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Special Events
Workshop
Field Trips 
Special Events
Tickets purchased during preregistration will be ready for pick up with your conference materials and name badge at the annual meeting. A limited number of tickets may be available for purchase onsite during the conference.
Graduate Student Reception, Thursday, April 10, 5:30-6:45 p.m.
Tickets - FREE (70 spots; FULL as of 3/27/08)
Get to know your fellow graduate students over a drink and hors d’oeuvres in a historical setting. There will be a shuttle from the hotel to The Filson Historical Society, though some might choose to walk. The Filson is approximately one mile south of the hotel on 3rd Street.
Sponsored by The Filson Historical Society
 Opening Reception, Thursday, April 10, 6:30-7:15 p.m.****TIME CHANGE****
Tickets - $5.00
Your program cochairs, Pat Mooney-Melvin and Marla Miller, invite you to shake off the dust from your travels, relax with conference colleagues, and help launch the 30th annual meeting of the NCPH. The Opening Reception immediately precedes the Public Plenary presentation by Andrew Ferguson at 7:30 p.m..
Cosponsored by the History Department at Loyola University Chicago and the History Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
First-time Attendee & New Member Breakfast, Friday, April 11, 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Tickets - $8.00
Join members of the NCPH Board of Directors, the Membership Committee, and participants in the Mentoring Network program for conversation, coffee, and a breakfast buffet. This is a great way to meet new and old members of the organization and learn more about NCPH, the conference, and the field of public history.
Sponsored by the History Department and Oral History Center at the University of Louisville.
Consultant Breakfast, Friday, April 11, 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Tickets - $20.00
New and experienced consultants are invited to attend an informal breakfast and meeting for lively conversation. The NCPH Consultant Committee will be emailing registrants prior to the conference about potential discussion topics.
Presidential Address and Awards Luncheon, Friday, April 11, 12:00-2:00 p.m.
Tickets for meal - $40.00
The presidential address, annual awards luncheon, and business meeting event is open to all conference registrants, though a ticket is required for the luncheon meal. Attendees without meal tickets are welcome to the seating in the back, to participate in the business meeting and to hear the awards ceremony and presidential address.
Endowment Fundraiser, Friday, April 11, 7:00 p.m. 
Tickets - $75; Students - $40
Join us for an evening of hors d’oeuvres, smooth bourbon, and local music on the grounds of Farmington, the home of Joshua Speed, whose intimate friendship with Abraham Lincoln has become the subject of recent debate. Tour the 1816 Federal-style home, at one time the center of a 550-acre plantation that produced hemp for the cotton trade, and learn about the extensive reinterpretation and restoration of the site completed in 2002 designed to emphasize the life of the Speed family between 1816 and 1841. All proceeds from this event benefit the NCPH Endowment Fund.
Sponsored by the Farmington Historic Home
Public History Educator Breakfast, Saturday, April 12, 7:00-8:30 a.m.
Tickets - $20.00
This annual event is an opportunity for faculty to share ideas about running graduate and undergraduate public history programs and to discuss university, departmental, and a wide variety of other issues. Always providing lively discussion, the breakfast this year has been expanded to give participants more time to talk.
Sponsored by the University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences
Saturday Dinner, Saturday, April 12, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Tickets for meal - $50.00
Robert Sutton, the new Chief Historian of the National Park Service, headlines the Saturday Dinner in Louisville. He will be offering his thoughts on how the National Park Service Interprets the Civil War. For those not attending the meal but who wish to hear the speaker, seats will be available in the banquet room after 6:50 p.m. The speaker will begin at 7:10 p.m.
Cosponsored by the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College and the History Department at Middle Tennessee State University
Capstone Plenary Breakfast, Sunday, April 13, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Tickets for meal - $20.00
This breakfast immediately precedes the closing Capstone Plenary event, in which a distinguished panel of public historians will evaluate how the conference theme has been addressed in the sessions and meeting events. For those not attending the breakfast who wish to participate in capstone discussion, seats will be available after 8:45 a.m.
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Workshops
NCPH offers several opportunities for intensive professional development in the form of workshops. Space is limited for the workshops, so please sign up early. Note that workshops may be cancelled if an insufficient number of registrations is received. ***Preregistration is now closed. You may register onsite on the Mezzanine level at the Brown Hotel.***
Digitizing History
Wednesday-Thursday, April 9-10, 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $55.00; Size: 30 people (15 spots open - 3/31/08)
 Over the last few years, university presses, state humanities councils, and other public history organizations have published a number of public history and reference projects on the World Wide Web. Because internet technologies increase access to and greater interaction with these resources, it is likely that more organizations will use the Internet as their primary publishing medium. The Internet Digital Encyclopedia Alliance (IDEA), an American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) affinity group exploring technology and content creation standards for Internet reference works, will offer a two-day, 3-part preconference workshop that focuses on these topics. Part 1 focuses on issues of creating content for an online environment; Part 2 is a hands-on exploration of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) basics, the powerful technology “language” behind many online archives and publications; Part 3 covers aspects of design & technology specifications and how one works successfully with web designers and technologists. This workshop is appropriate for both those considering or already working on online history projects. For individuals interested in Part 2, some understanding of HTML and document markup for the Web is helpful. The workshop will take place one block from the Brown Hotel at the Louisville Free Public Library.
