Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 1, 1980

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS	1
“New Frontiers in History Education,” by William L. Cartwright, Duke University

ASIAN HISTORY IN THE CLASSROOM
“New Horizons in Teaching East Asian and Southeast Asian History,” by David Hess, Paine College (Synopsis)	9
“Teaching Vietnam as History,” by Joe P. Dunn, Converse College	10

HISTORY FOR EVERYONE (Synopsis of Session)	21
“Objectives in the General Education Course,” by Lowry P. Ware, Erskine College
“Sources for the General Education Course,” by Nancy Erickson, Erskine College
“Projects in the General Education Course,” by James W. Gettys, Erskine College
“Using the General Education Course in High School,” by Geraldine Price, Belton-Honea Path (South Carolina) High School

HISTORY AND THE NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENT	25
“Non-Traditional Courses for Non-Traditional Students,” by Albert S. Hanser, West Georgia College
“History and the Engineering Student,” by Robert Fischer, Southern Technical Institute
“History and the Vo-Tech Student,” by Ronald Ridgley, Brunswick Junior College
“Clio’s Last Stand: History at Georgia Tech,” by Germaine Reed, Georgia Institute of Technology

DEVELOPING READING SKILLS THROUGH THE SURVEY COURSE	27
“Reading, Writing and History: An Experimental Program,” by Sylvia Krebs, DeKalb Community College	27
“Cooperative Teaching Strategies in a Survey Course,” by Paul Bolster, Clark College	30

HISTORY FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS	34
“History of Nursing: History and Historical Method for Pre-Professionals,” by Raymond G. Herbert, Thomas More College, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky	34
“The Historian and Law as a Teaching Field,” by Fraser Harbutt, Emory University (Synopsis)	40
“History of Medicine for Beginning Medical Students,” by Marcellus Barksdale, Morehouse College (Synopsis)	40

NEW APPROACHES IN TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY	41
“American History Through Field Trips and Preservation Projects,” by Joe Spence, Lenoir City (Tennessee) High School	41
“‘Foxfire’ Approach,” by Elizabeth Roberson, Alliance for Progress, Williamston, North Carolina (Synopsis)	44
“Bridge from High School to College: The Advanced Research Workshop,” by Lee W. Formwalt, Albany State College	44

A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO HISTORY INSTRUCTION (Synopsis of Session)	52
“Small Group Instruction in the World Civilization Survey,” by Sheldon Hanft, Appalachian State University
“Use of the Proseminar in Teaching World Civilization,” by Stephen J. Simon, Appalachian State University
“History Learning Laboratory as an Instructional Aid,” by Ruby Lanier, Appalachian State University

HISTORY FOR ALL	54
“Luring the General Public Into the Arms of Clio,” by Bernadette Kuehn Loftin, Middle Georgia College	54
“The city Historian as History Teacher,” by Grace Hooten Gates, City Historian of Anniston, Alabama	61

LAW IN AMERICAN SOCIETY (Synopsis of Session)	67
“Law-related Education: Growth of a Movement,” by Tony Magnon, Stone Mountain High School

PERSONALIZED SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION	68
“PSI as an Experimental Western Civilization Course,” by William F. Ricketson, Lander College, Greenwood, South Carolina (Synopsis)	68

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS A TEACHING RESOURCE (Synopsis of Session)	70
“The Atlanta Historical Society Experience” Panel: Judson Ward, Director Richard Eltzroth, Archivist Madeline Reamy, Education Coordinator Ann Woodall, Editor

PREPARING AND USING SLIDES	71
“Interpreting Women’s History Through Slides,” by Florence F. Corley, Westminster Schools	71
“Enlivening U.S. Economic History for College and High School Students: The Use of Slides,” by Joseph F. Tripp, The Citadel, and John C. Sanford, Jr., Berkeley High School, Moncks Corner, South Carolina	73

MINUTES OF SEVENTH ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS	81

Vol. 2, 1981

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS	1
“On Black Studies: Academic Discipline and Political Struggle,” by Eugene D. Genovese, University of Rochester

CLASSROOMS IN THE REAL WORLD: INTERNSHIPS, WORK EXPERIENCE AND THE HISTORY MAJOR, A PANEL DISCUSSION	11
“A College Perspective on Internships,” by Michael Gill, Georgia College	11
“Internships and the Employer,” by Gayle A. Peters, National Archives and Record Service	14
“Internships and the Student,” by Lorraine M. Lee, Department of Archives and History	17
“Classrooms in the Real World,” by Thomas F. Armstrong, Georgia College	19

PAPERS ON THE LATE MEDIEVAL WORLD	24
“The Loss of Ponthieu: Nationalism or Particularism,” by E. Howard Shealy, Kennesaw College	24
“An Italian Response to More’s Utopia: The Excellence of the Commonwealth of Marco Girolamo Vida,” by Josephy Berrigan, University of Georgia	33
“The Political Rhetoric of Marco Girolamo Vida’s Oration to Philip II,” by LeAnne Thurmond, Spartanburg, South Carolina	36

