NationalAutomobileMuseum

2013 Annual History Symposium

April 17 - 20, 2013

$45 Registration

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Join us on this exciting exploration of the 1930s. Notable national and local speakers, presentations, Chautauqua performances, and an optional evening at Rancharrah that you won’t want to miss! This is an ideal event for history and automobile enthusiasts and those simply interested in unique, thought-provoking presentations.  Schedule and details below.

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We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poor house in an automobile.

-- Will Rogers

The 1930s began with the Wall Street Crash in 1929 and ended with the start of WWII. 

When Roosevelt took office on March 4, 1933, most banks were closed, farms were suffering, 13 million workers were unemployed and industrial production stood at just over half its 1929 level. 

The richest nation in the world learned what it meant to be poor. Poverty became a way of life for 40 million people, yet Main Street America endured. By 1939 the gross national product had climbed to $91 billion, an increase of more than 60 percent from the black days of 1933 – just in time to start a new decade dominated by impact of World War.

Wednesday, April 17

3:30 to 9 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

Check-in

4 p.m.

Welcome – Overview of the Symposium

by Jackie L. Frady, Executive Director

4:15 to 5:25 p.m.

Meet the Queen of Speed

by Nancy R. Wilson, author

5:25 to 5:30 p.m.

Inservice Credit – Information for teachers

5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Dinner Break

(Meal available for order)

6:30 to 7:40 p.m.

The New Deal in Nevada

by Mella Rothwell Harmon, M.S., Architectural Historian and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, University of Nevada, Reno

7:40 to 8:50 p.m.

Ernie Pyle:  Reporting on the Greatest Generation

Chautauqua performance by Doug Mishlar, PH.D., Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, Chautauqua scholar

8:50 to 9 p.m.

Summary/Distribution of materials

 

Thursday, April 18

4 to 9 p.m.

4 p.m.

Announcements and Preview of the Program

by Barbara Clark, Symposium Project Manager

4:10 to 5:20 p.m.

1930 -1940: A Snapshot in Time in the Tahoe Sierra

by Mark McLaughlin, weather historian, author, publisher

5:20 to 6:30 p.m.

Americans and Their Automobiles Survive the 1930s

by William N. Cathey, Ph.D., retired Vice Provost, Instruction and Undergraduate Programs, Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, automotive scholar

6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Dinner Break

Meal available for order

7:30 to 8:45 p.m.

The Dust Bowl Migration

Ken Burns documentary with introduction by Susan H. Davis, M.A.T., Washoe County School District K-12 Social Studies Program Coordinator

8:45 to 9 p.m.

Summary/Distribution of materials

 

Friday, April 19

An Exclusive Evening at Rancharrah

6 to 8 p.m.

A unique invitation to enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres in the Rancharrah mansion and insightful remarks about gaming since the 1930s by William A. Douglass, Ph.D., Emeritus Faculty, Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno.  Douglass is the son of founding partners of Reno’s Club Cal-Neva and Comstock Hotel-Casino. Museum members may attend this event without registering for the Symposium.

Optional Program

Additional Fee for Evening: $45 per person

Space is limited

 

Saturday, April 20

8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

8:30 a.m.

Muffins, Juice and Coffee

8:45 a.m.

Announcements and Preview of the Program

by Barbara Clark, Symposium Project Manager

8:50 to 10 a.m.

Huey Long: Populist Hero or Dangerous Demagogue?

Chautauqua performance by Frank X. Mullen, M.A., journalist, author and Chautauqua scholar

10 to 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

The 1932 Presidential Election: America at the Crossroads

by David Pietruszca, M.A., political historian and author

11:30 to 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Meal available for order

12:30 to 1:45 p.m.

From Dark Days to Golden Age: American Film of the 1930s

by Michael P. Branch, Ph.D., Professor of Literature and Environment, University of Nevada, Reno

1:45 to 2 p.m.

Break

2 to 3:15 p.m.

The United States and Nevada during the 1930s

by Cyd McMullen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, History and Humanities, Great Basin College

3:15 to 4:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Panel of Symposium Speakers:  Michael Branch, Frank Mullen, Cyd McMullen and David Pietruszca and moderated by William N. Cathey

4:15 to 4:30 p.m.

Break 

4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Backstage Pass: Behind the Scenes and Seams

by Karen Burns, B.A., Karen Burns Productions, speaker, writer, teacher, and owner of one of the world’s largest private collection of authentic, vintage stage show costumes

5:30 to 5:45 p.m.

Summary/Book Signing/Evaluations

 

Meals and Evening at Rancharrah have an additional fee.

Schedule subject to change.

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