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The Heritage of Industry, Community and Diversity in the
Calumet Region
2010 Calumet Heritage Conference
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Program 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Bus Tour 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Valparaiso University-Harre
Student Union
1700 Chapel Drive, Valparaiso Indiana
Conference Brochure
and Registration Form (pdf)
To pre-register for the conference print the
conference brochure (above) and send your completed
registration form with payment to the address provided.
To pre-register online send an e-mail to Mike Siola
msiola@csu.edu
with the subject "Calumet Heritage Conference" and include the information
requested on the registration form (name address, phone,
whether you want to take the bus tour, and if applicable if
your organization would like exhibit space). Finally
indicate whether you are making payment via PayPal or will
make payment at the conference. To make payment via PayPal
click the button below (while the description reads "Help
Save ACME steel, payment will be applied to the conference.)
You may also renew your membership this way.
About the Conference
The human heritage of the
Calumet region is front and center at this year’s eleventh
annual Calumet Heritage Conference, to be held Saturday,
October 23 at the Harre Union at Valparaiso University. Past
conferences have made the case that the region contains
heritage of national significance, and that its
contributions to the national understanding of regionalism,
transportation, steel, and planning prove the point. What
could better put the case for the national significance of
the nature of the diverse human community at the southern
end of Lake Michigan than the title of keynote speaker
Stephen Paul O’Hara’s forthcoming book,
Gary: The Most
American of All American Cities (Indiana University Press,
2011). O’Hara, Associate Professor of History at Xavier
University in Ohio, will speak at the conference on “The
Intersections of Industrial Heritage, Folklore, and
History”.
The 1998 National Park Service National
Heritage Area feasibility study inventoried cultural
resources and asked, are they of national significance? Two
housing developments on the far South Side of Chicago
warranted a big “YES”: Altgeld Gardens and Trumbull Park.
These places tell a story of the vexed interactions between
industrialization, public policy, and community response
that characterized American industrial regions. In Chicago
State University historian Lionel Trimble’s hands, they also
tell a sometimes neglected story of human courage and
initiative in the face of ugly realities. Rev. Gregory
Jones, adjunct professor of theology at Valparaiso
University, has been deeply involved in community relations
in the region of today, and is very well-positioned to speak
on “The Social Impact of Migrations of Cultural Communities
in the Calumet Region.” And all migrants to the area since
the late eighteenth century are following in the path of
Native American communities. Geographer Ronald Janke of
Valparaiso, an expert in Native American history and
geography, will speak at the conference and lead an
afternoon field trip to significant prehistoric sites in the
Calumet region.
CHP is thrilled to return to the campus
of Valparaiso University. The
University’s Brauer Museum of
Art contains a number of works of direct relevance to
regional history. Gregg Hertzlieb, Director and Curator (and
editor of The Calumet Region: An American Place) will
display selections from the collection at the conference.
The Harre
Union, home to this year’s conference, opened in
January, 2009 and has quickly become a central point not
only for the University but also for the region.
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Everyone who lives, works, and/or plays in the Calumet
region can be a member of the Calumet Heritage
Partnership. Members are encouraged to attend the
regular partnership meetings and are entitled to vote on
important regional issues. Working together we can make
a difference.
For information contact the Calumet Heritage
Partnership at 773-646-0436, or email:
info@calumetheritage.org
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