TEACHING HISTORY: THE CULTURE PATTERN APPROACH	44
“The Culture Pattern Approach to Teaching History,” by Oliver Turner Ivey, Auburn University	44
“The Culture Pattern Approach to High Schools,” by Andrew M. Weaver, Auburn University	44
“The Culture Pattern Approach to College and University Level,” by Donathan Olliff, Auburn University	45

REMINISCENCES AND REFLECTIONS	46
“Ellis Merton Coulter,” by Kenneth Coleman, University of Georgia	46
“Reminiscences of an Academic Nobody,” by Joseph O. Baylen, Georgia State University	51
“The British Foreign Office and Policy Formation: The 1840s,” by John K. Derden, Emanuel County Junior College	64
“Sir Robert Vansittart and the British Foreign Office, 1930-1938,” by Thomas H. Keene, Kennesaw College	80
“Ups and Downs of an Oral History Project: Searching For a North Georgia Inventor of a Flying Machine,” by Robert S. Davis, Jasper, Georgia	91
“Augusta Evans Wilson Re-examined: Vistorian or Feminist?” by Bernadette K. Loftin, Middle Georgia College	98
“Assassination in the Chinese Republican Revolutionary Movement,” by Edward S. Krebs, Spelman College	111

Minutes of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians	135

Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 3, 1982

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS	1
“The Emergence of Territorial Nationalism in the Contemporary Arab Middle East” by Kenneth Stein, Emory University

“Old Cloaks and New Daggers: Covert and Overt Activities in Georgia, Past and Present,” Harvey H. Jackson, Clayton Junior College, Moderator	13

“George Galphin and the Creek Congress of 1777” by Robert Scott Davis Jr., Jasper, Georgia	13
“The Trembling Land: Covert Activities in the Georgia Backcountry During the American Revolution” by Edward Cashin, Augusta College	31
“The People’s Spies: Glimpses of Georgia’s Covert Activities During the Mid-1950s” by Robert W. Dubay, Bainbridge Junior College (synopsis)	40

“An Informal Tour of British and Continental Archives and Private Collections,” Michael E. Shaw, Georgia Southern College, Moderator	41

“French Archives and Private Collections” by Warren F. Spencer, University of Georgia	41

“German Archives and Private Collections” by Gerald H. Davis, Georgia State University	47
“British Archives and Private Collections” by Joseph O. Baylen, Georgia State University (synopsis)	58

“The Keys of the Kingdom: Grants and Grant Writing,” (synopsis of session) Robert H. Claxton, West Georgia College, moderator	59

“Teaching History in the 1980s: A Multi-Faceted Consideration,” Bernadette K. Loftin, Middle Georgia College, Moderator	61
“Experiential Learning and the Teaching of History” by Mark K. Bauman, Atlanta Junior College, and Paul George, Miami, Florida	61
“History as a General Education: The University’s Role” by Lester D. Stephens, University of Georgia	69
“Georgia Archives: Local Resources for the Classroom” by Alice Knierim, Department of Archives and History	73
“A Usable Past for the Priviledged: Independent School History in the 1980s” by George Lamplugh, The Westminster Schools (synopsis)	77
“Development of a Rationale and Justification for the Specification of General Education Goals within History Curricula” by Veula Rhodes, Albany State College (synopsis)	78
“Local History in the Public School Curriculum” by Joe Olliff, Richmond County Board of Education (synopsis)	79

“The State of the Art: History and the Liberal Arts,” Irwin Hyatt, Emory University, Moderator	81

“Clio, Her Present and Her Future” by Samuel R. Gammon, Executive Director, American Historical Association	81
“Promoting History through State Associations: The Georgia Association of Historians” by Joan Huffman, Macon Junior College	85
“Lord William Cavendish Bentinck and the Abolition of Suttee” by Isaiah Azariah, Albany State College	91
“The British Consulate in Georgia, 1824-1981” by Robert H. Welborn, Clayton Junior College	105
“Frederick Jackson Turner and his Presentism” by William H. Ferriss, Georgia State University	113
“‘The Hand that Rocks the Cradle Rules the World’: Laura Askew Haygood and Methodist Education in China, 1884-1889” by Linda Madson Papageorge, Kennesaw College	123

Minutes of the Ninth Annual Business Meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians	133

Recipients of Georgia Association of Historians Awards	137

History Day Prize Winners	138

Past and Present Officers of the Georgia Association of Historians	139

Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 4, 1983

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“From Scopes to Creation Science” by Willard B. Gatewood, Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor, University of Arkansas	1

