2022 Florida Conference of Historians Annual Meeting
February 25-27, 2022 Saint Leo University Saint Leo, Florida
Hosted by Saint Leo University
Local Arrangements and Program Co-Chairs Daniel DuBois Saint Leo University
Jesse Hingson Jacksonville University
Officers of the Florida Conference of Historians, 2022-2023
President Daniel DuBois Saint Leo University
Presidents-Elect Beau Driver and J. Brian Freeman Indian River State College
Treasurer Jesse Hingson Jacksonville University
Secretary David Proctor Tallahassee Community College
FCH Annals: The Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians Senior Editor Michael S. Cole Florida Gulf Coast University
We dedicate this year’s FCH to the loving memory of our dear friend, colleague, and devoted teacher:
Dr. John “Jack” McTague (1944-2022)
SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
DAY 1: Friday, February 25, 2022 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Conference Welcome Reception Hilton Garden Inn-Tampa/Wesley Chapel The Garden Grille and Bar, Outside Patio Area Registered attendees can pick up conference packets Food and drink available
DAY 2: Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Coffee and Refreshments Provided 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Session One 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Session Two 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break: Buffett Provided FCH Business Meeting 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Plenary Poster Session 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. Session Three 3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Session Four 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Conference Banquet (Awards and Keynote Address)
DAY 3: Sunday, February 27, 2022 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration Coffee and Refreshments Provided 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Session Five 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Session Six
FINDING GUIDE AND VIRTUAL ACCESS Posters and display vendors will be displayed in the lobby of the College of Business. All other panels will be in School of Business classrooms. Participants must have a Zoom authorized account to access the meeting rooms virtually.
PANELROOM LOCATION A School of Business 114 B School of Business 130 C School of Business 225 D School of Business 325 E School of Business 330 F School of Business 334 G School of Business 208 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
SESSION ONE: 9:00 am-10:15 am 1A: Indigenous Fort Caroline and Digital Humanities Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/92193194998 Placing Fort Caroline in the Mocama World Laura McNiel, University of North Florida (In Person)
The Failure(s) of Fort Caroline Amarilys Sánchez, University of North Florida (In Person)
Charles E. Bennett and the Myth of Fort Caroline Tanner Anderson, University of North Florida (Virtual)
Indigenous Digital Humanities and Public History Emily Cottrell, University of North Florida (In-person)
Chair and Discussant: Denise Bossy, University of North Florida (Virtual)
1B: Biography and Power in the Modern World Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/99447868285 Italy's Royal Carabinieri Captain Ettore Chiurazzi at the Allied Military Commission of Constantinople & Rivalries over the Ottoman-Turkish Empire's Collapse, 1918-23 Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University (In Person)
Rev. J. Calvitt Clarke Reports: The YMCA and Interned Russians in France, 1919 J. Calvitt Clarke III, Professor Emeritus, Jacksonville University (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University (In Person)
1C: Newspaper Discovery: Life and Death in the Tropics Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/95182498877 Growth and Apprehension: Miami During the Spanish American War, 1898 Jameson Champion, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Murder in Paradise: Key West in the Great Depression AJ Pearce, Florida Southern College (In Person)
“More Sinful than Anywhere East of Singapore”: Key West in 1950 Issac Long, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Chair: James M. Denham, Florida Southern College (In Person) Discussant: Richards Plavnieks, Florida Southern College (In Person)
1D: Dogs, State, and Society during the Twentieth Century Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93217949514 Entwined Experiences: The Influence of Dogs on the British Home Front, 1939-1941 Colin Cook, Eastern Florida State College (In Person)
The Dogs and the City: Mass Canicide and the State in Lima, Peru during the 1960s Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University (In Person)
Chair/Discussant: Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University (In Person)
1E: Social Movements in the United States and China during the Early 20th Century Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/92439858638 Pentecostal Preacher, Aimee Semple McPherson Calls for "A Third Great Religious Awakening" during The Great Depression Michael Epple, Florida Gulf Coast University (In Person)
