Proceedings of the 2010 Conference & Annual Meeting

Roots and Branches of Living History

Worcester, Massachusetts
Volume XXXIII

Past-Presidential Address ~ Charles LeCount

Keynote Address ~ Bee Skeps, Cucumbers, & Roses: Real Gardening & Fanciful Gardening in Nineteenth-Century Utah, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Ph.D.

The Roots of ALHFAM

• Agricultural Artifacts: Early Curators, Their Philosophies& Their Collections, Debra A. Reid, Ph.D.
• The Founding of ALHFAM: Eyewitness Memories, Ron Kley

Rooted in Research

• Light Follows Heavy: Step Two Harrowing and Cultivation, Wayne Randolph
• Hearth Death: Putting Out the Popular Myth, Amy Scott
• Horsepower: Treadmills and Horse Gears in the Past and Present, Barbara Corson
• Sustaining the Hospital: Food, Water, and Care During the American Revolution, Alice Loxley
• “Aging is an Option?” Growing Old in the “World of William Penn”, Clarissa F. Dillon

The Living History Branches of Food, Fabric, and Collections

• How Clothing Dies and How to Put Off the Inevitable, Laura M. Poresky
• Silhouettes: The Black and White of it All, Kandie Carle
• “Roots” of the Hearth Workshop, Susan McLellan Plaisted
• Curation 101: Curatorial Roots for Non-Curators, Dawn Bondhus, Martha Katz-Hyman, Mick Woodcock
• Caring for Collections with a Small Budget, Little Time and Limited Staffing, Jamie Rigsby

Living History and the Family Tree

• Living History in the Family Album: Snapshots of German/ Austrian Agriculture at the End of World War II, Susan Atherton Hanson
• Living Living History: Unexpected Roots, Branches, Leaves and Twigs, Bob and Jean Benner

Branching Outward

• The Value of Social Media: "Friends" & "Followers", Heidi Glatfelter
• Social Media: A Virtual Tea Party, Edward Baker
• Social Media at Chippewa Nature Center, Kyle Bagnall
• Grow Your Roots Deep: Cultivating Partnerships in Your Community, Heidi Glatfelter
• Silver and Gold, Make New Friends But Keep the Old: A Partnership Experience, Sarah Bent
• Rooted in the Community: Transforming Practice to Increase Organizational Vigor, Candace Tangorra Matelic, Ph.D., Candace Lee Heald, Ph.D.
• Going Out on a Limb, Sandra Tarbox, Tom Kelleher, and Kandie Carle
• You Don’t Have to be Ansel Adams, Derrick Birdsall

The “Trunk” of Interpretation

• “No Irish Need Apply”: Immigration Interpretive Program at Old Sturbridge Village, Katie Hill
• You are Cordially Invited to Join Us for Afternoon Tea, Sarah Bent
• Detecting Repeat Visitation, Jason French
• How to Use Living History to Interpret the Life of Common Workers, Richard Pawling   
• It All Boils Down to Money, Or Does It? Maple Sugar & Syrup Demonstrations, Lynne Belluscio
• Ethical Concerns of Time Shock in United Kingdom Living History Museums, Ryan Spencer
• Branching into the Classroom: Living History Away from the Museum, Abby Chandler, PhD