WOMEN’S HISTORY AND THE ARCHIVES: USING SOURCES IMAGINATIVELY
(Joan Huffman, Macon Junior College, Moderator)

“Urban Women in Tudor-Stuart England: The Value of Borough Sources” by Diane Willen, Georgia State University	19
“Georgia Feminists Before and After the Franchise” by Leonora Gidlund, Georgia State University	28
“State and Local Records as Women’s History Sources: The Case of Edna Perkins Godbee” by Virginia Shadron, Department of Archives and History	36

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
(Eugene Huck, Kennesaw College, Moderator)

“Debt Servitude in Rural Guatemala, 1876-1936” by David McCreery, Georgia State University	47
“Ronald Reagan’s Latin American Policy (Synopsis)” by Robert Fischer, Southern Technical Institute	69

LIBERALISM: IMAGES AND PRACTICAL REALITY
(Virginia Hein, Southern Technical Institute, Moderator)

“Another Celebration of our Heritage: The Johnson White House and the Nation’s Bicentennial” by Martin Elzy, Carter Presidential Materials Project	70
“Lester Maddox and the ‘Liberal’ Mayors” by Bradley Rice, Clayton Junior College	78

TEACHING SESSION
(Donald Grant, Fort Valley State College, Moderator)

“They Tell Me it’s Fun: History Students and Classroom Computer Use” by Thomas F. Armstrong, Georgia College	88
“‘High Tech’ and the Freshman: Using Computers in Lower Divison History Courses” by Fred H. van Hartesveldt, Fort Valley State College	92
“Using Local Materials” (synopsis) by Steven Gurr, Georgia Southwestern College	97
“American Diplomats Response to Chinese Nationalism: Anti-American Boycott, 1906-1906: For Patriotism or Profit?” By Linda Madson Papageorge, Kennesaw College	98
“The Battle of the Riceboats: British Views of Georgia’s First Battle of the American Revolution” by Robert S. Davis, Jr., Jasper Georgia	111

Minutes of the Tenth Annual Business Meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians	123

Recipients of Georgia Association of Historians Awards	126

History Day Prize Winners	127

Past and Present Officers of the Georgia Association of Historians	128

Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 5, 1984

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“‘1984’—What is it? Popular and Scholarly Views of Totalitarian Rule” By Donald M. McKale, Clemson University	1

AMERICAN HUMORISTS: SELDOM SEEN VISTAS
(Thomas W. Ramage, August College, Chair)

“Winter of Discontent: The Influence of Will Rogers’ Indian Heritage Upon his Life and Philosophy” by S. Fred Roach, Kennesaw College	15
“Bill Arp—Underconstructed but Domesticated” by Donald J. Fay, Kennesaw College	24

TRANSPORTATION IN ANTEBELLUM GEROGIA
(F. Lamar Pearson, Jr., Valdosta State College, Chair)

“Stagecoaches and Public Accomodations” (Synopsis) by William I. Hair, Georgia College	37
“Southern Antebellum Railroad Travel” (Synopsis) by Eugene Alvarez, Macon Junior College	39
“Clio and the Educators” (Synopsis) by Charles Berryman, University of Georgia	41
“Teaching Faculty and Librarians: Partners in Library Instruction” by Janice C. Fennell, Georgia College	42

EUROPEAN NAVEL DEVELOPMENTS
(Roger K. Warlick, Armstrong State College, Chair)

“H.M.S. Dreadnought: Myths and Realities” by John Edward Moore, Albany State College	48
“Juggernaut or Buffoon? Americans Oberserve the Soviet Navy, 1917-1941” by Charles J. Weeks, Southern Technical Institute	62

WOMEN OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
(Susan Conner, Tift College, Chair)

“The Conversion of the Nehru Women to Ghandian Freedom-fighting” by Elizabeth Hulsey Marshall, Clayton Junior College	70
“Sarojini Naidu: Women’s Rights Activist and Freedom Fighter” by Isaiah Azariah, Albany State College	83
“History Now and in the Future” by Richard S. Kirkendall, Iowa State University	91
“History in the Secondary School Curriculum” by Gary Fink, Georgia State University	103
“Before Imperialism: Kishida Ginko Pioneers the China Market for Japan” by Douglas R. Reynolds, Georgia State University	114

Minutes of the Eleventh Annual Business Meeting of the Georgia Association of Historians	121

“Challenges for Historians” by James C. Cook, Floyd Junior College	124

Recipients of Georgia Association of Historians Awards	130

History Day Prize Winners	131

Past and Present Officers of the Georgia Association of Historians	132

Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 6, 1985

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Historians and Higher Education in the Eighties” Robert A. Burnett, President, Armstrong State College	1

TEACHING HISTORY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
(Bradley Rice, Clayton Junior College, Chair Thomas W. Ramage, Augusta College, Comments)

