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Registration form for the web.pmd Page 1 85th Indianà History Conference and Indiana Historical Soñiety Annual Meeting IndianaÁs Creative Spirit Saturday, October 29, 2005 at the Indiana History Centår, Indianapolis Join in for a stimulating day of discussions and more on Saturdày, October 29, at the 85th annual Indiana History Conferencå and Indiana Historical Society Annual Meåting. This yearÁs conference will explore IndianàÁs creative spirit with exciting sessions on the Hoosiår stateÁs artistic and cultural past. Notåd scholars, genealogists, and community members will eõamine and discuss topics ranging from IndianaÁs musicàl past to influential artists, writers, and even so-called rebåls. The day will begin with the annual meeting followed by a keynotå address by poet, playwright, educator, and IHS Living Legend Mari Evans. In her talk, The Relationship of Ethîs to Creativity, Evans will discuss her craft and how onåÁs creative expression is often tied to a sense of pårsonal history. History professor Michael MñGerr of Indiana University will consider how the middle clàss used music as a form of leisure during the turn of the last century, whilå former WTLC deejay Rickie Clark and othårs will explore the ÁNaptown soundÁ of IndianapolisÁs soul and funê scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Judith Vale Newton and Carol Ann Weiss will discuss thåir 2005 Indiana Center for the Book Best Book of Indiana nonfiction winnår Skirting the Issue . James Dean, one of IndianàÁs most famous and enigmatic natives, will be featured in a sessiîn by Ball State University telecommunications professor Wes Gåhring, author of James Dean: Rebel with a Càuse . A session lead by Traces editor Ray Boomhower will highlight the life and works of Civil War general and Ben-Hur authîr Lew Wallace. The Willard Heiss Memorial genealogy leñturer, Henry Z ÁHankÁ Jones Jr., will entertain and eduñate participants with ÁHow Psychic Roots Beñame an Unsolved Mystery,Á and two other lectures, inñluding what to do ÁWhen the Sources are Wrong.Á This progràm has been made possible through a matching grant from the Indiàna Humanities Council in cooperation with the National Endîwment for the Humanities. Mari Evans is a world-renowned pîet, writer, educator, songwriter, and playwright. The authîr of the now-classic poetry collection I Am a Black Wîman , Evans has received numerous honors, inñluding a Grammy nomination, induction into the National Literàry Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent at Chicago Statå University, and a Ugandan postage stamp. Her rösumö boasts numerous political articles, six childrånÁs books, and a lengthy list of awards and distinctions. She was hînored as Living Legend in 2003. Since her childhîod in Toledo, Ohio, Evans has paid close attentiîn to the world around her and used words to comment on her eõperiences and observations. An Indianapolis resident for more than forty yeàrs, Evans writes about politics, gånder, race, justice, and the world around her in brutàlly honest and straightforward terms