Sessions of Papers for Presentation on 10 December

Session 1: Remembrance of War

• Linsey Hilmer on the GAR monument in Grand Forks
• Matt Spielman on the GAR monument in Fargo
• Johs Eslinger on the Spanish-American War monument in Kindred

Session 2: Americana

• Kurt Easterday on the Lincoln monument in Hillsboro
• Mark Popp on the Statue of Liberty replica in Fargo
• Kelly Hansen on the Nicollet Tower near Sisseton

Session 3: Local Legends

• Matt Boe on Noble's Golden Marguerite at NDSU
• Adam Pool on the Budd Reeve monument in Buxton
• Chloe Quirk on the circus worker monument in Wahpeton

28 November

Just got off the telephone with Sylvia Medd, manager of the Sons of Norway. This is Kringen Lodge of the SoN, located at 722 2nd Avenue N., Fargo. We're confirmed to begin our session of paper presentations at 6pm Monday evening 10 December. Staff there will be serving a crock of meatballs, a meat & cheese platter, a veggie and relish platter, Norwegian pastries, and beverages (coffee & soda).

Agenda for today:

• Dress rehearsal (be prepared to read a bit of your paper, say a little into the second page, and also to introduce a presenter)
• Course evaluations
• Follow-up appointments

Today, 15 November

We're on to meet today, the usual classroom, the usual time. After that, come on over to CJPP for bison chili. Some points today:

• Paper submissions
• Editing appointments
• Planning of paper presentations

No class next week, Thanksgiving Wednesday--but I'm around, and we continue appointments & consultations.

Meet again on 28 November for paper presentation dress rehearsal--watch this page for more on this.

As noted before, paper presentations beginning 6pm Sunday 10 December at the Sons of Norway.

Presentation Night

We're on for Monday evening, 10 December, starting 6pm at the Sons of Norway.

Bison Chil & Potluck

4:30 Wednesday 14 November, in lower level of CJPP (room to be posted later here). Bison chili, plus whatever else comes in potluck. For HIST 489 & HIST 431 students, in observance of the Great Plains Folk Festival. We will have seminar meeting at 3:00 in the same place.

Class 7 November

Today we have mostly housekeeping business. Shortly, as you know, I expect draft papers from you. This means that one certain item of bsiness is to schedule editorial appointments. I'll have my calendar with.

Second, I'll be doing a check-up on progress with each of you.

Third, I'll report on arrangements for paper presentations.

Looking ahead--

• 14 November we will meet to make definite plans for paper presentations
• No class on Thanksgiving Wednesday
• 28 November we will have a sort of dress rehearsal for paper presentations
• First week of December I will be out of town

We now enter the phase of the seminar when most of the work goes underground, that is, involves one-on-one consultations, each of you with me, getting these papers into the best possible shape. Work with me, and support one another, as we bring the enterprise along.

Class 10 October

The agenda gets fairly simple at this point in the semester. It has to do with research on the one hand, writing on the other. I'm going to talk in general terms about the composition of papers, and then look specifically at outlining.

1. Big picture: the paper and its organization
2. Outlining
3. Check-up on individual research

Class 3 October

Back in the usual place at the usual time. Agenda still forming up. Definitely talking about the progress of your research.

ANOTHER NOTICE! IMPORTANT ONE! As noted before, our session on September 26 will be at the Institute for Regional Studies. Also, we will convene at 4:00 rather than 3:00. 4:00, in the institute, for an hour. Other business of the week will have to be done by e-mail, wiki, and individual conference. Thanks for your patience and tolerance.

NOTICE! On September 26 the seminar will meet in the Institute for Regional Studies - you know, over across 19th Avenue. Some of you already have been in. That's where we'll convene, for a conversation with the archivists.

Agenda for 19 September

• Appoint a scribe for today
• Book reviews: status reports, scheduling, wrapping up
• Report on Burke by Eslinger
• Report on Kammen by Easterday
• Discussion of prospectus
• Status of secondary research
• Status of primary research – reports & advice
• Site visits
• Research logs
• Bibliographies

Agenda for Class Today (12 September)

• Scribe for this week & last
• Book reviews (progress, appointments, final drafts, posting)
• Paper topics - get them pinned down
• GRHS essay competition
• History Department Colloquia
• Report on McNeill by Pool
• Report on Appleby by Quirk
• Appoint reporter for Burke
• Appoint reporter for Kammen
• Progress in secondary research (building bibliography)
• Getting started on primary research
• Site visit forms

12 September: Note this essay contest sponsored by the Germans from Russia Heritage Society. Also note the listing of the Vetter family's Prairie Bells grotto I've added to the monuments page.

