BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20241115T000000Z DTEND:20241115T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Crowder College History Symposium Presents: Dr. Matthew Stith DESCRIPTION:The Crowder College History Symposium welcomes Dr. Matthew Stith! His lecture will continue the History Symposium series of speakers on November 14 at 6pm in the Wright Conference Center (601 Laclede Ave.\, Neosho\, MO 64850).\n\n\n\nDr. Stith Lecture Topic: \n"Busting Out of Camp Ford: Nature\, Community & War at the Largest Prison Camp in the Trans-Mississippi." Matthew M. Stith\, Ph.D.\, is associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler and is the author or editor of four books. His current book project is tentatively titled\, "Camp Ford's Civil War: Community\, Nature\, and Captivity in the Dark Corner of the Confederacy." Located in the piney woods of East Texas near Tyler\, Camp Ford became the largest Civil War prisoner-of-war camp west of the Mississippi River that\, by 1864\, contained nearly 5\,000 Union prisoners.\n\n\nClick to view the full symposium schedule!\n\n\n\nCrowder College is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Crowder College History Symposium welcomes \;Dr. Matthew Stith! His lecture will continue the History Symposium series of speakers on \;November 14 at 6pm in the Wright Conference Center (601 Laclede Ave.\, Neosho\, MO 64850).
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\nDr. Stith Lecture Topic: \;\n

&ldquo\;Busting Out of Camp Ford: Nature\, Community &\; War at the \;Largest Prison Camp in the Trans-Mississippi.&rdquo\; \;Matthew M. Stith\, Ph.D.\, is associate professor of history \;at the University of Texas at Tyler and is the author \;or editor of four books. His current book project \;is tentatively titled\, &ldquo\;Camp Ford&rsquo\;s Civil War: \;Community\, Nature\, and Captivity in the \;Dark Corner of the Confederacy.&rdquo\; Located \;in the piney woods of East Texas near \;Tyler\, Camp Ford became the largest \;Civil War prisoner-of-war camp west \;of the Mississippi River that\, by \;1864\, contained nearly 5\,000 \;Union prisoners.

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Click to view the full symposium schedule!
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\nCrowder College is sponsoring this program in partnership with the Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.

\n LOCATION:Wright Conference Center (Crowder College\, Farber Hall\, 601 Laclede Ave.\, Neosho\, MO 64850). UID:e.2144.13754 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260424T173552Z URL:https://www.neoshocc.com/events/details/crowder-college-history-symposium-presents-dr-matthew-stith-13754 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR