T1. Boa Ogoi (Bear River) Massacre of 1863 Site
Wednesday, April 10, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Ticket: $50
Guide: Darren Parry, Northwestern Shoshone Council Member

On January 29, 1863, US Army troops massacred over four hundred Shoshone children, women, and men along Boa Ogoi (“Big River”), which the whites called the Bear River. For generations, the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation kept the memory of the massacre alive and actively told their story. In 2018, the Northwestern Band purchased the massacre site, where they are now developing an interpretive center and reestablishing native vegetation and ecological systems. As we drive to the site, guide Darren Parry will share his people’s story, including that of his grandmother, Mae Timbimboo Parry, who gathered the oral histories of survivors of the massacre. At the site he will discuss the contested interpretation of the massacre and his people’s plans for the site. The tour will also include a stop at the New Deal-era post office in Preston, whose interior boasts a 1941 Edmond J. Fitzgerald interpretive mural titled “The Battle of Bear River,” and lunch at Preston’s city park. The tour will require walking short distances on mostly level ground. A boxed lunch from a Salt Lake City eatery is included in the ticket price.

Workshop | Oral History in Theory and Practice 
April 10, 2024, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (with a one-hour break for lunch on your own)
Ticket: $22

"Oral History" is a two-part workshop offered at the beginning and intermediate levels. Part I, "Avoid Flying Blind: Understanding Some of the Theory Behind Oral History," considers: What is oral history? What constitutes a good oral history interview? -- along with the key concepts of memory, shared authority, and oral history as a co-created product. Part II, "Doing Oral History from Start to Finish," will continue after lunch and addresses steps in developing and conducting an oral history project: equipment, budget, selecting interviewees, research, framing questions, securing informed consent, conducting the interviews, transcription, and archiving interviews. Both sessions note useful readings and websites and suggest pitfalls to avoid.

Facilitator: Philip Scarpino, Indiana University Indianapolis

Workshop | Public History and Dramaturgy in the Archives and the Classroom
April 10, 2024, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Ticket: $20

Ten years ago, historian David Dean argued in The Public Historian that theatre is a neglected site of public history. He urged our community to follow lines of inquiry that explore ways dramaturgs and other theatre-makers function as historians when they interpret history for the stage. This half-day workshop will discuss archival research as part of the playwriting process; how the process of translating archival images into theatrical narratives encourages historiographical thinking; and how public historians can create historiographies in service of history-centered drama. Facilitators will share case-study examples of these methods and lead participants through discussions of and exercises based on each.

Facilitators: Laurie Arnold, Gonzaga University
Caitlin Kane, Kent State University
Erin Stoneking, The University of Alabama

Opening Reception
Ticket: $20

Join NCPH President Kristine Navarro-McElhaney, Utah Historical Society Director Jennifer Ortiz, and our 2024 Program Committee Co-chairs Holly George and Rebeca Wingo in an opening reception to welcome you to the joint meeting of the National Council on Public History and the Utah Historical Society. Park your suitcase and head over to the Alta Club (about a fifteen minute walk from the conference hotel) to enjoy appetizers, a cash bar, and conversation with colleagues and friends in a beautiful historical space. 

Who says you can't drink in Utah? One complimentary drink ticket is included in the cost of your event ticket. A cash bar will be available if you wish to imbibe further, but please keep in mind that NCPH's Events Code of Conduct is in place for offsite events. 

About The Alta Club. The Alta Club is a private social club founded in 1883 to serve the growing Salt Lake City area (before Utah was even a state). While originally exclusive, and closed to women until 1987, the club is now open to all with a sponsorship from a current member. 

Let's get fancy. The Alta Club asks visitors to common spaces of the club dress business casual. Here are their recommendations:

• Shirts with banded collar and sports shirts. T-shirts are OK if worn with a blazer or sports jacket.
• Slacks, tailored pants, a skirt paired with a jacket/blouse/sweater, or a dress are appropriate attire.
• Jeans are acceptable when free of rips or tears, preferably dark in color, and worn with a collared shirt, a nice blouse, or a sweater. 
• No cargo shorts, denim shorts, jogging shorts, cutoffs, gym, biking shorts, or swimwear will be allowed. (Though if you were considering wearing shorts or swimwear in Utah in April, you're stronger than us!)

T3. Historic Main Street Walking Tour*

Thursday, April 11, 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Ticket: $14
Guide: Lisa Michele Church, Relentless History

Get your bearings in downtown Salt Lake City with Lisa Michele Church, avid local history practitioner, author of Vintage Signs of Utah, and owner of the popular Instagram Account Relentless History (@relentlesshistory). This walking tour of SLC’s historic main street will introduce you to the city’s historic landscapes and landmarks, with a special emphasis on the unique architectural highlights and signage on Main Street.

T4. Out and About in SLC: LGBTQ+ Walking Tour of Downtown Salt Lake City*
Thursday, April 11, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ticket: $17
Guides: Randall Hoffman and Wendi Pettet

Salt Lake City is known as an unlikely queer mecca in the American West. Rankings from The Advocate and Gallup, census data, and an analysis from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law suggest that Salt Lake City has one of the highest LGBT populations in the US, the highest percentage of same-sex parents, and ranks third in the nation for same-sex couples. Join local historians Wendi Pettett and Randell Hoffman for a walking tour of LGBTQ+ historic sites in downtown Salt Lake City. Our guides will relate stories of cultural, legal, and architectural significance and share how these sites have aided in community-building and growth for LGBTQ+ people here in the epicenter of Utah LGBTQ+ history.

