The ASLH will go to Dallas, Texas, for the 2009 meeting. The dates are November 12-14.
The program committee, chaired by Stuart Banner and Victoria List, have come up with a remarkable
program. It should be a bang-up meeting. To download the final (printed)
program (pdf) click here.
A slightly earlier version of the program is still available as a
Word document.
Congratulations are owing to Stuart Banner and Victoria List, co-chairs, and to the program committee both for the high quality
of the program and for being consistently "ahead of the game."
The pre-registration form is available from this site.
Our website is not secure enough to trust credit card numbers to it, so we're asking you to send the form
to us by mail. You fill out the form online
(.PDF) and then print it out and send it to us (keep a copy of what you print out; if you have the regular
Adobe Acrobat, you won't be able to save what you enter on the form digitally).
The room-sharing form works the same way. You
fill out the form online
(.PDF) and then print it out and send it to us.
The conference
hotel is the Fairmont Dallas. All the sessions, the
Continental breakfasts, the annual lunch, and the Thursday and Saturday
receptions will be held there. It’s an elegant downtown hotel, and it should be fun. We
have negotiated what is for this hotel a remarkably cheap rate of
$169 for a basic double room. To obtain the rate you should telephone (toll-free) 866-540-4427 and
indicate that you are booking for the ASLH Annual Meeting. Rooms for the
meeting may also be booked through a special
website that the hotel has arranged. (Do not use the hotel’s regular
website; you won’t be able to get the special rate that way.)
The local arrangements committee, chaired by Joshua Tate and Josiah Daniel, has produced a zippy
flier
and an informative guide
that gives a good idea what Dallas is like. The guide also contains practical information, including
information about flights
and the airport, and about a full range of
accommodations to fit every budget. The guide may also be downloaded as a
.pdf file.
The local arrangements committee has organized a special walking tour of Dallas on Thursday in the late afernoon
and a special exhibit in the Dallas Municipal Archives during the lunch hour on Friday: Legal Walking Tour of Dallas
5:00 to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 12 (advance sign-up required).
Join City of Dallas Archivist John Slate for a walking tour of downtown Dallas and its most significant historical legal sites, including buildings
and case-specific spots connected to Dallas’s desegregation, activities of Bonnie and Clyde, and the beginnings of law in Dallas County inside
an historic cabin on Bryan Street. Contact Kristy Offenburger at kristyo@smu.edu to register.
City of Dallas Municipal Archives Special Exhibit 1500 Marilla St., 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Friday, November 13 (come when you can;
leave when you must). A special display of photographs and documents highlighting the role of the City of Dallas in legal history.
If you are interested in setting up a book exhibit at the conference (publishers, etc.)
please click here for the relevant information and form.
A recent issue of the ABA Journal features a map of important legal history sites in Dallas. The online version can be found
here.