In the Name of Christ: YWCA Women and Christian Social Reform in Republican China, 1925 to 1945 Elizabeth Littell-Lamb, University of Tampa (In Person)
Chair: Jennifer Zoebelein, Charlotte County BCC Historian (In Person) Discussant: Kathryn Beasley, Independent Scholar (Virtual)
1F: The Civil War and its Legacy in Florida (Virtual Panel) Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/95863467126 Military Crimes and Civil War Union Troops in Florida R. Gregory Lande, Independent Scholar (Virtual)
Governors at War: A Critical Assessment of Governor Samuel Kirkwood and Governor John Milton's Wartime Response Victoria Stewart, Northwest Florida State College (Virtual)
“Memoria In Eterna!”: Florida's Lost Cause and Southern Socio-Cultural-Economic Revisionism, 1890-1939 Isabel Hidalgo, Florida Atlantic University (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: Seth A. Weitz, Dalton State College (In Person)
SESSION TWO: 10:30 am-11:45 am 2A: New Studies on Medieval and Early Modern Britain Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93196547230 Welsh Hospitaller Properties and Their Value in 1338 Philip Handyside, University of Central Florida (In Person)
A Most Blasphemous Heresy: Questions of Protestant Orthodoxy in the Life of George Wishart Reagan Vernon, The University of South Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Dr. Rowena J-M.H. Múzquiz, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary (In Person)
2B: Beyond the Mainstream: Alternative Visions of Pop Culture during the Twentieth Century Special Interest Section: Media, Arts, and Culture Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/91276422925 Chasing the Magic: The Magician of Mars, Female Representation and the Emergence of the Superhero Genre (1938-1940) Thomas Donaldson, Florida Southwestern State College (In Person)
Journey and Race: Cultural Appropriation in Corporate Rock David Golland, Governors State University (In Person)
How Prince and Tupac Used and Challenged the Emotional and Relational Rhetoric of Black Masculinity in the 1980s and 1990s Zion McThomas, Auburn University (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: David Golland, Governors State University (In Person)
2C: Representations of Asia in Media and Culture Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/91062053413 Patriarchal Presumptions: US-China Relations, Media, and Gender, 1911-1930 Kylie Culver, Saint Leo University (In Person)
Sumo Wrestling: Japanese Culture Reflected Savannah Desrochers, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Douglas Benner, University of South Florida (In Person)
2D: Florida Women: Food, Fashion, and Activism (Virtual Panel) Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/95797658759 Fashioning Florida: Swimsuit Regulation in the State Kimberly Voss, University of Central Florida
Carolyn Beatrice Parker: A Contributor to the Manhattan Project Peggy Macdonald, Stetson University
Florida Food Jennifer Denlinger, Valencia Community College
Chair: Christina Frederick, Director of Research, Sapience Practice (In Person) Discussant: Lance Speere, University of Central Florida (Virtual)
2E: Thinking Beyond the World Wars of the Twentieth Century Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/97603683191 The Rise and Fall of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, 1900-1918 Stanley Carpenter, Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval War College
Building a Barrier to Disease: Smallpox, Vaccination Certificates, and Colonial Medicine in Tanganyika, 1930-1950 Chau Kelly and Steven Garcia, University of North Florida (Virtual)
Soldiers Buried at Sea: The U.S. 81st Infantry Division, the Battle of Angaur, and Post-war Commemoration, 1944-1957 Erik Carlson, Florida Gulf Coast University (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University (In Person)
2F: Modern Social and Political Movements in the United States Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/97560204549 The "School of Morals": Slavery and Progressive Hermeneutics Daniel Whitehouse, New College of Florida (In Person)
The Disabilities Rights Movement in the US, 1920-2008 Alesia MacMenomay, Flagler College (In Person)
"Self-Forgetful Service": Lou Henry Hoover's Great Depression Relief Efforts, 1929-1933 Presleigh-Anne Johnson, Flagler College (In Person)
Are There or Have There ever been Communists in the USA? Chase Robinson, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Audrey Koke, Saint Leo University (In Person)
LUNCH BREAK: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch will be provided in TECO Hall accessible through the School of Business Lobby FCH Officers will have their luncheon and business meeting in School of Business 101
PLENARY POSTER SESSION: 1:00 pm-1:45 pm The History Classroom and the Examination of Critical-Skill Pedagogy Doug Feldmann, Northern Kentucky University
My Opa Dennis Fitzsimmons, University of Central Florida (Undergraduate)
SESSION THREE: 2:00 pm-3:15 pm 3A: Zora! Investigating the Life, Work, and Remembrance of Florida Author Zora Neale Hurston Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/94059202935 “Hoodoo and Black Magic”: Chronicling Black Culture in Florida and Beyond Peggy Macdonald, Stetson University and Indian River State College
