MISSOURI FOLKLORE SOCIETY
ANNUAL MEETING
DRAFT
NOTE: Please note that the room locations for the
Sessions/Lunch/Dinner/Meetings
may change
November 12-14, 2015
Jefferson City, Missouri
Truman Hotel and Conference Center
Missouri Folklore Society
Annual Meeting
~Trails, Rails, Rivers, and Folk Tales~
Thursday~November 12
2:00
Board Meeting
Hermitage
4:00-5:15 pm
Session A: Tales of Trails, Trials, and Acts of Heroism
Chair:
Roanoke
Conestoga Cooking, Highway Snacks, and Guy Fieri TV
Alanna Preussner
The Story of a Volunteer
Deloris Gray Wood
Session B: The Diarist and the Medieval Spirit:
Hightower
Two Cross Sections of Women's Folklore and Literacy
The Diarist and the Medieval Spirit: Two Cross Sections of
Women's Folklore and Literacy
Panelists: Laura Hastings and Elizabeth Miller
6:00-8:00 pm
Dinner
Hermitage
Missouri Folk Arts Program: Missouri’s Community Scholars Network,
Documenting and Sustaining Traditions
Lisa Higgins
8:30 pm
MFS Musicians
Friday~November 13
8:30-9:45 am
Session A: Graves, Burials, and Ghost Stories
Chair:
Roanoke
The Devil's Chair: A Local Landmark and the Evolution of American Burial
Practices
Adam Davis
Black Angel and Folklore in the Age of Google
Barbara Price
Missouri and Mississippi River Ghost Stories and Folktales
Loretta Washington
Session B: At My Elders Knee: Legacies to Cherish
Hightower
At My Elders Knee: Legacies to Cherish
Panelists: Dianne Moran, Pat Frank, Terri Brandt
10:00-11:45 am Session A: Folklore in Poetry, Song and Narrative
Chair:
Roanoke
The Ozarks: Seven Images, Seven Poems
Phillip Howerton
"Matty Groves" Child 81 and its New Life in the New World
Patrick b. McGlasson
A Vision Quest/Animal Narrative from Ancient India
Neal Delmonico
Session B: Legends in Film and Media
Chair: LuAnne Roth
Hightower
"Buried Alive? The Premature Burial Trope in Tarantino's Kill Bill and
Other "Contemporary Films"
Cara Alexander
"Golden City and Golden Coffin: The El dorado Legend in "Uncharted: Drake's
Fortune"
Drew Koch
"Close Encounters with Legend: The Ultimate Legend Trip"
Kelsey Rogers
11:30-12:45
Lunch
Hermitage
1:00-2:15 pm
Session A: Culture of Pictures, Dance and Folklore
Chair:
Roanoke
Lexicon and Culture of Online Imageboards
Lucas Corey-Yares
Weather, Woes, and Writing: Ozark Folklore and Its Appropriation in Rural
Publications
Mariah Marsden
Transplanted Tradition: Los Matachines de Kansas City
Norma E. Cantu
Session B: Old Time Food Socials: Singing, Suppers and More
Hightower
Old Time Food Socials: All Day Singing, Dinner, Pie Suppers and More
Presenters: Carol Fisher, Janelle Burch, Mary Rechenberg
2:30-3:45 pm
Session A: Tales of the Camp, the Church, and the Drive-In Theatre Roanoke
Chair:
The Auction
Emily Wildhaber
Tales of Tapawingo: An Investigation of the Lore of a Girl Scout Camp in
Central Illinois
Maple Adkins-Threats
Missouri's Autoscope Theatre: A Missouri Love Story
Thomas J. Gubbels
Session B: Aqui Estamos: Latina Traditional Culture in Kansas City Hightower
Chair: Norma E. Cantu
Tamales de Harina and other Foodways from Michoacan in Kansas City
Maritza Fernandez
Dance and Dresses: The Work of Rose Marie Mendez and Aida Guerrero in
Kansas City, Kansas
Laura Castro de Santiago
Dance Traditions in the Kansas City Oral History Archives
Vanessa Aguilar
4:00-5:15 pm
Session A: Wheat, Livestock and Water
Chair:
Roanoke
Wheat Weaving; From Great Britain to Randolph County, Arkansas
Gary Buxton
Cattle Trails, Hog Drives and Bell Mares: Moving Livestock in Early Missouri
John Fisher
Blue and Gray Cross Current
Suzanne Chilton
Session B: Camp Songs-Reliving Our Youth!
Hightower
Camp Songs-Reliving Our Youth!
Presenters: Lyn Wolz, Rachel Gholson
6:00-8:00
Dinner
Guest Speaker: Sean Rost
“Hog Alley, Vice Suppression and Social Purity in Jefferson City and the State of Missouri”
8:00-pm
Auction
MFS Musicians
Hermitage
Saturday~November 14
8:30-9:45 am
Session A: Missouri Histories-People and Places
Lincoln University, 1921-1954
Antonio F. Holland
Roanoke
The Saltiest of the Oldtimers
Kim McCully-Mobley
Session B: More than Memory:
Practical Interviewing in the 21st Century
Hightower
More than Memory: Practical Interviewing in the 21st Century
Presenters: Lyn Wolz, Rachel Gholson
10:15
Board Meeting and Close of Annual Meeting
Hermitage