Fall 1996 conference in Wilmington, DE
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Theme: "Face to Face"
When: November 7-9, 1996
Where: Wilmington, Delaware
Program Committee Co-chairs:
Diane Windham Shaw and Leslie Simon
Local arrangements Co-chairs:
Connie Cooper, Historical Society of Delaware
Ellen Rendle, Historical Society of Delaware
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Thursday, November 7
Workshops -- 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
W1 Preservation Today: The Basics
(8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) $35/45 + $13 tool kit
W2 Preservation Today: Artifacts
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) $20/30
W3 Preservation Today: Maps, Art, Posters, and Oversized Materials
(1:30 - 5:30 p.m.) $20/30
W4 Preservation Today: Photographic Prints
(1:30 - 4:00 p.m.) $20/30
W5 Digital Imaging for Archives
(8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) $35/45
W6 Leadership Skills for Archivists
(8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) $35/45
W7 Live from Your Small Repository: An Introduction to Outreach Programs
(8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.) $20/30
Tours
1:30 - 4:15 p.m. Delaware Art Museum Tour #1($6)
With special exhibit, "Shaker: The Art of Craftsmanship"
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. Meetings Coordinating Committee
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Archival Textbook
Archival educators and potential authors will discuss the need for and possible contents of an introductory archival textbook.
5:30 - 9:00 p.m. Wilmington's Microbrewery Tour #2 ($15)
Bus tour of Brandywine Brewing Co. and Rockford Brewing Co. with a moderately priced ($8-15) dinner after the free tours.
Meetings
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Committee meetings
5:30 - 9:30 p.m. Steering Committee meeting
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Friday, November 8
8:00 - 9:15 a.m. Caucus breakfast with state archivists
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Exhibitors
Sessions -- 9:30 a.m. - 12 noon (focus group: Archival Repositories)
SF 1 Business Archives
SF 2 College and University Archives
SF 3 Cultural Institutions
SF 4 Historical Societies
SF 5 Local Government Archives
SF 6 Manuscript Repositories
SF 7 Religious Archives
12:15 - 1:45 p.m. Luncheon ($16): The Gibson Girl Meets the Victorian Lady
Barbara Meyer Darlin tells of changing women's roles in the early twentieth century by becoming a human paper doll
Tour
12:30 - 5:45 p.m. Seminar at Hagley Museum and Library:
"Conceptualizing Gender in American Business History" [Tour #3] (free transportation and admission; optional box lunch, $12)
Sessions -- 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. (focus group: Archival Repositories)
SF 8 Description and Access
SF 9 Documentation
SF 10 Management
SF 11 Outreach
SF 12 Preservation
SF 13 The Profession
SF 14 Reference and Security
Meetings
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. New member meeting
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Spring 1997 and Fall 1997 Program and Local Arrangements Committees meetings
Events
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception at the Delaware History Museum
visit the new exhibit on Delaware during the Civil War
8:30 - 10:00 p.m. MARAC Film Festival
relax with your colleagues while you view films from several repositories' collections
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Saturday, November 9
8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Breakfast ($9) and business meeting
Sessions -- 9:45 - 11:15 a.m.
S1 Implications of Digital Access
S2 Down the Guided Path: Documenting Women in Religious Collections
S3 Legacies: Training and Transition in the Archives
S4 From Billy Penn to Billy Yank: Recent Initiatives in the Preservation of Public Records
Sessions -- 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
S5 Yours, Mine or Whose?: The SAA Task Force on Intellectual Property
S6 Minding Their Business: Discovering Women in American Business
S7 The Winding Road: Career Paths of the Archivist
S8 MARAC Under Glass
Tour
12:30 - 5:15 p.m. Brandywine Valley Tour #4 ($30)
The tour will first visit Longwood Gardens where you may enjoy lunch in their cafeteria and tour the gardens on your own. From there the tour will go to the Brandywine River Museum, which will feature works by Thomas Eakins.
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Information last updated September 12, 1996
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