The Midwest Open-Air Museums Coordinating Council's Annual Conference
will be held November 9-10-11 in West Lafayette, Indiana.
This year's annual meeting sessions and speakers will include the following:
1. A Newbie's View of the Internet - Presenters John M. Harris, Director
Local History Services, Indiana Historical Society and Patricia
Miller, Direcotr Illinois Heritage Association.
2. Theorem Painting - Libby Smith
3. Bead Working - Leslie Dotson
4. Moccasin Making - Jim Ferringer
(The Above sessions are pre-conference sessions to be
held throughout Tursday, November 9, 1995.)
Sessions to be held on Friday November 10 and Saturday November 11
5. The Things They Left Behind: Strategies for Researching and
Interpreting the Ohio Valley Fur Trade - presentor Dr. Terry
Barnhart, Eastern Illinois University.
6. Where to Look: Using historical photographs as documents -
presentor John Adams-Graf, Neville Public Museum
7. Learn How to Copy Stand your Photographs - presentors - John
Adams-Graf, Neville Public Museum and Tim Talbott, Early American
Museum.
8. "...a variety pleasing to the eye" - presentor Tim Talbott,
Early American Museum.
9. How Women Can Make Money, Married of Single, in all Branches
of the Arts and Sciences, Professions, Trades, Agricultural
and Mechanical Pursuits": A Woman's Place is not always in
the kitchen! - presentor - Libby Smith, The Crowning Touch.
10. Poultry: Our Feathered Friends - Terry Sargent, Connor Prairie.
11. Paisley Shawls - A 19th Century Statement - presentor - Nancy
Torgerson, The England Seamstress.
12. Taking it Farther Back - 18th Century Dressing and Impressions -
presentors - Kathleen Kannik, Kannik's Corner, and Elizabeth
Coffey, Eastern Illinois University.
13. Indiana's Gravestone Heritage - presentor - Dick Stringfellow,
Tippecanoe County Historical Association.
14. Event Planning - preentors - Mark Thompson, Coordinator, Feast
of the Hunter's Moon and Darrell Mosley, Coordinator, Gathering
on LaSalle's Theatiki.
15. Felt Hat Making - presentor - Suzanne Pufpaff, The Felt Lady.
16. Ft. Ouiatenon Archeology - presentor Leslie Martin Dotson,
Tippecanoe County Historical Association.
17. Show and Tell Clothing
18. Geography of the World - presentor Ed Grogan, Connor Prairie.
Conference fees are $55.00 and includes Friday Luncheon, Banquet, and
Period Dance for MOMCC and ALHFAM members. Non members an additional
$20.00, but this will include a one year membership benefits with MOMCC.
MOMCC is the midwest regional representative of the Association of
Living History Farms and Agricultural Museums. The organization was
founded in 1978 to further the interchange of materials, information, and
ideas within the history field. Currently, MOMCC sponsors two conferences
annually and publishes the quarterly MOMCC magazine available to all
members.
Anyone wishing additional information on the Conference please e-mail
me at:
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If you wish a conference flyer or membership information, please include
your name and postal address.
Thank you,
Elizabeth Coffey
Secretary, MOMCC
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