2005-2006
Co-sponsored by
Northeastern
Illinois University and the Dr. Wm. M. Scholl Center for Family and Community
History
All sessions will be held
at the
Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL. Sessions run from 3:30-5
PM.
All meetings are free and open to the public.
October 14, 2005 - Melbourne Massacre: Russell and Boys Revolutionize the
International Game
Carson Cunningham, Purdue University
November 18, 2005 - Pro
Patria and Alma Mater: College Sports and the First World War
Patrick
Miller, Northeastern Illinois University
February 24, 2006 -
Closing Down the Open City: The Demise of Boxing and Horse
Racing in Chicago in 1905
Steven Riess, Northeastern Illinois
University
March 17,
2006 - Girls' Athletics in Metropolitan Chicago
High Schools, 1910 to 1980
Joe Bigott, Purdue
University Calumet
April 28, 2006 -
"Yuppie on the Phone!": Defining Community Boundaries
Holly Swyers,
University of Chicago
For more information, contact Ginger Shulick at scholl@newberry.org, or call 312.255.3524.