Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
P.O. Box 710215
Oak Hill, VA 20171
Phone: 703/476-1807
Fax: 703/476-1806
E-mail: MARAC Administrator

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We are pleased to invite you to "shift gears" and explore our industrial past for the Spring 2007 MARAC conference in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a gem of a city.

Shifting Gears: Labor, Business & Archives in the Workplace will focus on both the work of laborers and businesses as documented in our archives, and the labor of archivists as we preserve and make accessible the documentation in our repositories. Sessions include records management, preservation surveys for small institutions, large format digitization, new description standards, Scranton and photographic history, merger records, religion and labor, marketing archival products, music, government response to disaster preparedness mandates, archival consulting as a business, creating exhibition spaces and programs, acquisition and use of large industrial collections, Irish immigration, locating the history of women in labor records, activism on the radio, and more!

You will have the opportunity to see the often maligned Scranton as it truly exists, sitting in the middle of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley, which is both a state and national heritage area, surrounded by beautiful hills and greenways, with an architecturally significant and walkable downtown district, brimming with restaurants and cultural sites. Take a guided walking tour of the city, venture out to McDade Park to visit an actual coal mine 300 feet below the earth's surface or head over to the town of Hamlin to tour the Museum of Modern Art's Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center—a special MARAC tour. You can also visit some of Scranton's many other interesting sites, such as the Everhart Museum, the Scranton Cultural Center, the Houdini Museum, and of course, Steamtown National Historic Site, a truly not to be missed experience. Steamtown's archives will also be open for a special behind-the-scene visit.

Our reception at the Electric City Trolley Museum will pay homage to Scranton's history as the first city with trolley service in the United States. Enjoy labor music while you view the exhibits, including a number of restored trolley cars, and others awaiting restoration.

Renowned labor historian Tom Dublin will be our plenary speaker, and will reflect on his research into America's industrial past, while luncheon speaker Bill Kashatus will discuss the labor roots of Lackawanna Baseball. There's something for everyone on the program and in Scranton; we look forward to seeing you there!

Michael Knies
Lisa Mangiafico
Co-Chairs, Local Arrangements Committee

Kate Colligan
Chair, Program Committee

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