Saving the Past, Forging the Future: The Zora Neale Hurston Festival, Community Activism, and Public Digital Humanities Julian Chambliss, Michigan State University Scot French, University of Central Florida
Retracing Hurston: Florida Memorials of the Author Leslie Kemp Poole, Rollins College
Chair: Michelle Dusseau, University of Central Florida (In Person) Discussant: Patricia Farless, University of Central Florida (Virtual)
3B: Newspaper Discovery: Tallahassee, Naples, and Lakeland Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/92566718826 Bloodshed in the Capitol: Homicide in Tallahassee, 1900 Robert McLaughlin, Florida Southern College
Florida's Last Paradise: Naples, 1964 Phillip Rodriguez, Florida Southern College
Homicide in Lakeland, 1994 Lea Schiefele, Florida Southern College
Chair: James M. Denham, Florida Southern College (In Person) Discussant: Richards Plavnieks, Florida Southern College (In Person)
3C: The Power of Words in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93499447083 The Results of Failure: Evaluating the Second Crusade in Contemporary Sources Hannah Ewing and Mitchell Shiffer, Rollins College (In Person)
The Language of Crisis in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain: Actions, Conditions, and Outcomes in Provisioning and Administration Rowena Múzquiz, St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary (In Person)
Southern Skepticism: Virginia's Witch Trial Tradition Timothy Cotton, Florida State University (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University (In Person)
3D: Gender, Crisis, and Modernity during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/98565322584 "Medicine is a jealous mistress": Women Doctors' Contributions to the British Suffrage & Women's Rights Movements, 1847-1918 Danielle Wirsansky, Florida State University (In Person)
Mobilizing Motherhood: Vichy's National Revolution, The French Communist Party, and Gender Roles in Resistance Propaganda (1940-1944) Elizabeth Klements, University of Central Florida (In Person)
"Read All About It": How the British Press Responded to State Censors Between D-Day and the Liberation of Paris (June-August 1944) Jessica Oldham, University of Central Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: David Harvey, New College (In Person)
3E: New Studies on Slavery in the Antebellum South Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/97599998094 “Safe Keeping:” Reconstructing an Enslaved Carceral Experience in Early Nineteenth Century Savannah Kelly Westfield, Florida SouthWestern State College (In Person)
The Making of Citizen's Arrest Law in Antebellum Georgia Craig Buettinger, Jacksonville University (In Person)
Beyond the Wilmot Proviso: Slave Rescues and the Crisis of 1850 Douglas Benner, University of South Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Doug Feldmann, Northern Kentucky University (In Person)
3F: The Dark Side of the Sunshine State: Alternative Views of Florida’s Past (Virtual Panel) Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/92107404860 The Brutality of Punishment and Deaths in Historic Florida Prisons Elizabeth Tarter, University of North Florida (Virtual)
The Wild South: How Florida's Perceptions Informed Its History (1513-1971) Logan Buffa, Florida State University (Virtual)
"Septic Siege" in Jacksonville, Florida during the 1970s and 1980s Khoranhalai Washington (Virtual) and Charles Closmann, University of North Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Heather Parker, Saint Leo University (In Person)
3G: The Florida Civic Literacy Exam: Expectations and Implementations Special Interest Section: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/92057877370 Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College (In person) David Proctor, Tallahassee Community College (Virtual)
Chair: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College (In Person) Discussant: Brandon Jett, Florida SouthWestern State College (In Person)
SESSION FOUR: 3:30 pm-4:45 pm 4A: Race and Ethnicity in Mid-20th Century Florida Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/95763117297 Black Thursday and its Memory at UF: Race and Power in the Struggle for a Diverse Inclusive University Alana Gomez, University of Florida (Virtual)
A Noble Experiment: Bilingual Education and Cuban Emigration in Miami Emma Donnelly, University of Florida (Virtual)
Criminalizing Florida’s Youth: The Forgotten Story of the St. Augustine Four Lauren King, University of Florida (Virtual)
Chair: Daniel DuBois, Saint Leo University (In Person) Discussant: Steven Noll, University of Florida (Virtual)
4B: Forging a New Nation: The United States in the Revolutionary and Early National Eras Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/94607101354 Silas Mercer, Republican Government, and Religious Disestablishment in the American Revolution and Early National Era David Moon, Perimeter College of Georgia State University (In Person)
Walk Out: New York Abandons the 1787 Federal Convention Mitchell Prugh, Independent Scholar
