I just received this from Sam Thomas of the York Co. historical group: Following is the program for the 14th Ulster-American Heritage Symposium to be held in York Co. SC 19-22 June 2002. There is a registration fee, etc. If interested, send a request to jr@jrshelby.com and I'll send you a copy of the registration form. If you can't handle a MSWord doc, let me know and I'll send it in text format. John Robertson ================================================================== FOURTEENTH ULSTER-AMERICAN HERITAGE SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM AGENDA Wednesday, June 19 Museum of York County Time Event Place 12:00-6:00 UAHS Registration MYCO 6:00-8:00 Opening Conference Reception, and for MYCO Gatherin' Together Thursday, June 20 York Technical College Time Event Place 8:00-8:45 Registration Baxter Hood Lobby 8:45-9:00 Welcome and Housekeeping Hoechst-Celanese 9:00-9:30 Ulster in the Upstate Hoechst-Celanese Ms. Jeannie Wray, YCCHC & Mr. John Bambach, WNSC-TV 9:30-10:00 Presentation by Charles Woodmason, a.k.a. Hoechst-Celanese Rev. Donald Lowery 10:00-10:15 Coffee Break Baxter Hood Lobby 10:15-11:30 1st Paper Session - The Migration Cycle Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Dr. Katharine Brown, Chair Dr. Paddy Fitzgerald, "Bringing it all back home:" Aspects of Return Migration to Ireland and the Transmission of Ideas, 1700-1900 Dr. Brian Lambkin, Thomas Mellon (1813-1908): Archetypal "Returned Yank" Dr. Nini Rodgers, Thomas Greg, the Hearts of Steel and the Atlantic Migration Cycle 11:30-11:45 Coffee Break Baxter Hood Lobby 11:45-1:00 2nd Paper Session - Community Identity Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Dr. Michael Montgomery, Chair Dr. John Young, The Political Context of Convenanting Persecution in Restoration Scotland Dr. William Kelly, "Social and Political Undesirables?" Emigration from Ulster to the New World, 1680-1730 Dr. Warren Hofstra, "A Spurious Race of Mortals:" Ethnicity and Scots-Irish Identity in the Civic Community of Early American Towns 1:00-2:15 Buffet Lunch Hoechst-Celanese 2:15-3:30 3rd Paper Session - Expressed Freedom Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Dr. Anita Puckett, Chair Dr. Michael Montgomery, Nomenclature for Ulster Emigrants and Their Descendants Dr. Ted Olson, Robinson Jeffers in Northern Ireland: An American Poet's Return to the Roots of His Freedoms Dr. Anita Puckett, Individual Freedom as Constructed through Variation in (Non) Requests among Scots-Irish Descendants in Appalachia 2:15-3:30 1st Author's Session Bridges/Rockwell 3:30-3:45 Tea Break Baxter Hood Lobby 3:45-5:00 4th Paper Session - Revolution or Evolution Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Dr. Warren Hofstra, Chair Dr. Robert Heslip, From Gold to Paper: Regionalism and Cultural Assumptions Dr. Vivienne Pollock, Strategies for Survival: Patterns of Consumption and Financial Obligation in Eighteenth-century Ulster Dr. Audrey Horning, Bridging the Gap between America's Scotch-Irish and Ireland's Ulster Scots (an Archaeological Attempt) 3:45-5:00 2nd Author's Session Bridges/Rockwell 5:00-6:00 Book Sales and Signings Baxter Hood Lobby 6:30- Dine Around [Attendees choice - meal not Leave from each hotel included in conference registration] Friday, June 21 York Technical College and Historic Brattonsville Time Event Place 8:30-9:00 Registration Baxter Hood Lobby 9:00-10:15 5th Paper Session - Scotch-Irish & Natives Morton/Willamette Dr. Alexia Helsley, Chair Dr. Thomas Blumer, Some Notes on Catawba/Scots-Irish Relations Mr. Robert Brockington & Dr. William Brockington, Whose Land is it Anyway? Dr. Michael Morris, Profits and Philanthropy: George Galphin's Irish Resettlement Ventures 9:00-10:15 6th Paper Session - Preaching Revolution Bridges/Rockwell Chair Dr. Richard K. MacMaster Ms. Nancy Sorrells, John Glendy: Fanning the Flames of Revolution from the Presbyterian Pulpit Mr. Michael Scoggins, A Revolutionary Minister: The Life of Alexander Craighead Dr. Robert Calhoon, David Caldwell Reconsidered 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break Baxter Hood Lobby 10:30-11:45 7th Paper Session - Northern Ireland Heritage Morton/Willamette Chair TBA Dr. Mary Mattox Daughtrey, Strategies