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The Pennsylvania Railroad and its Archives: Their History and Legacy
December 5, 2003
9:00-10:30 Keynote session
Chair:
Terry Snyder, Hagley Museum and Library
Speakers:
Chris Baer, Hagley Museum and Library,
"Salvaging History: Preserving the Pennsylvania Railroad Records"
Dan Cupper, journalist and author,
"From the Tracks to the Stacks…and Back: Adventures in Researching Rockville Bridge and other Pennsylvania Railroad Topics”
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-1:00 Understanding the Pennsylvania Railroad and its People
Chair:
Al Churella, Southern Polytechnic State University
Panelists:
Mark Reutter, editor, Railroad History
Janet Davidson, National Museum of American History
Steve Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology
H. Roger Grant, Clemson University
Daniel Levinson Wilk, Duke University
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 Researching the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Trains, Stations, and Passengers
Chair:
Charles Blardone, Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society
Panelists:
Mark Aldrich, Smith College
Laura Milsk, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Amy Richter, Clark University
3:30-5 Reception and Tour of Pennsylvania Station Exhibition, “Machine, Monument, & Metropolis” (Henry Clay Mill)