A month or so ago, I posted a Call for Papers on a number of
bulletin boards.  With some embarrassment I realized that I had
forgotten to post it here (or at least I have no memory of sending
it to ATHG).  And, given the annual theme, 19th century Northern
New England, with its strong temperance history, ATHG is certainly
an appropriate list.  And so, here it is (for those of you who
saw the announcement elsewhere, I should also point out that this
notice includes a corrected address and phone number for Billie Gammon,
one of the contacts).
 
While I am at it I might give as well give an update.  The KEYNOTE
SPEAKER for the 1996 conference will be JERE DANIELL from Dartmouth.
Faculty and graduate students from California, Minnesota, and Virginia
(and of course Maine) have already been in touch regarding papers.
I anticipate another worthwhile and enjoyable conference.
 
 
 
        CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR PAPERS
 
The following CFP deserves a brief supplementary remark.  Some of
you will remember having seen similar calls in previous years, since
this is the fourth annual such conference.  What makes this
continuing conference UNIQUE is both its setting (at a Living History
Center in central Maine) and its accommodations.  All people presenting
papers are housed, dined, and occasionally wined by local supporters
of the Center.  And a good time is usually had by all.  Past
participants have come from all parts of America and from Italy.
 
 
 
                           CALL FOR PAPERS
 
                 for the fourth annual conference on
 
           NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
 
                           focussing on
 
  CULTURES: FOLK, POPULAR, ETHNIC, ARTISTIC, LITERARY, POLITICAL
 
                          June 6-8 1996
 
                          sponsored by
 
                  The WASHBURN HUMANITIES CENTER
                      in association with the
 
                      University of Maine and
                 the University of Southern Maine
 
The Washburn Humanities Center welcomes the submission of papers
representing a broad range of disciplines.  Topics are limited only by
your imagination.  The Center encourages the submission of complete
two or three paper sessions.
 
     The annual Washburn Humanities Conference is designed to
     illuminate the social, cultural, political, and economic
     history of northern New England, the region's impact on
     the nation and the nation's on the region.  Previous
     conference themes were (1993) WOMEN AND MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR
     ERA (1840-1880); (1994) PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPES; and
     (1995) MIGRATIONS (of people, ideas, culture, crops, animals)
     into/out of/within northern New England.
 
     Future topics will be: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: NATIVE
     AMERICANS AND WHITES; ALCOHOLISM AND TEMPERANCE IN RURAL
     AMERICA; ARISTOCRACY MIDST THE DEMOCRACY: GREAT FAMILIES
     IN THE HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC.
 
The Conference will be held at the Washburn-Norlands Living History
Center, a 445 acre site containing a restored one room school house,
farmer's cottage, free standing library (housing the extensive Washburn
family collections), a 200 seat 1828 Universalist Church, and the 1867
Washburn mansion.
 
           Submit 250 word abstracts by January 15 either to:
 
                           Billie Gammon
                    Washburn Humanities Center
                             Norlands
                         RFD 2, Box 3395
                     Livermore Falls, ME 04254
                       Phone: (207) 897-2236
                                or to
                         Jerome Nadelhaft
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          Previously published material should not be submitted.