June 5	.
6:00 p.m.	Reception
7:15 p.m.	Dinner and Music
June 6
9:15 a.m.	Welcome: Dr. Joyce M. Alexander, President, Scotch-Irish Society of the USA and Director, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies
	Session 1: The Arrivals
9:30 a.m.	Moderator to be announced Geoffrey J. Alexander, Esq., Center for Scotch-Irish Studies: William Alfred Reid, 1869-1910: A Forerunner
10:10 a.m.	Break
10:20 a.m.	Moderator to be announced Dr. Peter Gilmore, Carnegie-Mellon University: From Rapho to Rostraver: The Scotch-Irish and Ulster Place-Names in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:10 a.m.	Moderator to be announced William J. McGimpsey, Independent Researcher: John Mitchel: The Most Contentious Scotch-Irishman
11:50 a.m.	Break
12:00 noon	Lunch
	Session 2: The Influences
1:20 p.m.	Moderator to be announced Dr. Richard K. MacMaster, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and University of Florida: James McHenry, Ulster-American Novelist
2:00 p.m.	Break
2:10 p.m.	Moderator, Dr. Richard MacMaster Dr. Charles W. Blair, James Madison University: Scotch-Irish Attitudes Toward Slavery in the Central Shenandoah Valley during the Early Nineteenth Century: The George Bourne Case
2:50 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Moderator to be announced Dr. Joyce M. Alexander, Center for Scotch-Irish Studies and Immaculata University: Scotch-Irish Research: Past, Present, and Future
3:40 p.m.	Closing remarks

Payment for the reception and dinner must be received by Wednesday, May 27. Please indicate choice of entrée: prime rib or flounder. (Vegetarian choice available.) A casual Dutch Treat dinner will be arranged on Saturday evening, June 6, for those participants who wish to attend.

Event	Charge	Number	Total
Friday:: Evening reception and dinner	$50
Saturday:: Lectures; coffee breaks; bound copy Proceedings, and lunch	$75
Comprehensive registration fee (available until May 20).	$115
Voluntary donation to work of Center for Scotch-Irish Studies

Total Remitted:

The Ramada Hotel is located at 76 Industrial Highway (Rte. 291), Essington, PA, and approximately two miles southwest of Philadelphia International Airport.

From Philadelphia, take I 95 south to Exit 9a. Go south on Rte. 420. At first traffic light turn right on to Rte. 291. Hotel is a quarter-mile along on left.

From PA Turnpike, go to I 476 south. Then take I 95 north to Exit 9a. Go south on Rte. 420. At traffic light turn right on to Rte. 291. Hotel is a quarter-mile along on left.

From Center Philadelphia, there is a light rail service from central Philadelphia to the airport. The hotel shuttle service may be used to get from the airport to the Ramada. For information about this service, call (610) 521-9600.

The Center invites research presentations on any of the following aspects of the Scotch-Irish experience:

Trade between Ulster and the American colonies and its influence on migration in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and early nineteenth centuries.

The role of Ulster immigrants and their Scotch-Irish descendents in the settlement and economic development of the eighteenth century frontier.

Scotch-Irish contributions to the establishment of political, religious, and educational philosophy and institutions.

Comparative approaches to the study of the Scotch-Irish experience (for example, how they interacted with other ethnic groups).

Eighteenth century Ulster immigration to parts of North America other than the Thirteen Colonies, its scale and measure of success.

Scholarly work on other Scotch-Irish topics will also be considered for inclusion.

The Center for Scotch-Irish Studies invites proposals for papers and sessions for the Third Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium, which will be held in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 4, 2005, with a welcoming dinner on Friday, June 3, 2005.
We are concerned with the development of introductory material on the history and culture of the Scotch-Irish, suitable for elementary and high school students and for others who are not familiar with these topics. A primary focus of the symposium will be to identify parameters and guidelines for appropriate materials; we invite contributions in this area.
Another area of interest would be presentations on methods of estimating the number of Ulster immigrants to the American colonies and the United States. We are particularly interested in approaches that examine levels of commerce between Ulster and early America, for the light that this might shed on levels of immigration. Also of interest are the economic factors influencing levels of trade between Ulster and the Colonies in the eighteenth century. (For example, how much flaxseed was needed to support the linen industry in Ulster?) We would encourage quantitative and statistical approaches to this subject. Presentations on proposed research in this area are welcome.
Proposals and abstracts for papers and sessions related to the above subjects are invited. However, even if your work, or proposed research, is not directly related to the above topics but relates to some further aspect of the Scotch-Irish experience, we would welcome a preliminary inquiry from you.

The Center for Scotch-Irish Studies invites proposals for papers and sessions for the second Scotch-Irish Identity Symposium, which will be held in Philadelphia in May 2003. The conference will focus on the Scotch-Irish in Industrial America.

A steady stream of emigration from Ulster brought skilled and unskilled workers, entrepreneurs, bankers, ministers, educators, and shopkeepers to American cities and towns from the late 18th through the 20th century. These newcomers provided the impetus for industrial enterprises and, especially in the textile industry, for the transfer of technology across the Atlantic. In response to tariff challenges, several firms in Gilford and Lisburn relocated to the United States. Other enterprising Ulstermen went into retail trade, developed new concepts of marketing, and built chain store empires. Others developed banks and networks for finance capital. They made a major contribution to the growth of cities like Pittsburgh.

Much of this involved the chain migration of family members and neighbors over more than one generation. In many cases, businessmen of Ulster background provided jobs for emigrants from their former home and otherwise facilitated emigration from Ulster.

Proposals and abstracts for papers and sessions related to this subject are welcome. These would include: case studies of chain migration; immigrant life in American towns and cities; self-identity; the role of churches, lodges, and friendly societies in the Ulster-American community; relations with other ethnic and religious groups; and analyses of economic, social, and religious movements impacting the Scotch-Irish experience.

Please send your abstract (300 words), brief C.V., and any questions to:

The Center for Scotch-Irish Studies, in cooperation with the Scotch-Irish Society of the USA and the Scotch-Irish Foundation, will sponsor a symposium, June 2, 2001, at the Ramada Hotel Philadelphia International Airport.

The theme of the 2001 symposium will be:

Abstracts are invited on the impact of 18th and 19th century immigration from Ulster on the cities of Philadelphia, PA, Chester, PA, Baltimore, MD, and Newcastle, DE (and their hinterlands). This could be illustrated by case studies of the adaptation to a new cultural identity (Scotch-Irish), the involvement in business enterprises, associations, and educational and religious institutions, and the interactions with other groups and with the descendants of earlier Ulster immigrants.

The following topics would also be of interest: persistence of cultural traits, and the mechanisms that facilitate this; the effect of chain migration of family members from one location in Ulster; internal migration and the development of new Scotch-Irish communities.

Abstracts on other aspects of the Scotch-Irish identity are also invited.

Please send your abstract (300 words), brief C.V., and any questions to: