Here's the latest schedule.  Hope to see you there—here are still some spots to left, so you can still register—and if you're a volunteer with or staff person at a history organization, such as a historical society or museum, I hope you'll attend my session at 11:15 am: "Marketing and communications tools for historical societies and other history organizations." Download the latest schedule from the History Camp site.

See you Saturday!  And if you haven't saved your spot yet, register now.

Thanks to the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Newport Historical Society, and the folks at the other participating institutions who have helped launch our latest weekly guide, "Guide to History Events in Rhode Island," which was announced formally this morning in this press release.  Organizations interested in participating can learn more and sign up, and individuals can subscribe here.

History Camp Iowa is November 14 at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines, with 27 sessions covering a wide range of topics. And there's still time to register.  

Join us in helping to get the word out.  Download the flier, post it at your school or the local coffee shop or book store, link to it in social media posts, and send it to others.

• "Democratizing Digitization: How thousands of strangers across the world are helping preserve Iowa history.” – Mark F. Anderson, Digital Collections Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries
• "History in Fast Forward: 12 million years in just 30 minutes" – Pam Schwartz, Executive Director, Boone County Historical Society
• "Confederates from Iowa: Not to Defend, but to Understand" – David Connon, interpreter, Living History Farms; independent researcher and writer
• "A War of Ideas—U.S. Propaganda Posters of the Second World War" – John Fender, Associate Professor of Design, Drake University
• "Outside In: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2015" – Hal S. Chase, co-author of Outside In: African-American History in Iowa, 1838-2015
• "How We Made the Gyrafoam: The Story of Two Midwestern Farm Boys Who Changed Washday Mondays Forever" – Tom Hoover
• "The Museum Curator and the Meskwaki" — Jerome Thompson, state curator (ret.)
• "Evaluating the Role of Women in Underground Railroad Activities in Iowa through Genealogical Research" – Douglas W. Jones, Iowa Freedom Trail Project Manager, State Historical Society of Iowa
• “History of Military Communication” — Dan Rasmussen
• "Abraham Lincoln at Council Bluffs” — Marvin Foss
• "Happy Danes on the Plains" — Tova Brandt, Albert Ravenholt Curator of Danish-American Culture, Museum of Danish America
• "Iowa’s Amazing Public Exposition Palaces" — Bill Sherman
• "Billy Sunday, T. Nelson Downs and the Green Mountain Train Wreck" – Robert Kerr, Author of Completely Restored
• "Midwestern Farm Childhood" — Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, author and professor of history, Iowa State University
• "An Incomplete Guide to Teacher Preparation in Iowa" — Steve Rose, professor of education and coordinator of secondary education, Simpson College
• "George Washington Didn’t Sleep Here: Backyard History" — Justin Alliss, state government professional, Independent Historian
• “Whoa. Why Haven’t I Been Here Before?”: The Coolest Historic Site You’ve Never Visited…Yet. — Megan Stout Sibbel, curator and historian, Salisbury House
• “Clang, Clang Went the Trolley!" — Phil Borleske
• "The Almost President" — Robert Bibens
• “From Military Reporter to ‘Mary Manners’: The Unbounded Journalism of Dorothy Ashby Pownall” — Tracy Lucht
• "Dakota Prisoners in Davenport and their Uses of Literacy" — Linda Clemmons
• “From Prairie to Farm: How the General Land Office survey shaped Iowa” — Paul F. Anderson, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University
• “Family Genealogy Newsletters: Monthly History Lessons” —  Paul F. Anderson, Emeritus Professor, Iowa State University
• “World War I Camp Dodge” — Michael W. Vogt, Curator, Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
• “Border Skunks and Heartland History of Lancaster” — George W. House
• “McGregor, tell me thy Weird Story”: The American School of Wildlife, 1919-1941 — Mary Wise
• “Tools historical societies and other local history organizations can use to attract more visitors and members” — Lee Wright, founder of History Camp and The History List, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Marlborough Historical Society

History Camp Iowa takes place at the Iowa History Museum in downtown Des Moines, near Iowa's beautiful state Capitol (bottom photo).