2009 Meeting:
River Rambling, Games and Gambling
Boonville
November 5-7
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 5
Session 1
2:30-3:45
“The Stories Collections Can Tell Us:
Local History from the Western Historical Manuscript
Collection”
Chair: Bill Stolz
Western Historical Manuscript
Collection
“Boonville’s
Stories from the Western
Historical Manuscript Collection”
David Moore
Western Historical Manuscript Collection,
“
John Konzal
The State Historical Society of
“The Loman D. Cansler Collection: Seeking History in Folklore”
Laura R. Jolley
The State Historical Society of
“Playing Traditional Games with the Family”
Ellen Gray Massey
4:00-5:15
Tour of Historic Boonville
(meet at 3:50 in the hotel lobby)
Holly Peterson, Executive Director, Friends of Historic
Boonville
Welcome to Boonville
7:30
“Local History”
Judy Shields
Former Director of the Friends of Historic Boonville and
Local Historian
Friday, November 6
Session 1
8:30-10:00
Sheroes and Folk Medicine
Chair: Mrs. Metazee Morris Rubin
“Aunt Mariah (White Picket Fence)”
Cecil Williams
Mrs. Metazee Morris Rubin
“Folk Medicine in the Ozarks: Entries in the
Dr. Rachel Gholson
History and famous Personalities of the Boonslick
Chair: Carol Fisher
“The
John C. Fisher
“Charles Van Ravenswaay and the
1941 WPA
Walter Schroeder
Macaw
Urban Legends
and Film, Pt. 1
Chair: LuAnne K. Roth
“Off with Their Heads! The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Noelle Buhidar
"Eschatology and The Omen: The War for Souls"
Emily K. Marler
“Shark Attacks and the
Legacy of Spielberg’s Jaws”
Harrison Milfeld
Session 2
10:15-11:45
Collection and Preservation of Vernacular Music
Chair: Judy Domeny-Bowen
“Lost and Found: Ann Pittman and the Preservation of
Southern Spirituals”
Debra Foster Greene
“Studying American History through Music from the Library
of Congress”
Byron D. Holdiman
“Giving the Songs Back-The “Take Six” Project”
Lyn Wolz
“Water Carried Uphill: A Sense of Place and Past”
Carol M. Raynor
“Legends, Tales, and Ghost Stories from
Loretta Washington
“Some Mighty Good Years“
Meredith Ludwig
Lupus, MO
Fred Oerly
Macaw
Urban Legends
and Film, Pt. 2
Chair: LuAnne K. Roth
“Projecting Otherness,
Redefining Ourselves:
Constructing Aliens in Independence Day”
Brittany Barr
“Diary of the Dead:
Legend-Playing on College Campuses”
Christina Andrade
“Vagina Dentata v. Bosom
Serpent: Legends,
Ostension, and the
Cinematic Language of Rape”
LuAnne K. Roth
Luncheon
12:00-1:15
“Losing the Boonslick Eden on
the Road to Manifest Destiny”
Jim Denny
Historian, Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
Division of State Parks
Session 3
1:30-3:00
Games are Fun, but don’t Lose your Marbles
Chair: Irvin Rice
“Manipulating Fate: Dice in Tabletop Role Playing Games”
Ruth Babb
"Life is Marbleous"
Cathy Svacina
Adams
Chair: John Schleppenbach
“The Ramblin Gamblin
River Man in
John Schleppenbach
“
Al Pogge
“Rivermen
in the Days of Market Hunting”
Fr. Phil Hoebing
Macaw
Barn Quilts and Dance
Chair: Jim Vandergriff
“The
Margot McMillen
“The Reemergence of Evolution and American Swing Dancing”
Jennifer Lewis
Session 4
3:15-4:45
Bob Dyer Memory Session
Chair: Jim Denny
“From Folk Cards to Fund Raising:
Campus Legends of
Panel Discussion
Chair: Dr. Rachel Gholson
Emily Holmes
Geneive Vallentine
4:30-6:00
Pre-function room
Evening Speaker
Bob Priddy
Noted Historian/Journalist
“The Volcano Man, The Mystery of
Senator Mike,
the Flying Cow, and the Great Lion Hunt”
Saturday
Session 1
8:30-10:00
The MKT Railroad: History and Lore
Chair: Brett Rogers
“Save the
“Memories and Stories of the MKT Railroad”
Todd Baslee
Jokes, Pranks, and Vernacular Phrases
Chair: Dave Para
“Vernacular Phrasal Comparisons”
Adam Davis
“Boonville Pranks”
Kermit Glover
Session 2
10:15-11:30
“Interviewing for Story Telling”
Gladys Cogswell
