Northern Great Plains History Conference
2025 Program
Wednesday, 17 September
5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Documentary Screening: MLK 11 12 61
AmericInn Mankato Meeting Room
On Nov. 12, 1961, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Mankato, Minnesota. While here, he gave two sermons at Centenary United Methodist Church and a speech at Mankato High School. To explore this history, the Kessel Peace Institute of Minnesota State University, Mankato and True Façade Pictures collaborated to make a 40-minute documentary. The film explores the history, context, and legacy of Dr. King’s visit to Mankato and reflects on where we have been as a community, and where we need to be heading.
Thursday, 18 September
8:30 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.
Registration: CSU Ballroom Lobby
Book Exhibit: Blue Earth Room
1. Greeks, Persians, and Macedonians (Upper Midwest Ancient History Network) – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Jeffrey Rop, University of Minnesota Duluth
Comment: Audience
“From Masses to Mutilation: Extreme Bodies in Greek Representations of the Achaemenid Army,” Jenn Finn, Loyola University Chicago
“Beyond Streams of Water: Rivers as Boundaries and Barriers in Herodotus’ Histories,” Adalee Maier, University of Minnesota Duluth
“Mission Not Yet Accomplished? Alexander the Great’s Proposed Invasion of Arabia,” Josh Nudell, Truman State University
2. Family and Female Identity (Women’s History Interest Group) – Cooper Room CSU 255
Chair: Catherine Biba, Hastings College
Comment: Audience
“American Norwegians, 1909-1943,” Daniel Ringrose, Minot State University
“From Machines to Mass Media Magazines: The Construction of the Feminine Ideal in the Postwar Period,” Elisabeth Kluin, University of South Dakota
“Ironing Board Included: Mid-Century Camping Trailers as Extensions of Domestic Space,” Catherine Biba, Hastings College
3. Politics and War in 20th Century Asia – Nichols Room CSU 254
Chair: Mackenzie Dahlberg, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“Mao Zedong’s Populism and the Influence on the Diplomacy of Early People’s Republic of China,” Tao Peng, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“A Means to an End: South Korean Involvement and Impact on U.S. Policy in Vietnam Mackenzie Dahlberg,” Minnesota State University, Mankato
4. Public History, Media, and Museums: New Perspectives in Teaching and Research – CSU 245
Chair: TBD
Comment: Audience
“Stornaway and the Class Production of an Interactive History Documentary about Minnesota Folklore,” Heather McIntosh, MSU Mankato
“Treaty 5 at 150: NFBC Memory, Prairie Sovereignty, and the Aporia of Canadian Public Media,” John Bessai, University College of the North
“Sacred Geometry: The Revival of Native American Mound Building in Modern Spaces,” Nick Timmerman, Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College
5. Identity, Community and Change in the Northern Prairie and Plains (Northern Grasslands History Interest Group) – CSU 253
Chair: Alexander Jorgensen, Valley City State University
Comment: Jacob Clauson, Valley City State University
“Whose History?: Continuity and Change in North Dakota Museums,” Anthony Dutton, Valley City State University
“Norwegian Identity in the 99th (Separate) Battalion,” Preston Halvorson, Valley City State University
“Relics of the Great Socialist Experiment: North Dakota in the 21st Century,” Alexander Jorgensen, Valley City State University
“Sentinels of the Prairie: Rural Grain Elevators and a Sense of Place,” Jacob Clauson, Valley City State University
Thursday, 18 September
10:30 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Registration: CSU Ballroom Lobby
Book Exhibit: Blue Earth Room
6. African American History in Iowa and Nebraska – Searing Room CSU 253
Chair: TBD
Comment: Audience
“The African American Community of Rural Northwestern Iowa (1855-1885): Where Teaching, Research, and Community Intersect,” Nathan Probasco, University of South Dakota
“Comrade Ousley Entered the Service”: William Ousley and African American Civil War Veterans of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,” Brie Swenson Arnold, Coe College
“Unmaking Black Citizens: Race, Marriage, and the Politics of Respectability in Twentieth-Century Omaha,” Brianna Rose DeValk, University of Nebraska Lincoln
