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Due to high demand and limited supply of rooms at the Westin Governor Morris for the upcoming MARAC Fall Conference at Morristown, New Jersey from Wednesday, October 25 through Saturday, October 28th, there are no longer any rooms available at the conference rate though there a few rooms available at the hotel's regular rate.
We are pleased to announce that we have reserved a block of rooms at an overflow hotel, the Summerfield Suites Hotel also located in Morristown at the rate of $179/night. Mention that you are with MARAC and they will work with you on accomodations. Here is the homepage for the hotel:
Summerfield Suites - Morristown
http://morristown.summerfieldsuites.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/summerfield/index.jsp
Summerfield Suites - National Homepage
www.hyatt.com/hyatt/summerfield/
Along with the option of staying at Summerfield Suites, the following hotels had vacancies as of today (9/25) for late October within an 11 mile radius Morristown at rates under $200.00 per night. If you want other options please feel free to contact Alan Delozier, LAC Co-Chair via e-mail at delozial@shu.edu for other accomodations in the area. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Holiday Inn, Parsippany, * * *
Rate Range - $102-190
707 Route 46
Parsippany, NJ
Telephone: 1-973-263-2000 (Holiday Inn National #: 1-888-465-4329)
Distance - 7 miles
www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/home
Holiday Inn Express, Mount Arlington, * * *
Rate Range - $105-215
176 Howard Blvd.
Mount Arlington, NJ
Telephone: 1-973-770-7880 (Holiday Inn National #: 1-888-465-4329)
Distance - 10 miles
www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/home
Ramada Inn - East Hanover, * * *
Rate Range - $116-179
130 Route 10 West
East Hanover, NJ
Telephone: 973-386-5622 (National Reservations: 1-800-272-6232) Distance - 8 miles
www.ramada.com/Ramada/control/home
Best Western - Murray Hill, New Providence, * * *
Rate Range - $156-180
535 Central Avenue
New Providence, NJ
Telephone: 908-665-9200 (National Reservations: 1-800-780-7234)
Distance - 7 miles
www.bestwestern.com/.
Inn at Somerset Hills, Basking Ridge, * * *
Rate Range - $169-200
80 Allen Road
Basking Ridge, NJ
Telephone: 908-580-1300 (Toll Free: 800-688-0700), E-Mail: inninfo@shh.com
Distance - 9 miles
www.theinnatsomersethills.com/enter.html
Holiday Inn - Springfield, * * *
Rate Range - $119-150
304 Route 22 West
Springfield, NJ
Telephone: 1-973-376-9400 (Holiday Inn National #: 1-888-465-4329)
Distance - 11 miles
www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/home
Tour Re-Scheduling Update
The Stickley Tour (originally scheduled for Thursday) is now on for Saturday at 1:00 PM (with transportation leaving the hotel at 12:30 PM).
And the METC tour (originally scheduled for Saturday) is now on for Thursday, leaving the hotel at 12:30 PM, and also, admission is FREE. So the tour price will most likely be either applied to the cost of transportation, refunded, or people will be asked to donate it to the MARAC endowment.
This change was made because the METC had an event occurring on Saturday that precluded scheduling a tour at that time.
We are pleased to invite you to join us for the Fall 2006 MARAC meeting in Morristown, New Jersey. While it is MARAC's seventh visit to the Garden State, historic Morristown offers a wealth of attractions to tempt you back.
 A Revolutionary War site, Morristown is a Distinctive Destination, as designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Our tours offer opportunities for you to see some of these exceptional places. You can choose to tour a colonial revival mansion and its surrounding gardens or a historic Arts and Crafts style home and farm. You can visit  the Morris Museum with its unique collection of mechanical musical instruments, or the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts which houses fine examples of early tools. In addition, there will be walking tours of several Morristown neighborhoods.
 Our reception will be held at the Library of Morristown and Morris Township. The artwork of Thomas Nast will be on display for our enjoyment. Nast is also the focus of one of the walking tours. In addition, our luncheon speaker, Jeffrey Eger, will include some of Nast's works, along with the works of other cartoonists, in his talk on the power of the political cartoon.
 We hope our program, Exploring Our Cultural Heritage, will entice you as much as the local attractions. Our plenary speaker will be Paul Israel, who will talk about that famous New Jerseyan, Thomas Edison, and Edison's legacy, including both inventions and documentation.
Our 23 sessions are loosely organized around various themes. We offer a track on image, sound, and film collections. We have sessions on outreach and how patrons use our collections. Several sessions focus on archival skills, including preparing for grant programs and making collections available online.
Please come and join us for what is sure to be another exciting MARAC meeting in New Jersey!
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