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Transportation
Shuttle Buses Between Doubletree San José, Hyatt San José, and McEnery Convention Center
OAH has arranged with Bauer’s Transportation to provide shuttle service between the Doubletree Hotel, Hyatt Hotel, and the convention center. Motorcoaches will meet attendees at the lobby entrance of each hotel, and will transfer attendees between the hotels and convention center every ten minutes, beginning at 7:00 a.m. The last shuttle to the hotels will leave downtown San José at 10:50 p.m. A transportation kiosk will be available near OAH registration and staffed by personnel from Bauer’s Transportation. The staff will be able to assist attendees with shuttle questions and/or transportation to the San Francisco International Airport, and the Mineta San José International Airport.
Light Rail Transportation Around San José
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s Light Rail line provides a low-cost, quick, and simple way to get around downtown San José. The light rail is also an alternative to get between the convention center and the Hyatt San José or Doubletree San José. The Hyatt is located just next to the Metro/Airport stop, and the Doubletree Hotel is just a short walk from that stop as well. The light rail and VTA’s Airport Flyer is an easy way to reach the Mineta San José Airport.
Tours
San José and the Silicon Valley offer many rich historical and cultural sites of interest to historians. Thanks to the efforts of many of the community’s historians, OAH has added four tours to the annual meeting agenda. In addition, space is still available to tour the new, and not yet open to the public, Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park in Richmond, California. For more information, see the tours page.
Offsite Session Venues
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 150 E. San Fernando Street, San José
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an innovative collaboration between the city of San José and San José State University. A feast for the mind, as well as the eyes, the King Library boasts a collection of roughly 1.5 million items as well as delightful public art installations on every floor.
The San José Downtown Area Shuttle (DASH) provides free transportation during the day between the convention center and the King Library. DASH Shuttles stop at the convention center every ten minutes (approximately). To walk to the King Library, exit the convention center on San Carlos Street and walk east to 4th Street. Turn left and walk two blocks. The King Library is on the corner of 4th Street and San Fernando Street.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Berkeley Free Speech Movement and Student Activism, 1964-1985
Room 225B, 2nd Floor
Black Panthers
Room 229A, 2nd Floor
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
What Does California Mean? Special Collections Program Room, 5th Floor
History San José, 1650 Senter Road, San José
The diverse buildings on the History San José campus contain the largest and oldest collection of Spanish and Mexican municipal documents in the state of California, the Perham Collection of pre-transistor electronics, and a collections of A. P. Hill’s photographs of redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
A motorcoach for this session will leave at 12:45 p.m. from the San Carlos Street entrance of the McEnery Convention Center. The bus will return to the convention center at 3:30 p.m. and again at 5:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
From Jim Crow to Integrated Military Bases: Black Americans and the Armed Forces
Pacific Hotel Building
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Americans and Military Occupations in the Pacific Firehouse Building, 2nd Floor
GLBT Historical Society, 657 Mission Street, Suite 300, San Francisco
Take time during the meeting to travel to the heart of San Francisco and visit the GLBT Historical Society. The Society is within walking distance of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and hundreds of shops and restaurants.
A motorcoach for this session will leave at 10:45 a.m. from the San Carlos Street entrance of the McEnery Convention Center. The bus will transport attendees to the Yerba Buena Gardens, one half block from the Society. The motorcoach will meet attendees at the Yerba Buena Gardens at 5:45 p.m. for the return trip to San José.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Queer Neighborhood Politics in Post-World War II San Francisco Main Room
Chinese Historical Society of America, 965 Clay Street, San Francisco
Another option for Friday afternoon is a trip to San Francisco’s famous Chinatown. In addition to the session held at the Chinese Historical Society of America, attendees can take advantage of restaurants, museum exhibits, and shopping in the Chinatown/Union Square area.
