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Hotel:
Sheraton
Baton Rouge Convention Center Hotel, 102 France Street,
Baton Rouge,
LA 70802; (phone:)225-242-2600; (fax): 225-242-2601; www.sheraton.com.
Located
downtown overlooking the Mississippi River and within walking
distance of the Louisiana Art and Science Museum, IMAX theater,
the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, U.S.S. Kidd, the Louisiana
Old State Capitol, and Argosy Casino, and a short free trolley
ride away to the Arsenal Museum, New State Capitol, and many
other attractions. Rooms are $89 single or double
occupancy, and additional occupants will be charged $10 per
person/per night. Rooms are subject to a per room/per
night room tax (currently 13%). The conference rate is
good the nights of Wednesday, May 25 to Sunday, May 29.
Room reservation deadline is April 25, 2005.
Receptions:
Thursday,
May 26: Old State Capitol, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm. The
Old Louisiana State Capitol is one of the most distinguished
examples of Gothic architecture in the United States.
Completed in 1849 and burned during the Civil War, today it
houses exhibits and the Center for Political and Governmental
History. Visit their website at http://www.sec.state.la.us/museums/osc/osc/osc-index.htm.
Friday,
May 27: Rural Life Museum, 6:00 pm-9:00 pm. Largely
forgotten by the 20th century, the lifestyles and cultures of
these preindustrial Louisianians
are recalled at the LSU Rural Life Museum. Through its extensive
collection of tools, utensils, furniture, and farming equipment,
the museum preserves and interprets an important part of the
state's and nation's rural heritage. The museum also serves as a
research facility for LSU students engaged in heritage
conservation studies. Visit the Museum's website at http://rurallife.lsu.edu/.
We
will post more information here as details are finalized. For
more information or to volunteer to serve on a committee,
contact:
Brenda Gunn, Chair, Program Committee
Head
of Archives and Manuscripts
Center for American History
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, D1100
Austin, Texas 78712
phone: 512-495-4385
fax: 512-495-4542
bgunn@mail.utexas.edu
Tara
Zachary-Laver,
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements
Assistant Curator for Manuscripts
LSU Libraries-Special Collections
Hill Memorial Library
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
Ph 225-578-6546
Fax 225-578-9425
tzachar@lsu.edu
Mark
E. Martin,
Co-Chair, Local Arrangements
Assistant Curator for Image Resources
LSU Libraries–Special Collections
Hill Memorial Library
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3300
Ph 225-578-6501
Fx 225-578-9425
mmarti3@lsu.edu
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