----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Matthews" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Harry Matthews > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 5:01 PM > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > > - > To unsubscribe, please go to http://www.nul.org/mlist.html Joseph M. Linzy Sr. Chief Master Sergeant, (E-9), USAF, Retired HTTP://WWW.geocities.com/old-history/ (Solomon Northup and Family) HTTP://WWW.geocities.com/black-history/ (Black Americans of WW-1) "YOU CAN'T HOLD A MAN DOWN WITHOUT STAYING DOWN WITH HIM." by Booker T. Washington >