7. New Perspectives in Spanish Atlantic History – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Chad McCutchen, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“Les Gens de Couleur: How the laws of different empires influenced the complex culture in Louisiana, 1718-1812," Mackenzie Dahlberg, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“Missions on Fire: Florida, the Indian Slave Trade, and Queen Anne’s War,” James Schmitt, Minnesota State University Mankato
“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Female Sexuality in Convents in Colonial Mexico,” Fia Larsen, Minnesota State University, Mankato
8. Public Health in Times of War and Peace – CSU 255
Chair: Agnes Odinga-Oluoch, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Dee Garceau, University of Montana, Missoula and Dance River Productions
“Reporting the Flu: The 1918 Flu Pandemic and the Regional Response,” Margaret Preston, Augustana University
“The United States Sanitary Commission and Military Medical Reform in the Civil War,” Mitchell Trantow, University of Minnesota Duluth
“Harrison Township Cholera Cemetery,” Alyssa Ranney, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“The Red Cross in Bremer County, Iowa during World War I,” Terrence Lindell, Wartburg College
9. Military Histories of Minnesota – CSU 245
Chair: Joe Fitzharris, University of St. Thomas
Comment: Audience
“Solomon Comstock and his Old Soldiers: Telling the Story of Minnesota Civil War Veterans with Digital Humanities,” Trista Raezer-Stursa, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
"‘A Regiment Without a Straggler’: The Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Chickamauga,” Caleb Curfman, Northland College
10. Roundtable: Teaching Critical Thinking in Turbulent Times: A Case for the “Third Way Civics” - CSU 254
Moderator: Trygve Throntveit, Minnesota Humanities Center
Panelists:
Angela Jill Cooley, Professor of History, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Justin Biel, Associate Professor of History, Minnesota State University, Mankato
David Williard, Associate Professor of History, University of St. Thomas
Jennifer Monroe McCutchen, Assistant Professor of History, University of St. Thomas
Thursday, 18 September (Lunch)
12:15 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Society for Military History Luncheon and Awards
CSU Heritage Room
(Ticket Required)
Thursday, 18 September
1:30 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
12. Law and Public Policy I (Women’s History Interest Group) – CSU 253
Chair: Charles J. Reid, Jr. University of St. Thomas School of Law
Comment: Suzzanne Kelley, NDSU Press
“‘The People’s Republic of North Dakota’: Homeschooling and Prosecution in the Peace Garden State,” Abigail Shimer, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
“Child Welfare in North Dakota: Federal Funding and Private-Public Partnerships Bret Weber,” University of North Dakota
“For Farm and Family: Conversations on Clean Food in 1890s Nebraska,” Rebecca Hupp, University of South Dakota
13. Native American History – Nichols Room CSU 254
Chair: Nathan Probasco, University of South Dakota
Comment: Audience
“Systems in Flux: Race, Identity, and the Evolution of White Supremacy on the Lake Pepin Half-Breed Tract,” Philip Smith, Southern Methodist University
“More Foucault than Black Elk: Post-modern Myth Making and the Doctrine of Discovery,” Benjamin F. Jones, South Dakota State Historical Society
“The Pawnee Nation and the Grand Island(s) of Nebraska,” Matthew Deepe, Stuhr Museum
14. Ships and Shipping – Military, Economic, and Engineering Perspectives – CSU 245
Chair: George Eaton, Society for Military History
Comment: George Eaton, Society for Military History
“Contractors and Ironclads: A Study in the Management of Confederate Ironclad Building Projects Along the Mississippi River,” Damon Penner, Kansas State University
“The Route to Riches,” Gabriel Plummer, Minot State University
“Conquering Cargo: A History of the Development of Shipping and Cargo Ships through the 20th Century,” Brianna Meyers, Waldorf University
15. Roundtable: The Use and Abuse of AI in the Classroom – Nickerson Room CSU 255
Moderator: Anita Talsma Gaul, Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Panelists:
Cory Haala, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Jennifer Monroe McCutchen, University of St. Thomas
Jameel Haque, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Anita Talsma Gaul, Minnesota West Community & Technical College
Brett Neel, United South Central High School
Thursday, 18 September
3:30 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.