Measuring Performance
Thursday, April 10, 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $95.00; Size: 25 people (CANCELLED - 3/24/08)
Museums, historical societies, and other cultural organizations are being held to account for a range of diverse, but interrelated social, educational, curatorial, and operational outcomes. This workshop explores the nature and scope of institutional accountability, along with practical ways in which museum, public history leaders, and professionals can integrate performance measures to enhance all aspects of organizational effectiveness. Performance measurement design and application is explored through a comprehensive review of "best practices" from industry, government, NGOs, and the non-profit sectors with emphasis on arts and cultural organizations. Based in forward thinking about organizational architecture, the "balanced scorecard", and integral leadership practices, you will be exposed to a variety of frameworks for thinking about organizational and performance measurement systems.
Participants are asked to complete the following pre-seminar assignments: 1) in a one-page outline describe what your organization is currently doing and the measurement challenges you face; and, 2) read The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action, by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton.
Job Hunting: Improve Your Skills
Thursday, April 10, 1:30 p.m.– 3:15 p.m.
Cost: $5.00; Size: 40 people (6 spots open - 3/31/08)
The workshop will show how to discover, define, and package your skills to aid in landing the position you desire; how to avoid common mistakes made by numerous applicants in resumes, references, and cover letters; and how to prepare for that big interview. This workshop will focus on improving your chances and emphasize the essentials whether you are looking for your first position or seeking to advance your career. Speakers will use actual examples, focus on common misconceptions, and provide practical how-to advice to insure you will be prepared and competitive.
Walk this Way to a Career in Public History
Friday, April 11, 9:45 a.m.– 12:45 p.m.
Cost: $5.00; Size: 20 people (FULL - 3/24/08)
This onsite workshop, sponsored by the NCPH Curriculum and Training Committee, invites graduate students and early career professionals to visit public historians in the context of the workplace. As part of a walking tour of downtown Louisville, participants will visit the Louisville Slugger Museum, the Frazier Museum of History, and the new Muhammad Ali Center. At each site the tour will spend 50 minutes with a practicing public historian who will speak about his or her current position, what kind of specific training has helped most in the career, and how he or she became a public historian. Tour participants will explore the multiple facets of professional life for a public historian and get a behind-the-scenes introduction to three unique locations, their missions, and professional staff.
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Field Trips
The Local Arrangements Committee has scheduled a self-guided tour and six field trips, featuring some of the most interesting historic areas in Louisville and the surrounding countryside. Space is limited, so please sign up early. Note that trips may be cancelled if an insufficient number of registrations are received.
Sporting History of Louisville
Thursday, April 10, 1:00 p.m.- 5:30 p.m.
Cost: $40.00; Size: 40 people (26 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guide: John Findling, Retired Sports Historian and Professor of History, Indiana University Southeast
Join us for a tour of Louisville's distinctive and diverse sporting history. Our journey will include the Kentucky Derby Museum at Churchill Downs, where the Kentucky Derby is run every May. We will also visit the Hillerich & Bradsby Company, the downtown factory that makes the famous Louisville Slugger bats and other sports equipment. The small museum there recounts the central role the Louisville Slugger bat has had in baseball history. We will also visit the Muhammad Ali Center, a new facility that celebrates the life and career of the heavyweight boxing champion who grew up in Louisville. Time permitting we will stop at Slugger Field, the home of the Louisville Bats, the AAA farm team of the Cincinnati Reds.
Cave Hill Cemetery
Thursday, April 10, 3:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Cost: $20.00; Size: 35 people (9 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guide: Steve Wiser, Architect and Historian
Family farm, stone quarry, site of the city’s home for patients with contagious disease—Cave Hill served many purposes before 1848 when it became a garden cemetery, a feature which by then was gaining popularity in the major cities of America. The natural contours of hills and basins of the 300-acre cemetery, initially considered problematic, proved to be an ideal setting for truly monumental expressions of worldly success sculpted in granite and marble. The tour of Cave Hill Cemetery will include many examples of funerary art and local history and lore about the best “final” address for Louisvillians. Explore this beautiful park-like setting, resting place of local and national celebrities, Colonel George Rogers Clark, Colonel Sanders, stonemason Michael Muldoon, and the brother of English poet John Keats, as well as countless politicians, social reformers, and community leaders. The field trip is a stretch of the legs, and requires walking. It begins immediately following the related session, “Exploring Historic Cemeteries,” which ends at 3:15 p.m.