 Poster Session and Reception
Ticket: Free, but pre-registering helps us with head counts and helps you remember to attend!

Posters were pre-selected in October for the NCPH Poster Session, and poster presenters will be on-hand to talk about their projects--stop by to see exciting work and grab some tasty snacks on us. Accessibility note: this is a popular event, and it can get busy and loud. Please keep that in mind and consider dropping in during the second hour if you'd like to check out the posters in a less overwhelming environment. 

New Professional and Student Social
Thursday, April 11, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
(Grand Ballroom C)
Ticket: FREE

Calling all students and new professionals! Stop by this reception to meet your peers from around the country and form valuable connections that will stay with you throughout your public history career. Members of NCPH’s New Professional and Student Committee will be on-hand to facilitate networking and fun. Your ticket covers light apps and non-alcoholic beverages, and a cash bar will be available.

While signing up in advance is not required, it is appreciated to help us get an accurate count for the food! 

T6. "First to Vote:” Salt Lake City's Suffrage Sites*
Friday, April 12, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ticket: $25
Guides: Rebekah Clark and Katherine Kitterman, Better Days 2020

In 1870, Utah women became the first in the US to cast ballots under a women’s suffrage law. Utah women’s voting rights were entangled in the national conflict over the 19^th-century Mormon practice of polygamy. The decades-long conflict resulted in Congress revoking Utah’s suffrage law in 1887. Utah suffragists regained the vote with Utah statehood in 1896, then turned their attention toward securing a federal women’s suffrage amendment. Hear behind-the-scenes suffrage stories of well-known Salt Lake City sites, learn about Utah women’s unique (and often precarious) role in the national suffrage movement, and enjoy a newly-opened monument to female voters with stunning views of the Salt Lake Valley. This tour will be a combination of walking and a city bus, and some parts of the walk will have steep inclines. All sites are ADA accessible.

Tour | Pictures of Belonging at the Utah Museum of Fine Art
Friday, April 12, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Ticket: $20
Guides: Kristen Hayashi, Japanese American National Museum; Emily Lawhead, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Go behind the scenes at the Japanese American National Museum’s new traveling exhibit, Pictures of Belonging, which makes its first stop at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts this spring. Staff representing both museums will introduce attendees to the work of Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three women artists of Japanese descent. Two of these artists, Hibi and Okubo, were imprisoned at the Topaz Concentration Camp in Delta, Utah. Participants will also see the brand-new performance art piece from Lee Mingwei, Sonic Blossom, which opens at the museum on April 10. This tour will utilize the Red Line to get attendees to the museum near the University of Utah campus

T8. "Not Your Grandma's Attic:" The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Memorial Museum*
Friday, April 12, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Ticket: $15
Guide: Megan Weiss, University of Utah

Advertised by some local publications as “NOT JUST YOUR GRANDMA’S ATTIC,” the Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) Memorial Museum is truly unlike any other museum in the state of Utah. Come visit this “relic hall” that preserves the history of Utah between white settlement in 1847 and the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad. During this period, Mormon trekkers brought a shocking amount of organs, quilts, butter churns, dolls, fine china, and hair art across the plains, which the DUP now preserve for settler descendants and their families. Visiting the DUP museum is a look into a rich past that gives a taste of Victorian American culture and Mormon folkways. If you enjoy oddities, this is the place for you to spend an afternoon. We’ll be walking to the DUP, which is about a half-hour walk each way, with a fairly steep hill. The museum itself is accessible. Please wear weather-appropriate clothing and especially shoes. 

T9. Junction City: Ogden's Historic 25^th Street*
Saturday, April 13, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Ticket: $30
Guide: Kathryn L. MacKay, Weber State University

Ogden is known as the Junction City of the West, with the joining of the Transcontinental Railroad just to the north. As Ogden became the connecting point for the UPRR, Central Pacific, Utah Northern and Utah Central railroads, it also became the shipping, manufacturing, and finance capital of Utah. The railroads also brought in greater diversity, including a significant African American community, some of the first permanent protestant churches in the state, and numerous brothels and saloons on 25^th Street. We’ll ride the Frontrunner to Ogden, tour Union Station, and walk notorious 25^th Street with knowledgeable guides. The group will take the blue line bus to Salt Lake Central Station, where we’ll catch the FrontRunner train to Ogden. Lunch will be on your own in Ogden.

T11a. Salt Lake City’s Black History Walking Tour with Sema Hadithi*
Saturday, April 13, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Ticket: $25
Guide: Alice Burch, Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation, and Rachel Quist, @rachels_slc_history

This guided walking tour with the Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation will highlight often-overlooked aspects of Salt Lake City’s diverse history. Salt Lake’s large city blocks led to hidden cultural enclaves that inhabited mid-block alleys during the late 1800s and early 1900s. This tour will highlight the historically Black American neighborhood that once inhabited Franklin Avenue (now Edison Street) as well as old Chinatown, old Greektown, the Jewish Corridor, and Salt Lake’s Tenderloin District. The tour will discuss the lives of past inhabitants, official City policies that affected the neighborhoods, and well as current grassroots efforts to share the stories of the past and preserve the remaining historic built environment. The price of your ticket includes a $15 donation to Sema Hadithi to help support their good work. Visit https://semahadithifoundation.org/ to learn more about them.