Punished for Their Loyalty: The American Loyalist Movement and its Consequences Constantinos Scaros, Colorado Technical University (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Stanley Carpenter, Professor Emeritus, US Naval War College (In Person)
4C: Power and Resistance: Colonial Representations of Culture, Religion, and Politics Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/94633536297 Steadfast Faith: Chinese Christian and Western Missionary Perspectives in the Boxer Rebellion Nicholas MacWhorter, University of Tampa (In Person)
The Lie of a Civilizing Mission: British Superiority and Imperial Expansion in India Mariella Melidis, University of Tampa (In Person)
The National Identity of Rhodesia: Colonialism and Contradiction Alexander Valentonis, University of Tampa (In Person)
Chair: Kelly D. Palmer, University of Tampa (In Person) Discussant: Elizabeth Littell-Lamb, University of Tampa (In Person)
4D: Twentieth Century Florida Development (Virtual Panel) Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/96572826745 The Sunshine State Leads to Edible Profits: Rural Floridian Women and the Economic Use of Florida Tourism and Agriculture, 1919-1929 Kathryn Beasley, Independent Scholar (Virtual)
The Morikami Museum and Gardens: History, Culture, Functionalism, and Community Affairs Mel Vasquez, The University of North Florida (Virtual)
Johnny Haynsworth and Florida Builders Tom Adamich, Visiting Librarian Service (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College (In Person)
4E: Olustee: Confederate Monuments at a US Soldier Burial Ground Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/98712901889 The Battle of Olustee and its Immediate Aftermath Barbara A. Gannon, University of Central Florida (In Person)
Reconstructing the Dead: The Legal Obligation to Honor Olustee’s Fallen Alexi Reams, University of Central Florida (In Person)
Finding the Fallen: Archaeology and Memory at the Olustee Battlefield Jacob H. Finegan, University of Central Florida (In Person)
A Digital Memorial: Olustee and the Fallen as a Story Map Diana Dizon, University of Central Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Craig Buettinger, Jacksonville University (In Person)
4F: Modern Power Dynamics in the Global South Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93469324652 Sugar: A Pathway to Power in Cuba Hunter Makin, Flagler College (In Person)
The Cold War Influences on Nyerere's Villagization Scheme in 1960s Tanzania Adrienne Hill, New College of Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University (In Person)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Location: Banquet Room of the Hilton Garden Inn-Tampa/Wesley Chapel Attendees and Guests must wear their conference badges
Welcome Remarks Dr. Daniel DuBois, Saint Leo University, FCH President, 2022-2023
FCH Awards Presentation Douglas Astolfi Award for Best Poster Presented by Drew Astolfi
J. Calvitt Clarke III Award for Best Undergraduate Student Paper Presented by Dr. Jesse Hingson, Jacksonville University
Blaine T. Browne Award for Best Graduate Student Paper Presented by Dr. Richards Plavnieks, Florida Southern College
Thomas M. Campbell Award for Best Professional Paper Presented by Dr. Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College
Remarks on the FCH Annals Dr. Michael S. Cole, Florida Gulf Coast University, Senior Editor, FCH Annals
Remarks on the 2023 FCH Annual Meeting Dr. Beau Driver, Indian River State College
Introduction of Keynote Speaker Dr. Daniel DuBois, Saint Leo University
Keynote Address Dr. Michael Butler, Flagler College “Memory, Myth, Identity, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Confederate Contextualization”
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2022
SESSION FIVE: 9:00 am-10:15 am 5A: Florida’s Environment Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93405592566 Mining Modernity on Florida's Pre-Pleistocene Coast, 1820s-1970s Doug Ponticos, University of South Florida (In Person)
Remembering (and Forgetting) Chipco Karen Hannel, Saint Leo University and Eric Hannel, Saint Leo University (In Person)
Greening the Academy: From Activism to Institutionalization at the University of North Florida, 1970 to 2000s Charles Closmann, University of North Florida (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Heather Parker, Saint Leo University (In Person)
5B: Crisis and Urban Change in the Modern South Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/94351304306 Spanish Flu in Tampa: Discrimination and Cooperation Madeline Kingry, Florida College (In Person)
The Construction of Public Space in Melbourne, Florida Conner McGowan, University of Central Florida (Virtual)
"So Rude and So Crude": Charlotte's History with Urban Renewal and the Annihilation of the African American Community and Culture of Brooklyn: 1960-1970 Maverick Huneycutt, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Mike Denham, Florida Southern College (In Person)
5C: The Modern World Since the Tumultuous 1970s Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/91698314094 From Activism to Empowerment: How US Athletes Changed the World of Sport in the 1970s and 80s Dan DuBois, Saint Leo University (In Person)
To Be or Not to Be: Iranian Student Protest and Identity During the US Hostage Crisis Anna Caney, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Robert King, Saint Leo University (In Person)
