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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- 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: [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************* 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] "Any man that eats chili can't be all bad." Pat Garrett, speaking of Billy the Kid, 1880 *******************************************************************