16. World War II – CSU 253
Chair: James Naylor, Brandon University
Comment: Audience
“No Peace Talks, Just Beach Walks: Churchill’s Dunkirk Playbook,” Malinda Weidenbach, Liberty University
“‘I like to know that I am doing something for Uncle Sam’: Great Depression, World War II and the Changing Value of Youth,” Daryl Webb, University of Wisconsin – Parkside
“A Crisis in the Classroom: Nebraska’s Teacher Shortage During World War II and Its Lasting impact,” Amber Alexander, University of Nebraska at Kearny
“Reap What You Sow: America’s Answer to POWs in World War II,” Nicholas Kusnierek, North Dakota State University
17. Law and Public Policy II – Cooper Room CSU 254
Chair: Charles J. Reid, Jr. University of St. Thomas School of Law
Comment: Andrew Varsanyi, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
“The Rural Lawyer,” Hannah Haksgaard, University of South Dakota School of Law
“Conspiracy Theory, Congress, and the Chinese Exclusion Act: The Birth of Birthright Citizenship,” Charles J. Reid Jr., University of St. Thomas School of Law
“Rural Revolutionaries: How South Dakota Women Impacted the Legal Field and Changed Divorce Laws,” Casey Abfalter-Dial, University of South Dakota School of Law
18. Religion and Christianity – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Chris Flynn, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“Thapar and Saint Thomas: The Perpetuation of Myth-History,” Henry Gilson, Lewis University
"Secularizing 'Religious' Toleration and What a Mosque in Allahabad Has to Do with It,” Justin Biel, Minnesota State University, Mankato
19. Transformers: Scientists, Biological and Social, on the Great Plains – CSU 245
Chair: Bryce Tellmann, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Comment: Molly P. Rozum, University of South Dakota
“Transformers: Nineteenth-Century Scientists Who Shaped the Great Plains Landscape,” Blake Johnson, North Dakota State University
“A Country of Problems: How Social Scientists Hijacked the Second Generation of Great Plains Studies,” Thomas D. Isern, North Dakota State University
20. Roundtable: #MeToo in the Archives: The Ethical Considerations of Telling the History of Sexual Violence (Women’s History Interest Group and Northern Grasslands History Interest Group) – CSU 255
Moderator: Nikki Berg Burin, University of North Dakota
Panelists:
Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Dee Garceau, University of Montana, Missoula and Dance River Productions
Jennifer Helton, Ohlone College
Donna Devlin, Sterling College
Nikki Berg Burin, University of North Dakota
Thursday, 18 September
6:00 p.m. — 7:30 p.m.
Conference Reception: AmericInn Mankato Banquet Room
Graduate Student Reception to follow in AmericInn Meeting Room
Friday, 19 September
8:30 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.
