Gran Quivira XXVI - 1997 Conference
San Diego, California
Thursday, October 9 - Sunday, October 12, 1997
The purpose of the XXVI Conference is to inform those in attendance of
recent research and findings in the Spanish Borderlands region and to
highlight the role of sites along San Diego's Founders' Trail.
Gran Quivira begins Thursday evening, October 9, 1997 at 5:30pm, with
registration and a welcoming reception at the Best Western Hacienda Hotel's
Acapulco Restaurant in Old Town, San Diego.
On Friday morning, coffee and pastries will be hosted by the staff of San
Diego City Schools' Old Town Cultural/Historical Program during a discussion
of their integrated program (which is attended by all fourth graders in the
San Diego Unified School District). Narrated bus tours will be made to
Mission San Luis Rey, Rancho Guajome, and the San Pasqual Battlefield State
Historic Park. A sunset reception with wine, eatables, and entertainment at
Cabrillo National Monument concludes the day.
Papers will commence Saturday at 10:30am in the new, state-of-the-art
auditorium at San Diego's Mission Trails Regional Park Visitors' Center
(near the site of the Old Mission Dam) after complimentary coffee and
pastries and a guided walk through the ongoing San Diego Presidio Project's
excavations above Old Town. An alternate schedule is available for those
wishing to visit Rancho Penasquitos, the Serra Museum, and Mission San Diego
de Alcala in addition to Mission Trails Park.
Renowned author (ANTIGUA CALIFORNIA), photographer and historian Harry
Crosby will be the speaker at the Saturday 7pm dinner at Mission Trails Park
Visitors' Center.
Conference attendees will have the option of attending an 8 am Mass on
Sunday morning at Mission San Diego de Alcala. Additional papers will be
presented Sunday morning and Early afternoon.
Registration Form: If you plan to present a paper, we ask that you
pre-register.
Name:______________________________________________________________________
Institution:____________________________________________________________________
Mailing address:______________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Title of paper:_________________________________________________________________
Please note that presentations are limited to 15 minutes.
AV Equipment available: Overhead projector; slide projector and screen; VCR
and TV
Registration (includes Thursday Reception and Paper sessions) _____@
$15.00 each
OPTIONAL:
Friday Bus Tour to Mission San Luis Rey, Rancho Guajome, and San Pasqual
Battlefield (coffee, lunch included)
______@ $26.00 each
Friday reception at Cabrillo Monument
______ @ $9.00 each
Saturday Presidio Excursion (coffee, lunch and transportation to paper
sessions included)
_______@ $26.00 each
Saturday Bus Tour to Rancho Penasquitos, Mission San Diego, and the Serra
Museum (coffee, lunch, and transportation included)
_______@ $26.00 each
Saturday Dinner with Harry Crosby
_______@ $13.00 each
TOTAL Enclosed:
_______________
Note: All sites may be visited on your own, in which case meals,
transportation, etc. are your responsibility.
Mail checks made payable to Founder's Trail Associates to:
Col. John Ellis USMC (Ret)
3540 Liggett Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
or:
Eleanor Neely
5032 Hastings Road
San Diego, CA 92116
For more information, please call Col. Ellis at (619) 223-1419 between 7pm
and 9:30pm PST or leave a message at (619) 524-0577. Or e-mail me at
[log in to unmask]
Anita Cohen-Williams
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, and SPANBORD
Co-listowner/manager of ANTHRO-L
Contributing Editor, Anthropology, Suite101 <http://www.suite101.com>
[log in to unmask]
|
