Please Forgive the Cross Postings
Dear List Members,
Below, please find a Call For Proposals for the 1999 Ironmasters
Conference from the Three Rivers Chapter of the Society for Industrial
Archaeology.
If interested, contact information has been provided below.
TIA,
Shelley Maddex
Secretary
Three Rivers Chapter, SIA
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1999 IRONMASTERS CONFERENCE
APRIL 23-25, 1999
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
Call for Papers
The West Virginia University Institute for the History of
Technology and Industrial Archaeology in cooperation with the
Society for Industrial Archeology Three Rivers Chapter is pleased
to announce that the 1999 Ironmasters Conference will be held on
the campus of West Virginia University April 23-25, 1999. This
three day conference will feature an early bird Friday tour of
the operating and historic regional iron and steel industry
sites, paper sessions on Saturday, and a Sunday tour of the
standing remains of northern West Virginia's charcoal iron
industry. The paper selection committee is actively seeking
paper proposals related to historic ironmaking, iron mining, and
other iron and steel-related topics. Professionals and non-
professional alike are urged to submit a paper proposal.
Abstracts should be two-hundred words or less, and the speakers
are allotted twenty minutes per presentation. Proposals are due
by December 31, 1998.
For more information or to submit a paper proposal, contact Lee
Maddex at phone: (304)293-3829; fax: (304)293-2449; or email:
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Lee R. Maddex, Project Coordinator, Sr.
Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology
West Virginia University, PO Box 6305, Morgantown, WV 26506-6305
phone: (304)293-3829; fax: (304)293-2449; email: [log in to unmask]
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Pat Garrett, speaking of Billy the Kid, 1880
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