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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 7:57 AM
Subject: FW: Planning Summit 2000 and USCT Civil War Luncheon
> Good Morning [from Harry Bradshaw Matthews]:
>
> Welcome to a new school year! The October Planning Summit 2000, including
> the USCT Institute's Inaugural Civil War Luncheon, continues to move
> forward. I am providing an update at this time, as well as request your
> assistance as appropriate. Based upon several requests, the schedule is
> being modified a little.
>
> FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6
>
> REGISTRATION & EXHIBIT, scheduled for 4-5:45 pm; MORRIS HALL CONFERENCE
> CENTER, SUNY ONEONTA
>
> SUMMIT PANEL, this is new and scheduled for 6-7 pm. The panel is proposed
to
> include 4 persons, each providing a 10-minutes response to "How is your
> research, publication, and/or ancestry helping to expand knowledge of the
> USCT's role in the Underground Railroad Freedom Trail?" Several persons
> receiving this e-mail have recently published new books or are currently
> involved with some exciting research. I am asking that anyone receiving
this
> e-mail, to please e-mail me by next Monday, September 11, if you would
like
> to be a part of this panel; a moderator will also be selected from among
> those of you who respond. Please also forward a brief bio in your e-mail
> response. Also, anyone receiving this e-mail who has published a book that
> is for sale, please bring at least several copies.
>
> DINNER AND SUMMIT AGENDA, scheduled for 7-8:30 pm; MHCC [$15 per person]
>
> SUMMIT OPENING DISCUSSION, scheduled for 9-:11:30 pm; this is the time
when
> we begin brainstorming about the "when, where, how , and what" that is
> necessary [including financially] to encourage communities/schools to host
> anniversary programs regarding the Underground Railroad Freedom Trail.
>
> SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7
>
> BREAKFAST, scheduled for 8-8:50 am, MHCC [$7 per person]
>
> SUMMIT DISCUSSION II, scheduled for 9-11 am, MHCC
>
> USCT CIVIL WAR LUNCHEON, scheduled noon-2 pm; AGORA, DEWAR HALL, HARTWICK
> COLLEGE [$15 per person]. The organizing of the luncheon will be completed
> by Institute members of Otsego and Delaware Counties, NY. The 2-hour
program
> [with lunch taking a considerable amount of time] will be without long
> speeches, but honorable. It is expected to include several songs,
ancestral
> testimonials, several brief readings, several awards, and the unveiling of
> the "USCT Wall of Honor, NY." An important part will be the presentation
of
> the 54th MA, led by Ben Hawley, which may include reenactors from another
> regiment if representatives are present. Provisions in this regard have
been
> made; contact Mr. Hawley directly at [log in to unmask] ASAP, since he is
> being requested to provide me with a final (or close to final count by
> Monday, Sept. 11th). Invitations to the luncheon are scheduled to be
mailed
> as soon after they arrive from the printer.
>
> If you are a USCT descendant and would like to provide a testimonial,
> maximum 5 minutes, please let me know by Monday, including a brief bio. A
> maximum of 4 will be scheduled, with priority given to descendants of the
> 20th USCT and 26th USCT.
> Similarly, if you would like to give a brief reading of a passage or poem,
> also e-mail me.
>
> If you are an Institute member of Delaware and Otsego Counties, please
let
> me know if you are available to assist me with finalizing the luncheon
> program.
>
> SUMMIT DISCUSSION III, changed schedule between 2:30-6 pm. Participants
will
> help to finalize the breakdown between discussion sessions. Arrangements
> will be made for the session(s) to occur at Hartwick College and/or its
> Wilber Stone House.
>
> DINNER/CASH BAR, scheduled for 6-7:30 pm, MHCC [$15 per person]
>
> SUMMIT DISCUSSION IV, scheduled 8-10 pm, MHCC
>
> SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8th
>
> BREAKFAST, scheduled 8-8:50 am, MHCC [$7 per person]
>
> WRAP-UP, 9 am until
>
> PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ONLY 10 ROOMS [SINGLE OR DOUBLE] HAVE BEEN RESERVED
FOR
> PARTICIPANTS AT THE MORRIS HALL CONFERENCE CENTER [DORMITORY STYLE]. Cost
is
> $37 single per night; $54 double per night. The rooms are being taken
> quickly, so please e-mail me ASAP if you wish to have one of the rooms
> reserved for you and/or roommate. All of you receiving this e-mail have
> hopefully received your summit registration mailing. I need to know if you
> will be participating so that I can finalize as much as possible next
week.
> I will be meeting with the PR office at Hartwick to prepare a news release
> next week, so if I missed anything, feel free to let me know.
>
> Harry Bradshaw Matthews,
> President, USCT Institute
>
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> Subject: Planning Summit 2000 and USCT Civil War Luncheon
>
> Good Afternoon [from Harry Bradshaw Matthews]:
> I am pleased to be writing you this letter as the first action under my
> second two-year term as president of the United States Colored Troops
> Institute for Local History and Family History. With the continuing
support
> of members and friends, the future achievements of the Institute will be
as
> pleasing as those of the past two years. The Institute is now comprised of
> more than 100 members for the year 2000, with applications continuing to
> arrive. Officers for the next two years include:
> Harry Bradshaw Matthews, President (Oneonta, NY)
> Stanton F. Biddle, Vice President (Brooklyn, NY)
> Elizabeth Hegyesi, Secretary (Great Neck, NY)
> Sylvia Cooke Martin, Treasurer (Columbia, MD)
>
> USCT Network Committee
> David A. Anderson, Chairman (Rochester, NY)
> Stanton F. Biddle
> Agnes Kane Callum (Baltimore, MD)
> Diane Ciccone (East Windsor, NJ)
> John Raymond Gourdin (Columbia, MD)
> Elizabeth Hegyesi
> Marilyn Nienart (Oneonta, NY)
>
>
> I also am pleased to inform you that the October Planning Summit 2000,
> co-sponsored by the Institute and its sister organization, the American
> Society of Freedmen Descendants, is scheduled to occur in Oneonta, New
York
> from Friday - Sunday, October 6-8. A gathering of invited participants
will
> join members of the Institute and Society in planning a three-year
national
> symposium in remembrance of the anti-slavery movement, Underground
Railroad,
> and the United States Colored Troops.
> A highlight of the Summit will be the USCT Civil War Luncheon at Hartwick
> College at noon on Saturday, October 7. The event will include the first
> public unveiling of the "USCT Wall of Honor, NY," a standing exhibit
> containing the names of the men and many of the relatives for
approximately
> 2,300 soldiers and officers of the 20th USCT and the 26th USCT, federal
> regiments organized in New York during the Civil War. The soldiers were
from
> along the east coast, Canada, and the Caribbean. Mr. Ben Hawley, an
> Institute member and president of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry
> Regiment, will be one of the dignitaries participating in the event.
> Persons interested in participating in the Summit planning sessions and/or
> attending the luncheon, should contact me. Invitations to the luncheon is
> expected to be mail during early September (seating is $15 per person).
> Sincerely,
>
> Harry Bradshaw Matthews, [log in to unmask]
> President, USCT Institute/
> Associate Dean, Hartwick College
> http://www.hartwick.edu/usct/usct.htm
>
>
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