for US Engagement in Foreign Conflicts: The Case of Northern Ireland Dr. Stephen Mills, Ulster Loyalism and Revolutionary America: A Continuing Paradox Dr. Nina Ray, The Search for Personal Meaning in Legacy Travel to Ulster 10:30-11:45 8th Paper Session - Scotch-Irish Backcountry Bridges/Rockwell Dr. William S. Brockington, Chair Mr. Scott Withrow, Fractured Families: The Ulster-American as Patriot and Loyalist in the Carolina Backcountry Dr. Carole Watterson Troxler, Scotch-Irish among the Loyalists of the Southern Backcountry? What was that about? Ms. Susanne J. Simmons, Old Providence Church and the Immortal Samuel Carson 11:45-1:00 9th Paper Session - Irish in America Morton/Willamette Dr. Violet M. Johnson, Chair Ms. Susan King, "The Deadly Season" and its Effects on the Irish Population of Charleston Ms. Christine McIvor, The Atlantic Voyage in the 19th Century: A Social History of Irish Emigration Before, During and After The Famine Dr. Micheal D. Roe & Ms. Sybil Dunlap, Contemporary Scotch-Irish Social Identities and Attitudes toward "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland 11:45-1:00 10th Paper Session - Getting There Bridges/Rockwell Dr. Carole Watterson Troxler, Chair Dr. Trevor Parkhill, With a Little Help from Their Friends: Assisted Emigration Schemes, 1680-1845 Dr. Richard K. MacMaster, Flaxseed and Emigrants: Scotch-Irish Merchants in Eighteenth-Century America Ms. Joanne McKay, Arthur Dobbs, Henry McCullogh and the Development of the Colonies, 1725-1765: Theory and Practice 1:00-2:00 Buffet Lunch Hoechst-Celanese 2:00-3:15 11th Paper Session - Frontier Identity Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Chair TBA Dr. Tyler Blethen, The Scotch-Irish and Appalachia: Images and Realities Dr. Jack Weaver, Whitesides/Crawford Families: Connections with Covenanter Families and the Scotch-Irish Mr. Stephen Hammack, Scots-Irish Historiography 2:00-3:15 12th Paper Session - Scotch-Irish Nationalism Bridges/Rockwell Chair TBA Dr. John Buchanan, Andrew Jackson, the Scotch-Irish, and the Conquest of the Old Southwest Mr. Peter Gilmore, Seemingly Revolutionary Physician: Thomas Ledlie Birch and Cultural Conflict in the Pennsylvania Back Country Dr. David Wilson, The Ulster-Scots and Irish-American Nationalism 3:15-3:30 Tea Break Baxter Hood Lobby 3:30-4:45 13th Paper Session - Scotch-Irish Settlers Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Chair TBA Dr. Katharine Brown, United Irishmen and 1798 Rebellion Emigres in Virginia: A Consideration of the Ulster Participation Ms. Heather South, Migration to South Carolina: Rev. William Martin and his Ships of Settlers, 1772 Ms. Cherel Henderson & Dr. Michael Montgomery, A Study of 18th Century Ulster Emigrants 3:30-4:45 Genealogy Session Bridges/Rockwell Mr. Kyle Stinson, The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road 6:30-7:30 Dinner & Entertainment Historic Brattonsville 7:30-8:00 Speaker Historic Brattonsville Saturday, June 22 York Technical College and Historic Brattonsville Time Event Place 8:30-9:00 Registration Baxter Hood Lobby 9:00-10:15 14th Paper Session - Scotch-Irish Culture Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Chair TBA Mr. James Tunney, Moonshine Across the Sea: A Comparison of the Legal and Illegal Distillation of Alcohol in the Americas and Ulster Ms. Kathleen Curtis Wilson, Blending Immigrant Cultures Revolutionizes Gender Roles and Traditional Handwork 9:00-11:45 Genealogy Workshop Bridges/Rockwell 10:15-10:30 Coffee Break Baxter Hood Lobby 10:30-11:45 15th Paper Session - Music Morton/Willamette/Magnolia Chair TBA Ms. Jane Bolen, Effects of Psalmody-Hymnody Controversy in Presbyterian Meeting Houses in 18th Century Virginia Mr. John Moulden, Country Music is Ulster Music! 11:45-1:00 Panel Discussion - The Future of Scotch-Irish Hoechst-Celanese Research with Dr. Bobby G. Moss 1:00-1:45 Buffet Lunch Hoechst-Celanese 1:45-2:15 Reflections on the XIV Ulster-American Hoechst-Celanese Heritage Symposium - Dr. Bobby G. Moss 2:15-2:30 Prospects for the XV Ulster-American Hoechst-Celanese Heritage Symposium 3:00-4:30 Scotch-Irish Living History Day Historic Brattonsville 6:00- Catawba Fish Camp [meal not included in Leave from each hotel conference registration]