21. The Role of Social Memory in World History Narratives – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Chad McCutchen, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Justin Biel, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“The Complexity of Conquest Narratives: Examining the Intersections of Memory and History in Early Spanish Chronicles” Chad McCutchen, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“‘Ukrainianization and The Holdomor: Built up, then Broken Down,” Nicholas Manchen, Lewis University
“Nasser and the Suez Canal: The Symbols of Resisting Western Influence and the Rise of Pan-Arabism,” Lindsey Minas, Lewis University
“State Commemoration of the First World War Centenary in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 2014-2018,” Lincoln Wojcik, St. Cloud State University
22. Queer and Gender History – CSU 254
Chair: Amy Lauters, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Laura Harrison, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“Carving Rainbow Yokes: Oral Histories of Queer Lutheran Pastors from Rural Minnesota,” Jon Rundquist, North Dakota State University
“A Tale of Two Cities and Three Campuses: Gay and Lesbian Presence at Concordia College, Moorhead State University, and North Dakota State University, 1970-2000," Larry R. Peterson, North Dakota State University
23. The American West in the Mid-Nineteenth Century – CSU 255 (Undergraduate Student Session)
Chair: James Naylor, Brandon University
Comment: Nathan Tye, University of Nebraska at Kearney
“Faith and Fire: American Anti-Catholicism’s Impact on the U.S.-Mexican War,” Warren Feudner, Black Hills State University
“Race and Gender Roles during the California Gold Rush: Discrimination, Identity, and Everyday Life,” Brecken Bolander, Black Hills State University
“The Sand Creek Massacre of 1864: Colorado’s Lost Massacre,” Leah Salazar, Black Hills State University
24. Military History in Movies (Society for Military History) – CSU 245
Chair: Matthew Stith, University of Texas at Tyler
Comment: Audience
“Battleground: The World War II Film Classic That Almost Wasn't,” Bill Allison, Georgia Southern University
“The Challenges of Filming Pork Chop Hill,” Janet Valentine, emeritus, US Army Command and General Staff College
25.. The German Presence in Minnesota – CSU 253
Chair:
Comment: Audience
“Bringing GIS into Historical Analysis: German American Methodists in Minneapolis, 1867-1921,” Carly DeLeu, Independent Scholar
“German Immigration to the Minnesota River Valley Frontier, 1852-1865,” Bryce Stenzel, Independent Scholar
“Searching for Souls on the Plains: The German Evangelical Association and the German Methodist Episcopal Church in Minnesota,” Roberta Allen, Independent Scholar
Friday, 19 September
10:30 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
26. Contemporary Politics – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Josh Berkenpas, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“The State of Love and Hate in America Today,” Josh Berkenpas, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“The Next Edition of Picking the President: Understanding the Electoral College,” Eric Burin, University of North Dakota
“Monuments, Myths, and Power: Public History and the Heritage Politics of the Trump Era,” David Woodward, University of Minnesota Duluth
27. Greeks and Romans at War (Upper Midwest Ancient History Network) – Cooper Room CSU 254
Chair: Jenn Finn, Loyola University Chicago
Comment: Audience
“To wear the skin of the Lion or the Fox? Greek Commanders of the Fourth and Fifth century BCE in Polyaenus’ Stratagems of War and the Roman-Parthian War of 161-166 CE,” Jeffrey Rop, University of Minnesota Duluth
“Do Tusks Make the Elephant?: Physiognomy and Iconography in Hellenic Depictions of War Elephants,” Jenna Rice, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
“Anxiety and Influence: The Complex Reception of Greek Military ‘Knowledge Literature’ in the Late Roman Republic,” Noah Segal, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
“A Roman Icon: Depicting an Accurate Image of the Scutum,” Avery Sage, Eastern Washington University
28. World War I and Interwar, 1914-1941 (Society for Military History) – Nichols Room CSU 255
Chair and Comment: Johannes Allert, Rogers State University
“L’Etoile du Nord: Minnesotans in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918,” Ali Kimlinger, University of Ottawa
“Contrasting Doughboy Perspectives: the ANREF and AEF-S Intervene in Russia, 1918-1920,” Jeff Schultz, Luzerne County Community College
“Major General Ralph E. Truman and the 35th Division, 1941,” Nicolas Tuma, University of Nebraska at Omaha
29. Economic Histories of the Northern Great Plains (Northern Grasslands History Interest Group) – CSU 245
Chair: Sue C. Patrick, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, Barron County
Comment: Audience
“The Geo-economics of State-Charted Banking in North Dakota: Sample Year 1907,” Scott E. Randolph, University of Redlands
“Transforming the Great Plains, again: Railroad Redevelopment and Land Use during the Late 20th Century,” Dustin Gann, Southeast Missouri State University
“Rethinking the Founding of Sioux Falls,” Michael J. Mullin, Augustana University
30. Adaptation and Persistence: American Indians Activism in the East and West – CSU 253
Chair: Robert W. Galler, Jr., St. Cloud State University
Comment: Audience
“A History of Comanche Resilience,” Adam Herman, St. Cloud State University