A motorcoach for this session will leave at 10:45 a.m. from the San Carlos Street entrance of the McEnery Convention Center. The bus will transport attendees to the Union Square, a short walk from the Society. A guide will walk with attendees to the Society. The motorcoach will meet attendees at the Union Square at 5:30 p.m. for the return trip to San José.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Comparative Chinatowns Learning Center
Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Avenue, San José
The Mexican Heritage Plaza was founded with a goal to develop the city’s first Mexican cultural garden. That vision grew into a 55,000 square-foot cultural center that serves as a regional resource for cultural programming and education. It is one of the largest Latino cultural centers built from the ground up in the nation.
A motorcoach for this session will leave at 12:45 p.m. from the San Carlos Street entrance of the McEnery Convention Center. The bus will return to the convention center at 3:30 p.m. and again at 5:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
State of the Field: Spanish Borderlands
MHP Classroom
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Citizenship and its Discontents
MHP Classroom
Peralta Adobe Historic Site, 175 West Saint John Street, San José
The Peralta Adobe is San José’s oldest address. Built in 1797, the Peralta Adobe is the last remaining structure from El Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe.
Take the Light Rail from the Convention Center Station (on San Carlos Street in front of the convention center) to the St. James Station. Walk south to St. John Street, and turn right. The Peralta Adobe is on the left, just past San Pedro Street. To walk to the Peralta Adobe, exit the convention center on Market Street and walk north to West St. John Street (approximately six blocks). Turn left onto West St. John Street.
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A Walk in the Park: Ten Years of Strengthening Scholarly Connections with NPS
Peralta Adobe
Receptions
Regional Receptions
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 31
Bayshore Ballroom -- Doubletree Hotel
Northeastern Reception
Sponsored by the Yale University American Studies Program, Yale University Department of African American Studies, Yale University Department of History, Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University Press, and the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Hosts: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Martin Blatt, Gloria Sesso, Marilyn Young, Cecelia Bucki, Jack Resch, and Liam Riordan
Mid-Atlantic/Southern Reception
Supported by the Southern Historical Association and Emory University
Hosts: Ira Berlin, Julie Jeffrey, Elizabeth Kessel, James O. Horton, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, Ray Arsenault, Carol A. O’Connor, Susan M. McGrath, Cary Wintz, John Inscoe, Pete Daniel, Charles Joyner, and Lee W. Formwalt
Midwestern Reception
Cosponsored by the University of Illinois Press
Hosts: Darlene Clark Hine, Wilma King, David Nord, Steven Kneeshaw, Amy Bix, and Victoria Straughn
Western Reception
Sponsored by ABC-CLIO
Hosts: Vicki Ruiz, Richard White, David Kennedy, David Gutiérrez, Robert Cherny, Redmond J. Barnett, Alexandra M. Nickliss, Christopher Waldrep, Katherine G. Morrissey, and Philip VanderMeer
Birds of a Feather Receptions
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday, April 1
Salon 4, 5, 6 -- Marriott Hotel
The Birds of a Feather receptions provide a chance for attendees with similar professional interests and responsibilities to meet and enjoy refreshments prior to the Friday evening plenary session.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Reception—hosted by the OAH Committee on the Status of ALANA Historians & ALANA History
Community College Historians Reception—hosted by the OAH Committee on Community Colleges
Women in the Historical Profession Reception—hosted by the OAH Committee on the Status of Women in the Historical Profession.
Sponsored by Prentice Hall, Knopf, University of California, Irvine History Department, University of California, Irvine Program for Chicano/Latino Studies, University of California, Berkeley History Department, Stanford University History Department, Stanford University Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Western Association of Women Historians, Southern Association of Women Historians, Houghton Mifflin, University of North Carolina Center for the Study of the American South.
Part-time and Adjunct Faculty Reception—hosted by the Joint AHA/OAH Committee on Part-Time and Adjunct Employment
Public Historians Reception—hosted by the OAH Committee on Public History and the OAH Committee on National Park Service Issues
Focus on Teaching Reception—hosted by the OAH Committee on Teaching and the OAH Magazine of History Advisory Board
International Reception—hosted by the OAH International Committee
Distinguished Members Reception
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 2
Salon 1, 2, and 3—Marriott San José
Meeting attendees who have been members of the OAH for twenty-five years or more, or who are Patron or Life members, are invited to a reception in their honor. The reception will immediately follow the presidential address.
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