2008 Meeting:

The Stories Started Here

Hannibal

November 6-8

 

A Message from the President, John Schlppenbach

 

            The 2008 Missouri Folklore Conference takes as its starting point an idea presented by the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum.  It asks us to “discover how a young boy growing up in the small village of Hannibal became one of the world’s most beloved authors.”  For Sam Clemens, “the stories started here,” and for the 2008 Missouri Folklore Conference it is also true that the stories start here.

            Mark Twain popularized our Missouri folk culture, and America’s hometown is the starting point for many of our country’s best stories.  Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are filled with regional folklore from a confluence of three major folk traditions involved in the settlement of the United States (Yankee, Mid-Atlantic and Ozark).

            These traditions are also represented in regional collections of folklore by Harry Hyatt, Vance Randolph and others.  We plan to explore traditional fold culture in Missouri with sessions on regional folk culture, musical traditions, Twainiana, children’s folklore, river lore and more.

            All sessions will be at the conference center hotel, but some alternative activities are planned in and around the city.  We’ll have time for field trips to some of the area’s favorite attractions as well as to some less well know gems in the surrounding area.  Let’s get the stories started again November 6-8 in Hannibal!

 

Annual Meeting Hotel Information

            Hannibal Quality Inn and Suites Conference Center is located on 120 Lindsey Drive in Hannibal, Missouri, on Highway 36 (Mark Twain Ave) just East of the city.  They will reserve sixty rooms (of 94) for the MFS conference until October 17th.  Standard rooms are $69.95 + tax, and Suites (2 rooms + kitchen) are $79.95 + tax, and the rates include full hot breakfast buffet.  Reservations may be made by calling the reservation number 573-221-4001 and asking for the Missouri Folklore Society rate.  All conference sessions will be held on the ground floor in three adjoining conference rooms.

 

 

 

 

Membership Form

Call for Participation (due date September 20)

Single Session Proposal (due date September 20)

Full Session Proposal (due date September 20)

Panel Proposal (due date September 20)

 

 

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