“The Technological Sublime and Manifest Destiny: A Shared Legacy of Dispossession,” Kaylen James, Dartmouth College
Friday, 19 September (Lunch)
12:15 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Women’s History Interest Group Luncheon
CSU Heritage Room
(Ticket Required)
Friday, 19 September
1:30 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
31. Romans and Franks (Upper Midwest Ancient History Network) – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Jenna Rice, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Comment: Audience
“Roman Identity in Morocco: Volubilis,” Leah Brown, University of Minnesota Duluth
“Opera Muliebria, Sexual Exploitation, and Prostitution in Late-Roman and Frankish Gaul,” Michael J. Hugunin, University of Iowa
“East Frankish Military Organization under Louis the German, c. 825-876,” Christopher Flynn, Minnesota State University, Mankato
32. Unexpected Activism: Gender, Race, and the Struggle for Rights in the West and Midwest, 1870 – 1910 (Women’s History Interest Group) – CSU 255
Chair and Comment: Ashley Baggett, North Dakota State University
“Wyoming, 1870: The First(?) Black Women Voters in the United States,” Jennifer Helton, Ohlone College
“The Enemies Of Woman Suffrage Are Thoroughly Scared”: How the Suffrage Doldrums Were Anything but Dead, 1896-1910,” Jordyn May, Century College, Metro State University, University of St. Thomas
“The Fight for Women's Suffrage in the 1870s: Iowa and the Legal Logic of Criminal Seduction,” Sharon Romeo, University of Alberta
33. Air, Sea, and Land Power (Society for Military History) – Nichols Room CSU 254
Chair and Comment: Jonathan Epstein, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
“New Paths Over the Wilderness: Brigadier General A. E. Borton and the Royal Air Force's Transition from Middle Eastern War to Empire Building in the Air,” Edward Woodfin, Converse University
“Tactical Approaches of Coastal and Maritime States in Naval Warfare,” Misako Ishikawa, Independent Scholar, Osaka Japan
“‘Fighting a ‘Poor Man’s War’: Germany’s I Parachute Corps at Anzio,” David Livingstone, California Lutheran University
34. Early America – CSU 245
Chair: Melodie Andrews, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“The Family Witchy History: Exploring the Story of a ‘Goodwife’ Accused of Witchcraft in 1692,” Amy Lauters, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“Removing Identity: How Actions in the Pennsylvania Backcountry Following the Proclamation of 1763 Influenced Relationships with Natives and Set in Motion the Displacement and Subsequent Genocide of Native Peoples in the Name of Expansion and Progress,” William Bain, Independent Scholar, U.S. Navy Retired
‘In Exile in the Western Hemisphere?’: Citizenship and Belonging in Early Nineteenth-Century America and Liberia,” Jeffrey A. Mullins, St. Cloud State University
35. Roundtable: Building Student Historians: A University Archives Research Apprenticeship Program – CSU 253
Moderator: Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Panelists:
Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Heidi Southworth, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Jamison Vierstraete, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Friday, 19 September
3:30 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.
36. Cultural and Political History on the Northern Great Plains (Northern Grasslands History Interest Group) – CSU 254
Chair: Perry Hornbacher, Bismarck State College
Comment: Audience
“Mari Sandoz as Critic: The Public Praise and Private Thoughts of a Western Writer and Historian,” Nathan Tye, University of Nebraska at Kearney
“Autonomy Through Community: Plains Populism and the Settler Colonial Order 1860-1882,” Andrew Varsanyi, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Raymond Dysart: The Odyssey of Largely Forgotten Jazz Musician from Des Moines,” Stephen Cusulos, Independent Scholar
37. Histories of Mankato – Cooper Room CSU 255
Chair: Matt Loayza, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Comment: Audience
“A Motherly Touch: Policewomen of Mankato in the 1920s,” Michael Werner, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“The Curious Case of Barclay Kuhn: Mankato State College’s Original Radical,” Matt Loayza, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“The Coffee Hag: A History Focusing on the Early Years,” Kellian Clink, Independent Scholar
40. Roundtable: Monuments on Campus: Creating an Exhibit for the MSU Lincoln Statue – Nickerson Room CSU 245
Moderator: Daardi Mixon Sizemore, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Panelists:
Christopher R. Corley, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Ryley Lamb, Edwards Creative
Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Daardi Sizemore Mixon, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Friday, 19 September
7:30 p.m. — 9:30 p.m. Banquet
NGPHC Banquet and Awards Ceremony – 7:30-9:30 AmericInn Banquet Room
Keynote Speaker: Cathy Coats
Price: $40 (tickets purchased in advance)
Cathy Coats, Minnesota historian, author, and librarian who works as a Metadata Specialist for the University of Minnesota Libraries, will be discussing the research for her 2024 publication, To Banish Forever: a Secret Society, the Ho-Chunk, and Ethnic Cleansing in Minnesota, which appeared on the Midwest Bestsellers List and earned a nomination for the Minnesota Book Awards Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction.
