Conference Information
Conference Headquarters
The
conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Avenue
South in Minneapolis, MN. The conference room rate is $99.00 per night. For
reservations, please contact the hotel directly at 1-800-448-3663 or
612-333-4646 or via the hotel’s web
site. Remember to specify that you are with the NGPHC. The conference
registration code is GPH.
Registration
Participants
and attendees may preregister using the form at the web site. The fee for
registration received on or before September 16 is $40.00. Registration received
after that date will be $50.00. Students with a valid student ID may register
for the full conference for $25.00 on or before September 16, or $30.00 thereafter. Full-time
students not on the program will be admitted for a one-day registration fee of
$10 with a valid student ID.
All
participants and attendees must register for the conference.
Publications Exhibit
Books
and other publications will be exhibited in the foyer outside of the main floor
meeting rooms. Exhibit hours are 8:30-4:30 on Thursday and Friday, and
8:30-11:30 on Saturday.
Session Locations
Sessions
will be held in the main floor ballroom and the third floor conference rooms at
the Holiday Inn Metrodome. Three sessions at 11:00 on Friday will be held at
the Elmer Andersen Library, two
blocks east of the hotel on the University of Minnesota campus.
Organizational Luncheons
The
Society for Military History will sponsor a luncheon at 12:45 on Thursday,
October 10, in Ballroom E. The cost for the luncheon is $17.
A
luncheon for women historians will be held in Ballroom F at 12:45 on Thursday,
October 10. The cost for this luncheon is $20; the menu selections are on the
registration form.
Reservations
for the luncheons must be received by Monday, October 7.
Reception
Augsburg
College will host a reception at the Elmer Andersen Library on the University of
Minnesota campus on Thursday, October 10, from 5:00 until 6:30. Tours of the
library’s underground storage caverns will be available throughout the
reception.
Banquet
In order
to allow conference attendees the opportunity to make independent plans for
Friday evening activities, this year’s banquet will be held at 12:45 p.m.
on Friday, October 11 in Ballrooms C-F.
The
banquet speaker is Karal Ann Marling, professor of art history and American
studies at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Marling is a noted commentator on
popular culture and is the author of numerous books, including George Washington Slept Here:
Colonial Revivals and American Culture (1988), Iwo Jima: Monuments, Memories, and the
American Hero (1991),
Graceland: Going Home with Elvis(1996), As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday
Life in the 1950s
(1996), and Designing
Disney’s Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance (1997).
The cost
of the banquet is $20. Tickets may be purchased using the registration form in
the program.
Reservations
for the banquet must be received by Monday, October 7.
Larry Rowen Remele Award
Established
by the Northern Great Plains History Conference to honor the memory of Larry
Rowen Remele, this award is presented annually to an individual who has made
significant contributions to the betterment of the conference. Remele, a
long-time editor of North Dakota History, worked energetically to promote and enhance the
conference and was serving as council chair at the time of his premature death
in 1988.
The
recipient of the Larry Rowen Remele Award for 2002 is J. Michael McCormack. He is an associate professor of History at Bismarck
State College, where he has taught since 1966. Professor McCormack has been an
active participant in the NGPHC almost since its inception and he has served on
the conference council since 1994. He co-chaired the 1984 and 1997 meetings in
Bismarck, and he will chair the 2004 conference. He is currently the Vice-Chair
and historian on the regional Bismarck-Mandan Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
Committee for 2003-2006.
The
twelve previous winners of the Larry Rowen Remele Award are, in order of
presentation, D. Jerome Tweton, Archer Jones, Lawrence H. Larsen, James M. Skinner,
William E. Lass, William C. Pratt, R. Alton Lee, David B. Danbom, Hans
Burmeister, Dana Miller, Malcolm Muir, Jr., and Harl Dalstrom.
Transportation
To reach the hotel by car:
From
the south, take
35W north to the 3rd Street/ University of Minnesota exit (Exit
17C). Follow the West Bank lane to Washington Ave. At the stop light, turn
right onto Washington. At the next stop light, turn left. The parking ramp is
on the left.
From
the north, take
35W south to the Washington Ave. exit. Turn left at the top of the ramp
(crossing 35W). At the 2nd stop light, turn left. The parking ramp
is on the left.
From the east, take I-94, exit onto Cedar Ave. Turn right. Hotel is
six blocks directly ahead.
From the west, take I-94 to 35W north. Follow the above directions
for “from the south.”
If
arriving by air:
From
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, exit airport in left lane on Highway 5. Merge
right and follow “Minneapolis” signs. Exit on “Minneapolis
Highway 55” (Hiawatha). Continue on Highway 55 in the right lane. Exit at
Third Street/University of Minnesota West Bank to Washington Ave. Turn right
onto Washington Ave., and turn left at the next stop light. Make an immediate
left turn to the hotel entrance.
An
airport shuttle is available for a fee of $13 per person one way or $21 per
person round trip. The shuttle departs from the airport to the hotel every 15
minutes from 5:30 a.m. – midnight. Please follow the signs at the airport
to scheduled hotel van pick up.