Annual Meeting October 15, 2003 Frazar Memorial Library McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Link here for a Registration Form McNeese State University's Frazar Memorial Library is pleased to host the 2004 LAMA Annual Meeting on October 15. The meeting will be held in the William Gray Stream Memorial Alumni Center on the McNeese campus. The Alumni Center is located on the southeast corner of Common and McNeese Streets in Lake Charles. A map and driving directions will be included in the registration packet or they may be viewed at http://www.mcneese.edu/parents/maps.htm. For more information, contact Kathie Bordelon at 337-475-5734 or Pati Threatt at 337-475-5731. You may also email Kathie at bordelon@mcneese.edu or Pati at pthreatt@mcneese.edu. |
| Program | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Registration at the William Gray Stream Memorial Alumni Center, McNeese State University (Continental breakfast provided courtesy of Frazar Memorial Library) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome, Tara Laver, President of LAMA |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Outreach: University Archives Working with Local Historical Groups. Five university archivists will discuss their department's approach to outreach opportunities in their regions in this panel discussion. Peggy Carter, Special Collections, Manuscripts, and Archives Department, Louisiana Tech University Glenn Jordan, Special Collections and Archives, University of Louisiana at Monroe Cliff Theriot, Archives and Special Collections, Nicholls State University Pati Threatt, Archives and Special Collections Department, McNeese State University Mary Linn Wernet, Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Northwestern State University |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Business Meeting |
| 11:45 - 1:00 | Lunch in the Alumni Center (Buffet) |
| 1:00 - 2:00 | The Rebel Archives This discussion centers on the history of the Rebel Archives Collection at the Louisiana State Archives. This collection contains the official records of Louisiana's Confederate government from 1861-1865. The discussion will also focus on the archival theory of original order and its role in the arrangement of this collection. Lewis Morris, Archives Division, Louisiana State Archives |
| 2:00 - 2:15 | Break (provided courtesy of Frazar Memorial Library) |
| 2:15 - 3:00 |
Serious Enough for Us? Identity, Archivists and Genealogical Researchers. This paper is a study of genealogical researchers written for the International Council on Archives Committee on Outreach and User Services. Paper by Susan Tucker, Newcomb Center for Research on Women, Tulane University, presented by Pati Threatt |
| 3:15 - 5:00 | Tour of downtown Lake Charles historic district (transportation and guide provided by McNeese State University and Calcasieu Preservation Society). A. C. Bourdier, president of the Calcasieu Preservation Society, will lead a tour of restored homes in the Charpentier District. |
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Part of the parking lot to the immediate east of the Stream Alumni Center will be reserved for LAMA Annual Meeting participants. Just tell the policeman on duty that you are with LAMA. Early birds will be allowed to park in the Alumni Center parking lot.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004
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