Saturday, 20 September
8:30 a.m. — 10:15 a.m.
41. Shaping Historical Memory – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Comment: Micah Chang, Montana State University
“500 Miles: Mary Travers and the Long Journey toward Female Agency in American Popular Music during the Vietnam War Era,” Jacob Traynor, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
“The Song of Hiawatha: The Creation of Public Memory through the Utilization of Harmful Tropes,” Livi Robinson, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
“Views on Vietnam and their Effects on Organized Labor,” Alec Shafer, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
42. Civil War POWs and Occupation (Society for Military History) – Cooper Room CSU 255
Chair and Comment: Joseph Fitzharris, University of St Thomas
“Crafting Culture and Community in Captivity: The Confederate Military Prison at Camp Ford, Texas, 1863-1865,” Matthew Stith, University of Texas at Tyler
“This Debatable Land: Confederate Guerillas, Union Soldiers, and Life Under Occupation in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1863,” Madeleine Forrest Ramsey, Virginia Military Institute
43. New Perspectives from Research in Minnesota Communities – Nichols Room CSU 254
Chair: Robert W. Galler, Jr., St. Cloud State University
Comment: Audience
“New Perspectives on the Cuyuna Range of Minnesota,” Tara L. Wilbanks Kolbe, St. Cloud State University
“Minnesotans Remember: Personal Memories of the End of World War II,” Thomas Saylor, Concordia University
44. Women’s Migration and Forced Movement (Women’s History Interest Group) – CSU 253
Chair: TBD
Comment: Audience
“Invisible Labor, Visible Inequality: Migration Experiences of South Asian Women,” Indrani Deka, North Dakota State University
“The Mysterious Case of Fanny Gordon Kelly (1842-1904),” Nasih Ul Wadud Alam, North Dakota State University
45. Roundtable: State of the Field: Norwegian American History – CSU 245
Moderator: Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Panelists:
Anna Peterson, Luther College
Caitlin Sackrison, St. Olaf College
Brianna Rose DeValk, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Daron Olson, East Indiana University
Saturday, 20 September
10:30 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
39. Women In Hot and Cold Wars (Society for Military History) – CSU 201
Chair and Comment: Tony R. Mullis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
“Women Civilian Casualties in World War II,” Emily Warren, Sam Houston State University
“Symbols of Emigration Curbs": Soviet Wives of U.S. Citizens in Cold War Media,” Alisa Kuzmina, University of Minnesota
47. Propaganda Wars: 1934, A Turbulent Year in Minnesota History as Reported in the Media (Society for Military History) – Cooper Room CSU 255
Chair and Comment: Terry Lindell, Wartburg College
“The Media’s Perspective on Governor Floyd Olson,” Cathy Wurzer, Journalist, Minnesota Public Radio
“‘State Troops Do No Shooting At Sunrise – Go And Sin No More Seems To Be The Rule’: News Media Reports on the Minnesota National Guard’s Handling of The 1934 Trucker’s Strike,” Johannes Allert, Rogers State University
48. The Cold War in the Heartland – CSU 254
Chair: Perry Hornbacher, Bismarck State College
Comment: Audience
“Dangers in the Heartland: The Satanic Panic and Cold War Fear,” Thomas Weyant, Black Hills State University
“Hard Times Gotta End”: The Minneapolis-Community Union Project (M-CUP), the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign, and the Limits of Cold War Liberalism,” Jonathan Souchek, Purdue University
“What About Ellsworth Air Force Base? The Northern Great Plains and the MX Missile Debate,” Jason Philips, Peru State College
49. History of Sports – CSU 253
