California, Here \Ve Come! National Maritime Historical Society Joint Conference with the North American Society for Oceanic History and the Steamship Historical Society 14- 17 May 2009 in Vallejo, California
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e won't have to work hard to entice as many of our members overlooked wide range of West Coast maritime heritage and scholas we can to join with us, the North American Society for arship. It demonstrates why this ann ual conference moves around Oceanic History and the Steamship Historical Society, for North America each year." a joint conference this 14-17 May 2009; it will be a There is so much more to do in the Bay Area for the most interesting program at a great location. We will maritime heritage community than could ever fit into meet at the California Maritime Academy, CSU, in a 4-day event, so while you are in town, take the oppicturesque Vallejo, California, for three and a half portunity to visit the Vallejo Naval Historical Musedays devoted to "Pons, Fons and Spons: Maritime um , Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Richmond's Rosie Economy, Defense and Recreation through Time the Riveter National Historical Park, and the hisand across Space." toric ships SS Jeremiah OBrien, USS Pampanito, USS Lectures and panel discussions will be held all Hornet, USS Iowa, and presidential yacht Potomac. day Thursday and Friday, 14-15 May, and in the mornThe academy is providing a number of dorm rooms ings on Saturday and Sunday, 16-17 May. On Saturday afterfor the use of conference participants at the daily rate of $40. noon the gro up will be transported to San Francisco for a tour of Contact Diane Rawicz for more information at drawicz@csum. Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime Museum, and the collec- edu. The official conference hotel is the Courtyard by Marriot tions of the J. Porter Shaw Library at the San Francisco National Vallejo Napa Valley, voted the best hotel in the Vallejo area for Maritime Historic Park. Later, back on the campus, conferees will 2008. The conference rate is $79 a night and can be booked, gather in the evening for an awards banquet, featuring keynote while rooms last, at Vallejo Napa Valley, 1000 Fairgro unds Drive, speaker Robert Eric Barde, of UC Berkeley, author of Immigration Vallejo, CA 94589; Ph. 800-321-2211 or 707-644- 1200 using at the Golden Gate: Passenger Ships, Exclusion and Angel Island (see the review in Sea History 124, p. 50) . For Thursday and Friday, continental breakfast, snacks, lunch, and evening receptions provide ample opportunity for our members to get to meet the speakers and presenters, who'll be representing colleges, museums, historical societies, government agencies with maritime programs, and like-minded individuals from around the country. On Friday, participants will be treated to the extraordinary one-man play by Ian Ruskin, "From Wharf Rats to Lord of the Docks: The Life and Times of Harry Bridges." (See info and reviews at www.theharThe California Maritime Academy is a specialized campus of the California State University. In rybridgesproject.org). For Sunday afview is the 500-ft. training ship Golden Bear. ALL cadets take at Least one two-month cruise before ternoon, an optional winery tour has graduation, during which they run the ship under supervision offaculty and staff been arranged. Conference speakers from all three organizations will par- California Maritime History Conference as the code. You can ticipate in sessions organized according to topic and theme, and book online at the $79 a night rate at http://www.marriott.com/ conferees will have a good assortment of presentations from which sfovl using code MHCMHCA fo r a king bed or MHCMHCB for to choose. Featured speakers include Dr. Hans Van Tilburg, who'll rwo queen beds. be discussing the history and archaeology of USS Saginaw, which To make your conference reservation, send in the form wrecked at Kure Atoll in 1870 and was discovered by a team of printed on the inside cover wrapper, reserve online through our NOAA archaeologists under his leadership in 2003. Dr. Raymond web site at www.seahistory.org, or call NMHS at 800 221-6647 Ashley, President of the Maritime Museum of San Diego, will ext. 0. Total registration fee is $200, which includes meals, retravel up the coast to discuss the museum's plans to build a full-size ceptions, the banquet, and tours. Individual day reservations are historically accurate replica of Cabrillo's flagship from his 1542 available at $75 per day and $25 for Sunday morning. This will be voyage of discovery. Victor Mastone, 2009 NASOH conference a great opportunity to meet the leadership and fellow members of program co-chair, notes, "This year's program is an exciting one for NMHS and the maritime heritage community at large. its location, the variety of presenters, and the focus on the often -Burchenal Green, President 10
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