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July 15-17, 2010
(subject to change as needed)
Wednesday, July 14
4-7 p.m.: Registration and Check in at Sears Hall
7-9 p.m.: Ice Cream Social, Crop Circle
Thursday, July 15
Vending: 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Make and Take crafts, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sears Hall conference room.
| 8-8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks – Amy Mattson Lauters, Conference Chair, South Ballroom |
| 9 a.m. | Presentation: My Life as Laura Ingalls Wilder – Kelly Ferguson, South Ballroom |
| 9:30 a.m. | Presentation: The “Other” Laura Ingalls Wilder: Journalist, Philosopher, Poet – Ann Weller Dahl, South Ballroom |
| 10:00 a.m. | Presentation: Looking for Laura: Place, Memory, and the Authentic “Little House” – Michelle McClellan, South Ballroom |
| 10:30 a.m. | Presentation: Pa’s Music and Laura’s Memory – Musicologist Dale Cockerell, South Ballroom |
| 11:00 – 1:00 | Banquet, Center Ballroom |
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Special Guest: Laura Ingalls Wilder Biographer John Miller, South Ballroom |
| 2 p.m. | Presentation: What is at Stake in Staking a Claim? – Jenna Hunnef, South Ballroom |
| 2:30 p.m. | Presentation: The Long Winter Seed Wheat Trip – Jim Hicks, South Ballroom |
| 3 p.m. | Presentation: Laura’s Long Winter: Putting the Hard Winter of 1880-81 into Perspective – Barbara Mays Boustead, South Ballroom |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Panel: Laura Ingalls Wilder Homesite Directors and/or Staff, South Ballroom |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Panel: Authors of LIW-related books, South Ballroom — John Miller, William Anderson, Pamela Smith Hill, Amy Mattson Lauters (Moderated by Sandra Hume) |
| 5:30-7 p.m. | Break for dinner on your own |
| 7-9 p.m. | Author’s Reception, Center Ballroom |
Friday, July 16
Vending: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Registration: 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Make and Take crafts, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sears Hall conference room.
| 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. | Special Guest:
Laura Ingalls Wilder Biographer Bill Anderson, South Ballroom |
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| 10:00 – 12:00: | Concurrent Workshops and Activities: | |||
| Educational Workshops: (10 – 11 and 11 – 12):
Little House in the Elementary Classroom – Barbara Hawkins (Two sessions), North Ballroom Making a Little House Video – George Hawkins (Two sessions), South Ballroom |
Crafting Workshops:
10-11 a.m.: Needlecraft and the Little House Books – Connie Neumann (One session), Center Ballroom 11 – Noon: Welcome to the Craft Circle – Amy Lauters and Linnea Mattson (One session), Center Ballroom. |
Family Activities (Betsy-Tacy Houses, 400-401 Center Street, Mankato):
10-11 a.m.: Walking tour of Betsy’s neighborhood, featuring her new friend Laura 11-12 a.m.: Storytelling and other activities. |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Break for Lunch on your own | ||
| 1-1:45 | Special Guest: Pamela Smith Hill, South Ballroom | ||
| 2 p.m. | Presentation: The Role of Book Design and the Publishing Industry on the “Little House” Books – Sarah Sue Uthoff, South Ballroom | ||
| 2:30 p.m. | Presentation: By the Shores of Silver Lake from Manuscript to Book – Suzanne B. Falck-Yi, South Ballroom | ||
| 3:00 p.m. | Presentation: Illustrating Little House in the Big Woods – Kay Weisman, South Ballroom | ||
| 3:30 p.m. | Presentation: Too Much Estrogen in this Little House? A Mother and Daughter Story – Gayle Abrahamson and Jane Palmer, South Ballroom | ||
| 4:00 p.m. | Presentation: Gender and Little House on the Prairie – Emily Woster, South Ballroom | ||
| 4:30 p.m. | Panel: Another Side of the Story: American Indians in the Little House, South Ballroom (Moderated by Amy Lauters) | ||
| An Osage Indian Responds to Little House on the Prairie – Nancy Briggs Carlson | The Minnesota Dakota Conflicts – Charles Lewis, MSU | ||
| The Dakota story – Dave Larsen, Director of American Indian Affairs, MSU | Images of the American Indian Movement – Mavis Richardson, MSU | ||
| 5:30 – 6:30 | Break for Dinner on your own |
| 7:00 – 9:00 | Dean Butler – Legacy Documentaries Special Presentation, Ostrander Auditorium |
Saturday, July 17
Vending: 7:30 a.m. to noon.
Registration: 7:30 a.m. to noon.
Make and Take crafts, 10 a.m. to noon, Sears Hall conference room.
| 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. | Special Guest: Author Wendy Corsi Staub, South Ballroom |
| 9:30 a.m. | Presentation: Popular Then…Popular Now… Why? – Ann Weller Dahl, South Ballroom |
| 10-11 a.m. | Panel: Loving Laura in a Lindsay Lohan World – Erin Blakemore, Sandra Hume and Wendy McClure, South Ballroom |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Spelling Bee and Tin Pail Lunch, Center Ballroom
(Register for Spelling Bee between 7:30 – 11 AM at Registration Table—just sign up and get a door prize ticket. No extra charge.)
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| 12:30 PM | Walnut Grove Field Trip: Those who need transportation meet in front of Sears Hall at this time. |
Dorm check-out for those leaving on Saturday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Dorm check-out for all others: 10 a.m. to noon on Sunday