Remembering Slavery and the Underground Railroad
Friday, April 11, 2:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Cost: $10.00; Size: 40 people (4 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guides/Roundtable Panelists: A. Glenn Crothers, The Filson Historical Society; Alicestyne Adams, Underground Railroad Research Institute, Georgetown College; Keith Griffler, State University of New York, Buffalo; J. Blaine Hudson, University of Louisville; Sally Newkirk, Carnegie Center for Art & History; Pam Peters, Independent Scholar; and Karolyn Smardz Frost, Ontario Historical Society.
This tour happens in conjunction with Session 21, a roundtable at the Carnegie Center for Art & History, in New Albany, Indiana. Participants will view and discuss the permanent exhibit and DVD, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage: Men and Women of the Underground Railroad in the Indiana and Kentucky Borderland. The tour and roundtable will explore how the Underground Railroad is interpreted and remembered by public and academic historians today: What is remembered and why? What role should the Underground Railroad play in the presentation of African American history? How can public history institutions effectively reach out to black audiences? How do small institutions fund and attract audiences to their work?
Cosponsored by the American Association for State and Local History and The Carnegie Center for Art & History. This exhibit received the AASLH’s Leadership in History Award of Merit in 2007
Connecting with Community through Archaeology, Architecture, and History
Friday, April 11, 2:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Cost: $30.00; Size: 33 people (6 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guides: Patti Linn, Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing and Jay Stottman, Kentucky Archaeological Survey
 Experience the thrill of discovery and see how archaeological, architectural, and historical investigation can play a role in the revitalization of communities. This field trip visits three properties in Louisville—Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing (ca. 1837), the Farnsley-Kaufman House (ca. 1812), and the Portland Wharf (ca. 1811-1930)—that each have used a multidisciplinary approach to history and public education to connect with local residents and students. At Riverside (where a breakfast snack will be provided), experience firsthand an award-winning education program, featuring archaeology, architecture, and history and see how it has impacted the Southwest Jefferson County community and the larger Metro Louisville area. At the Farnsley-Kaufman House you will learn about how a historic house was saved from demolition and has become an educational resource for the school that had been poised to demolish it. Then take a tour of the Portland Wharf, a nineteenth-century river town now buried beneath 60 acres of urban wilderness. See how archaeology is helping to reclaim the proud heritage of one of Louisville’s poorest neighborhoods.
Cosponsored by the Kentucky Archaeological Survey, the Friends of the Farnsley-Kaufman House, the Portland Museum, and Riverside, the Farnsley-Moremen Landing
Locust Grove & Revolutionary War Reenactment
Saturday, April 12, 10:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Cost: $30.00; Size: 40 people (27 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guide: Bonny Wise, Locust Grove
“A Revolutionary War Encampment” or “18th Century Thunder” will take place at Historic Locust Grove on April 12 and 13. Companies representing General George Rogers Clark’s troops from the Northwest Campaign will re-enact life in a military camp, including surveying, cooking, drilling and other demonstrations. You will hear the thunder of muskets, the clang of the blacksmith’s hammer, and the melodies of the fife and drum. Men, women, and children in Revolutionary War-era gear will transport you to another time. NCPH attendees will be treated to foods of the period. Tours of the circa 1790 National Historic Landmark house are given all day during special events and are included in this field trip.
Sponsored by Historic Locust Grove
Heaven Hill Distilleries & Bourbon Tasting
Saturday, April 12, 10:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Cost: $40.00; Size: 30 people (17 spots open - 3/31/08)
Guide: Mike Veach, Bourbon Historian and Bourbon Hall of Fame Member
Thirty lucky individuals will travel to Bardstown, the center of bourbon production in the world, to learn about the history and current practice of fine spirit-making in Kentucky. Bourbon historian and Bourbon Hall of Fame Member Mike Veach will begin the tour discussing Kentucky's Distilling History on the bus ride to Bardstown. The first stop will be the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. Participants will be free to find lunch on their own at the restaurant at Spalding Hall. The bus then heads to Heaven Hill for a tour of the distillery facility and the Bourbon Heritage Center. Participants also will have a chance to sample America’s distinctive whiskey in the tasting room. The tour then will head back to Louisville. This event includes an exclusive tour of Heaven Hill Distillery and the Bourbon Heritage Center. Note: participants must be 21 years of age (with legal ID) to sample the spirits.
Sponsored by Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc.
Self-guided Tour of Louisville
Strike out from the Brown Hotel on a self-guided walking tour of the downtown core. Walk along Fourth Avenue, once the shopping strip in Louisville. Visit the lobby and hidden Rathskeller of the Seelbach hotel, host to Al Capone, F. Scot Fitzgerald, and eight United States presidents. Sites along the way include two Cathedrals, the oldest standing house in this city and seats of government. Walk to the Ohio River and imagine a bustling nineteenth century waterfront. Walk along West Main Street, and view the second largest collection of cast iron front buildings in America, and stop at the foot of the biggest baseball bat in the world. This walkable area is jam-packed with gee-whiz facts and an interesting history. Plenty of bars, coffee shops and restaurants along to way for a quick bite or libation. Each registration packet will include a self-guided tour map. TOP
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