“Magnolias and Grits: An Interdisciplinary Course in Women’s Studies” by Susan Conner, Tift College	7
“Historical Perspective in Outcome-Focused, Assessment-Based General Education” (Synopsis) John Kohler, III, Clayton Junior College	17

HIGHER EDUCATION: MANY PATHS TO THE EIGHTIES
(Thomas Dyer, University of Georgia, Chair)

“Engineering the New South: The Beginnings of Georgia Tech” (synopsis) Robert McMath, Georgia Institute of Technology	18
“Selected Perceptions of Traditionally Black Institutions of Higher Education in a Vastly ‘Integrating’ Society” John Rhodes, Fort Valley State College	19
“The Origins and Development of Columbus College” Craig Lloyd, Columbus College	24

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES FOR THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
(Timothy Crimmins, Georgia State University, Chair)

“Good Workers and Good Soldiers: Attitude Formation in the Primary Schools of the French Third Republic, 180-1914” Sally Gershman, Georgia Southern College	32
“Preserving the History of the Integration Years in Secondary Education in Georgia Through Oral History” Marcellus Barksdale, Morehouse College	43
“The Illusion of Educational Reform in Georgia, 1984-85: A Social-Historical Analysis” (Synopsis) Wayne Urban, Georgia State University	47

GENERAL SESSION
(Gordon Teffeteller, Valdosta State College, Presiding)

“The Uniersity of Georgia Over Two Centuries” (Synopsis) F. Nash Boney, University of Georgia	49

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
(Gary Fink, Georgia State University, Chair Robert McMath, Georgia Institute of Technology, Comments)

“Using Microcomputer Historical Simulations Teaching Survival in Early Virginia” James B. Schick, Pittsburg (Kansas) State University	51
“Henry Bulwer and the Convention of Balta Liman” Fred van Hartesveldt, Fort Valley State College	56
“The Arms Race Begins: The Problem of National Defense and Technological Change in Great Britian, 1856-1866” Robert H. Welborn, Clayton Junior College	64
“Technological Change and British Naval Policy, (1904-1914)” John Edward Moore, Albany State College	69
“British Engineers as Geographers in Georgia in 1779” Robert S. Davis, Jr., Jasper, Georgia	81
“An Analysis of Georgia’s 1938 Senate Race” Glen Moore, Rome, Georgia	87
“Secular Missionaries: The Early American Teachers in the Philippines” William Edward Ezzell, Dekalb Community College	96
“Augusto Cesar Sandino: Nicaraguan Hero” J.O. Baylen, Regent’s Professor of History Emeritus, Georgia State University	108

MINUTES OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS	119

Recipients of Georgia Association of Historians Awards	121

History Day Prizes Winners	122

Past and Present Officers of the Georgia Association of Historians	123

Proceedings and Papers of the Georgia Association of Historians

Vol. 7, 1986

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1986 MEETING

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
“Clio in Public: Scholarship Striptease?” by Gerald George, American Association for State and Local History?	1

SPECIAL BREAKFAST ADDRESS
“The Study and Teaching of History in China” by Li-Wen Wang, University of Peking	9

TEACHING COMMITTEE SESSION
“‘Down Home’ History: Turning Students on to History with the Family Paper” by John A. Ricks, Valdosta State College	12
“The Battle of Antietam: An Audio-Visual Interpretation for the Classroom Use” by John K. Derden and James A. Stevenson, Emmanuel County Junior College	20

NEW LOOKS AT TWO CIVIL WAR CAMPAIGNS
“Hell in the Low Country: The Campaign Against Wilmington, N.C., 1865” by Richard Iobst, Robins Air Force Base (synopsis)	24
“Human Pilgrimage: The Civil War Activities of Drs. John Milton and Esther Hill Hawks” by Gerald Schwartz, Western Carolina University	25
“Sea Island and Wilmington: Two Different Kings of Civil War Campaigns” Comment by Steven Davis, Association of Georgia and Blue and Gray Magazine	32

PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC SITES IN EUROPE
“Preservation and Restoration of the Ancient Ruins in Greece and Italy” by Linda Piper, University of Georgia	35
“Comments on Preservation of Historic Sites in Europe” by Elizabeth Lyon, Georgia Department of Natural Resources	37

GEORGIA PROFESSORS IN INDIA
“Comments Attending Slide Presentation: Tradition and Religion India” By James Cook and George Pullen, Floyd Junior College	38

PRESERVATION AND ACADEMIA: THE NEED FOR INTERFACE
“Historians and Historic Preservation” by Elizabeth Lyon, Georgia Department of Natural Resources	43
“Summary of Remarks: Preservation and Academia, the Need for Interface” By Stuart Johnson, National Park Service	49

PAPERS
“The Bargain: Lillian Smith on Race, Sex and Class in Southern Society” by Pat B. Brewer, University of G