7 September: Please note the new page just established, Colloquia.

Book Review Editorial Meetings

As soon as you have sent me your book review, sign up here for a time for a meeting to go over it. Here are available times (more to be added as we go along). Just fill in your name for a slot. Then meet me in Minard 412C.

Tuesday 11 September 8:30am:
Tuesday 11 September 9:15am: Matt Boe
Tuesday 11 September 10:00am:
Wednesday 12 September 8:30am:
Wednesday 12 September 9:15am:
Wednesday 12 September 10:00am:
Thursday 13 September 8:30am: Mark Popp
Thursday 13 September 9:15am:
Thursday 13 September 10:00am: Matt Spielman

5 September: Agenda for class today

• Appoint a scribe for today (thanks to Mark, scribe for last week)
• Revisit book review due dates and scheduling of editing
• Claim or assign topics for papers
• Secondary research: note article postings, where are the rest? Also note matters of style
• Report on Carr by Linsey Hillmer
• Report on Becker by Matt Spielman
• Recruit discussants for McNeill and Appleby
• Exercise, "Going to the Source"
• Early stages of primary research

Book Reviews: Assignments are indicated in the bibliography. Pool and Popp, it's possible I mixed yours up. Check them, OK? And let me know.

Paper Topics

• Matt Boe would like to claim the Noble’s Golden Marguerite Monument (the one about the cow) on NDSU as his own.
• Matt Spielman would like to claim the Grand Army of the Republic Monument in Fargo as his own.
• Linsey Hillmer would like to claim the Grand Army of the Republic Monument in Grand Forks as her own.
• Mark Popp would like to claim the topic of the Statue of Liberty replica on the Red River bridge in Fargo as his own.
• Kurt Easterday would like to claim the topic of Abraham Lincoln Statue in Hillsboro as his own.
• Adam Pool would like to claim the topic of Budd Reeves Memorial Cairn in Buxton as his own.
• Chloe Quirk would like to claim the topic Ringling Brothers Circus Monument in Whapeton as her own.
• Kelly Hansen would like to claim the topic of the Nicollet Tower in Sisseton as his own.
• Josh Eslinger would like to claim the topic of the Spanish War monument in Kindred as his own.

29 August 2007: I know it's a bit late, but mainly for my own benefit, here's an agenda for the meeting this afternoon.

• Appoint a scribe for today
• Revisit the assessment sheets
• Check progress with Herodotus (accounts opened, pages established)
• Reminder: check out Hardhat History
• Reminder: check out CHR website, especially Remembrance in Stone
• Spielman reports on Webb
• Hansen reports on Humboldt
• Recruit reporters on Carr and Becker
• Review the calendar
• Assign book reviews
• Go over book review specs
• Assign paper topics
• Organize secondary research

27 August 2007: You might want to check out this link in the Christian Science Monitor: http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0824/p02s01-ussc.html. The story has to do with historical memory and monuments pertaining to the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857. Ahead of this fall's release of a feature film, September Dawn, depicting the tragic incident, the Mormon church is repositioning itself in relation to this bad chapter in its past. The article quotes historians, but it also makes plain that the shift in church position is largely due to pressures from church members--in other words, a shift in collective memory.

26 August 2007: As profiles and home pages start to appear, let me mention a couple of things about rhetoric and format. In your profile, feel free to write in first person and include whatever details you like. Do, however, also open a home page for your work in the seminar, using the "Add a new page" function at right and selecting the template for home pages. And on that home page, put a bio for yourself written in third person.

23 August 2007: Good, I see that now the invitations have gone out, and Matt Spielman has initiated his home page.--TI

23 August 2007: Invitations to all seminarians to be members of the wiki went in to Wetpaint yesterday afternoon, but the invitations have not yet come out. I see they are still on the control board waiting for Wetpaint to send them out. Be patient, I guess, and know that I'm not too concerned about that Friday deadline for setting up your home pages; I know the delayed invitations are holding you up.--TI

18 August 2007: Welcome to all in the fall senior seminar! You're going to need a Wetpaint account for participation in the course, because the wiki is going to be integral to our transactions. So, go ahead and set up your account. I'll be sending you an invitation to be a writer, so that you will be able to add and edit pages. After that you can go ahead and set up your own pages in the wiki, as directed on its home page.--TI

18 August 2007: Check out the website, Remembrance in Stone, established by the Center for Heritage Renewal as a showcase for research performed by students in HIST 489.--TI

18 August 2007: This wiki has the same name as the weblog, Herodotus, that has served HIST 489 for the past few years. The wiki assumes the functions previously performed by the weblog and also is intended, because of the nature of the medium, to cultivate an attitude of common inquiry.--TI