Chair: Paul R. Spyhalski, Independent Scholar
“Negro Leagues Superstar Dave Brown’s Mysterious Disappearance after Years ‘on the run’ in the Northern Great Plains,” Richard Bogovich, Independent Scholar
“Sports Coverage in the Abolitionist Press,” Ryan Murtha, Minnesota State University, Mankato
“A Very Bad Week: Civil Rights, Soccer, and the Cost of the Troubles in Northern Ireland,” Abigail Bernhardt, University of Wisconsin – LaCrosse
50. Roundtable: Odd S. Lovoll and Norwegian American History – Memorial Library, Southwest Corner Multipurpose Space (to the left of the Circulation Desk)
Moderator: Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Response: Odd S. Lovoll, St. Olaf College
Panelists:
Daron Olson, East Indiana University
Michael Lansing, Augsburg University
Lori Ann Lahlum, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Saturday, 20 September (Lunch)
12:15 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, 20 September
1:30 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
51. Catholicism in the Nineteenth Century United States – CSU 254
Chair: Jen McCutchen, University of St. Thomas
Comment: Audience
“Becoming American: Archbishop John Ireland and the Catholic Colonization Bureau of St. Paul, 1876 – 1881,” Abigail Peters, University of St. Thomas
“Anti-Catholicism in late Nineteenth-Century Nebraska,” Caleb Kozeny, Peru State College
“Spreading the Word: Conversations Regarding the Work of Father Sylvester Eisenman and the Catholic Church’s Work in the Missionization of Southeastern South Dakota Indians from 1918,” Allessa Marie Scholten, University of South Dakota
52. The American West – Searing Room CSU 201
Chair: Micah Chang, Montana State University
Comment: Audience
“The Riverine Origins of the Northern Great Plains,” Ty M. Reese, University of North Dakota
“Frontier Masculinity: Fur Traders in American Expansion and Policy, 1800-1850,” Greg Payne, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
“A Reassessment of the Historical Figure William H. Young: The Intersection of Myth and Fact,” Russell Larson, North Dakota National Guard
53. Early and Out (Society for Military History) – CSU 255
Chair and Comment: Stephen Bourque, emeritus, School of Advanced Military Studies
“The Grand Duchy of Poland-Lithuania — A Military History,” John Riggs, Independent Scholar
“Forging Officers: A Century of West Point Admissions and Selection (1802–1902),” Benjamin Elliot, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
“Pounce on you at Any Time: The Legacy of Mountain Warfare in Antebellum U.S. Military History,” Lucas Wilder, Lincoln Memorial University
“The Limits of Military Settler Colonialism: The German Legion Experiment in South Africa,” Tony R. Mullis, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
54. Regional History in Times of Vigilantism and War – CSU 245
Chair: Thomas D. Isern, North Dakota State University
Comment: Rebecca Hupp University of South Dakota
“Red-Shirt Vigilantism in the Post-Civil War South,” Lucas Hrabik, Peru State College
"Land of Fear and Death: Intersections of Emotion, Environment, and Violence in Nineteenth Century Montana, " Blake Johnson, North Dakota State University
“Donald C. Fraser – A Life Worth Fighting For,” Ethan Birnbaum, North Dakota State University
55. Political History in Minnesota and North Dakota – CSU 253
Chair: Johannes Allert, Rogers State University
Comment: Audience
“Minnesota’s Henry M. Rice: Re-examining His 1817 to 1864 Timeline,” Linda Bryan, Independent Scholar
“Ole H. Olson, William Langer, and Their Struggle for the Soul of the Nonpartisan League,” Mitch Axness, North Dakota State University
“Gertrude C. Ellis: A Trailblazing World Traveler and Elected Official,” Paul Spyhalski, Independent Scholar