
Oral History at the Library of Congress (Panel Discussion)
Marilyn K. Parr, PH.D; Public Service/Collections Access Officer, Library of Congress
Juretta Hecksher, PH.D; Digital Reference Specialist
Josephus Nelson, Curator, Manuscript Division
Sarah Rouse, Veterans' History Project
11:45 - 1:15 SHFG Awards Luncheon
1:30 - 3:00 pm Sessions
Panel 5
The Health Sciences in the Federal Government
Alexandra M. Lord, PH.D; "'Dying from a Long Fiscal Illness:' The Closure of the Public health Service Hospitals and Its Impact on Public Health"
Sheena M. Morrison, MPH, MA, PH.D; "The Public Health Service and the National Negro Health Movement (1926-1950)"
John P. Swann, PH.D; "Science, Research, and Their Evolution as a Recognized Function in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)"
Panel 6
War Memorials and Memorial Graves
James C. Van Hook, Jeffrey Herf, Robert Krikorian, Sara Amy Leach
3:15 - 4:45 pm Sessions
Panel 7

History of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bernie Chovitz, "A Memoir of Irene Fischer"
John Cloud, "History for the Future in NOAA"
Albert E. Theberge, "The History of the NOAA History Program"

Panel 8
News from the Front: Combat Documentation in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

PRELIMINARY OHMAR PROGRAM -- Friday March 18, 2005

 

8:00 - 8:30 am Conference Registration
8:30 - 10:00 am

Sessions

Panel 1
Brien Williams -- What in the World are they Talking About? Notes of a video producer on making video histories about science
Jan Herman -- "Guests of the Emperor" WWII - American and Filipino prisoners tell their stories after the Philippines fell to the Japanese in 1942. What he learns from doing oral histories and how he uses them.
Panel 2
Robert P. Grathwol -- "Changing the Way We Know the Earth: Oral Histories and Geospatial Knowledge"
To Be Determined
10:00 - 10:15 am

Break

10:15 - 11:45 am Sessions
Panel 3

Margaret Weitekamp -- Right Stuff, Wrong Sex - Collecting Stories of Women in the Early Years of the Space Program
Mark Jenkins & Renee Braden -- National Geographic and NASA -- Oral histories tell the story of the magazine's involvement in and coverage of the first 20 years of the space program.
Gary Weir - "Where in the World has the Victor gone?" Dr. Weir discusses collecting oral histories of Cold War era oceanographic research and how he has come be a strong proponent of comprehensive oral histories, no matter the discreet interest of the historian.

Panel 4
Gaurab Bhardwaj - Using oral histories to document how Dupont scientists invented Losartan, the first of a new class of anti-hypertensive drugs.
Whitney Miller - "Shared custody?" Using oral histories to fill the gaps-- documenting research and results in modern research settings that often share and institutional labor and federal funding.
12:00 - 1:00 pm

LUNCHEON

1:00 - 1:30 pm

OHMAR business meeting

1:30 - 2:00 pm FORREST C. POGUE AWARD CEREMONY 2005
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Oral History Program
Paul K. Walker, Office of History
2:15 - 3:45 pm Sessions
Panel 5

Panel Discussion: Oral History at NASA
Dr. Steven J. Dick, Chief Historian, NASA (Panel Moderator)
Sandra L. Johnson, NASA JSC Oral Historian.
Dr. Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal, NASA JSC Historian
Rebecca Wright, NASA JSC History Coordinator

 


OHMAR - SHFG WORKSHOPS

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM -- Saturday March 19

8:30 - 9:00 am Workshop Registration
9:00 - 12:00

WORKSHOP ONE
Oral History 101 - introduction to methods, practices, and standards.
Laura Kamoie, American University

WORKSHOP TWO
Doing Business with the Federal Government - Tips and guidance to navigate federal rules and procedures.

12:00 - 1:00 pm
LUNCH
1:00 - 4:00 pm

WORKSHOP THREE
Archiving Oral Histories and Sound Collections. The workshop will focus on the challenges of archiving analog sound in the digital age, as well as some of the basics of preserving audio formats.
Donna Wessel, Motion Picture, Sound and Video Preservation, National Archives and Records Administration

WORKSHOP FOUR
Audio Frontiers: From Analog to Digital. Learn he trade from the master.
Charles Hardy, West Chester University, West Chester Pennsylvania


THE HARVEY W. WILEY FEDERAL BUILDING
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park MD 20740


The Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building is the headquarters for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of the US Food and Drug Administration. The OHMAR and SHFG annual meetings will be in the Wiley Building conference center. The central atrium of the Wiley Building will be the site of the catered, buffet luncheons.

The Wiley building is a secured area. Although the main conference meeting rooms are outside the security zone, attendees will be required to pass through a security check point to attend annual luncheon.

Getting to the Wiley Building:
Mass Transit
The easiest way to get to the Wiley Building is via Metro-the Washington, D.C. area's subway system (www.wmata.com). The College Park Metro station (Green Line) is right across the street.
MARC Camden Line commuter rail service (Maryland Dept. of Transportation www.mtamaryland.com) also stops at the College Park Metro Station.

Driving
From I-495, take exit 23, Kenilworth Ave (MD-201 South) and turn right on Paint Branch Parkway. The building is located at the intersection of 51st Ave and Paint Branch Parkway.

Parking
Some limited parking will be available in the lot of the Wiley Building. More parking will be available-for a fee-across the street at the College Park Metro Station.

Notes
For special parking needs (such as parking for those with disabilities) contact the SHFG Program Chair, Donald P. Steury
(703 613 1790, donalps1@ucia.gov)

All attendees are encouraged to ride the Metro to the annual meeting. For most people, this will be the fastest, easiest, cheapest, most convenient and most environmentally friendly means of getting to the Wiley Building.


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