2012 SHFG Conference
Society for History in the Federal Government Annual Conference
National Archives II, College Park, MD
March 21, 2012
8:00-8:45 AM
Lower Level Foyer Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 AM
Auditorium Welcome, Matt Wasniewski, SHFG President
Presentation of 2012 Roger R. Trask Award to Raymond W. Smock, Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies
9:00-10:00 AM
Auditorium Roger R. Trask Lecture
Raymond W. Smock, “The Value of Federal History”
10:00-10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:15-11:45 AM Morning Sessions
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Room A: Recent Research in U.S. Intelligence History
Chair: Janet A. McDonnell, Defense Intelligence Agency
Presenters: “”Colonel Parker Hitt: The `Father of Modern American Military Cryptology,” Betsy R. Smoot, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
“Learning from the Enemy: The Bugging of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and Project GUNMAN,” Sharon A. Maneki, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
“The Creation of the U. S. Cyber Command,” Michael Warner, U.S. Cyber Command
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Room B: Hispanic Americans in Congress Project: Research Methods and Preliminary Results
Chair: Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives
Presenters: “`No More Than An Envoy’:The Development of Statutory Representation in Congress Through the Perspective of Hispanic Members,” Laura Turner O’Hara, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives
“A Research Partnership: The Library of Congress’s Hispanic Division, the Office of the House Historian, and Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012,” Tracy North, Hispanic Division, Library of Congress
“Hill Styles and Home Styles of Hispanic-American Members of Congress,” Terrance Rucker, Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives
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Room C: The Berlin Wall I Symposium: A Collaborative Experience
Chair: Donald P. Steury, Central Intelligence Agency
Presenters: Susan L. Burrell, Historical Collections Division, Central Intelligence Agency
Neil Carmichael, National Archives and Records Administration
Donald A. Carter, U.S. Center for Military History
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Room D: Costume, Textiles and Power
Chair: Albin Kowalewski, Office of the Clerk, U. S. House of Representatives
Presenters: “Uniforms in the Capitol—Labor and Significance of Difference,” Felicia Wivchar, Office of Art and Archives, U.S. House of Representatives
“Judicial Robes,” Mathew Hofstedt, Office of the Curator, U.S. Supreme Court
“Re-Draping the Old Senate Chamber,” Scott Strong, Office of the Curator, U.S. Senate
11:45 AM -1:30 PM
Rooms D & E Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
1:45-2:45 PM Afternoon Sessions
Room A: Looking at the Cold War, Session A
Chair: Lu Ann Jones, National Park Service
Presenters: “Out of the Cradle: Early Efforts at US-Soviet Space History Cooperation,” William P. Barry, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“Cold War Public Health: Disease, Diplomacy, and the Origins of the U.S. Agency for International Development,” Karen Kruse Thomas, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Room B: Looking at the Cold War, Session B
Chair: Jason H. Gart, History Associates
Presenters: “Megatons for Moscow, Coming to an Airport Near You: Dispersal of the B-47 Bomber Force during the Cuban Crisis,” Michael Binder, Air Force Declassification Office
“Stories of Cold War Veterans in the Library of Congress’ Veterans History Project,” Megan Harris and Joanna Russo, Veterans History Project, Library of Congress
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Room C: Aspects of Civil War History
Presenters: “History and Conservation of the 32nd Indiana Infantry Monument: The Oldest Civil War Monument,” Alec Bennett, Department of Veterans Affairs
“Those Brazen Monstrosities: Civil War Regimental Bands and the Limits of Federal Power,” Christian McWhirter, The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
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Room D New Voices in Federal History
Chair: Matt Wasniewski, U.S. House of Representatives Office of History
Presenters: “Restructuring the U.S. Information Agency for Dialogue and Human Rights,” Jason Doom, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
“A Supreme Court School Board: Revisiting Engel v. Vitale and Abington School District V. Schempp, Christopher Hickman, George Washington University
2:45-3:15 PM Coffee Break; Silent Book Auction closes
3:15-4:00 PM Auditorium Business Meeting