5D: Revisiting Icons in United States History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/98252188769 The Fall and Rise of Jefferson Davis: His Memory as a Scapegoat to Lost Cause Icon Aaron Lewis, University of South Florida (In Person)
The ‘Loyal Friendship’: Theodore Roosevelt, John A. McIlhenny, and Progressive Conservatism Ashley Steenson, The University of Alabama (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: Jennifer Zoebelein, Charlotte County BCC Historian (In Person)
5E: Topics in Florida Education Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/91807571348 Taking Back the Night on the Streets and in College Dorms: Debates in 1970s Florida Over Rape and Dorm Visitations David Nelson, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College-Bainbridge (In Person)
A "Fundamental Value"? How Florida's Constitution Has, or Has Not, Protected Public Schools since 1968 Mary Adkins, University of Florida Levin College of Law (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Frank Orlando, Saint Leo University (In Person)
SESSION SIX: 10:30 am-11:45 am 6A: Economic Development in Florida Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/91732517163 Where Cotton Wasn’t King: Postbellum Florida and Planter Persistence in Leon County, 1850-1870 Alexander J. Bowen, Clemson University (In Person)
Labor and the Environment in Florida Turpentine Camps, 1880-1940 Allison Mason, University of North Florida (In Person)
The Florida East Coast Railway: For 125 Years America's Speedway to Sunshine Seth Bramson, Barry University (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Daniel DuBois, Saint Leo University (In Person)
6B: Exclusion and Landscape in the Southern United States Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/96959113351 Slaying of the Serpentes: Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes and Rattlesnake Roundups Bryan Curran, University of North Florida (In Person)
The Production of Segregated Spaces in Sewanee, Tennessee Brucie Porter, Auburn University (Virtual)
Chair and Discussant: Brandon Jett, Florida SouthWestern State College (In Person)
6C: Constructing Race in Modern American History Special Interest Section: Undergraduate Research Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/98720687939 God's Favorites: Racial Conflict in the Mormon Church Saneena Anzalone, Florida Southern College (In Person)
Native American Boarding Schools: The Costs of Assimilation Aaliyah Steward, Florida Southern College (In Person)
The African-American Bandstand: The Business of Black Power within Don Cornelius’ Soul Train, 1970-1979 Casey Niebuhr, Flagler College (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Anna Caney, Florida Southern College (In Person)
6D: Reconstructing the Past through Sources and Landscapes Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/96938124601 River of Blood: How the Rivers and Waterways of North America Decided History Michael Coffman, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (In Person)
Indigenizing the North American Academy: Resistance & Rethinking Colonial Practices in Academia through Indigenous Storytelling & Allyship Emma Posca, York University (Virtual)
Rehabilitating Traditional Sources on the Conquest of Mexico Michael Cole, Florida Gulf Coast University (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Eric Hannel, Saint Leo University (In Person)
6E: A New Vision of Florida Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/95836240398 "Just as nature planned it": Analyzing the Role of the Natural Environment in the Florida Sanitarium and Hospital in Orlando, Florida Marisa Pechillo, University of North Florida (In Person)
Wenceslao Galvez: Tampa Through the Eyes of a Cuban Refugee, 1896 Andrew Huse, University of South Florida Libraries (In Person)
Nisei Replacement Training at Camp Blanding George Cressman, Camp Blanding Museum (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Sean McMahon, Florida Gateway College (In Person)
6F: Urban and Suburban Development in Florida Special Interest Section: Florida History Zoom Link: https://saintleo.zoom.us/j/93515599717 Ghostly Rhetorics and Melodramatics: Florida Attempts to Build a 'Second Los Angeles', 1922-1934 David Morton, University of Central Florida (In Person)
Chicken Wars: A Love-Hate Relationship Between Urban Floridians and Feathered Bipeds Zachary Weston, University of North Florida (In Person)
Can Sports Save A City? The 1989 Miami Riots Seth Weitz, Dalton State College (In Person)
Chair and Discussant: Audrey Koke, Saint Leo University (In Person)
Our Special Thanks To: MeganOrendorf Case, M.A., M.B.A. Administrator of Events and Special Programs, College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Professor of Humanities at Saint Leo University
Mrs. Betsy Astolfi and the Astolfi Family
Dr. Michelle Carrigan Indian River State College
Frances Dingwall and Lisa Moore Hilton Garden Inn Tampa-Wesley Chapel Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa-Wesley Chapel
We hope to see you again for the 2023 Annual Meeting hosted by Indian River State College!