> <<PressRelease_GenDoc.doc>> > > > Press Advisory > > For Immediate Release > Further Information > Bill Milhomme: (617)727-2816 > > You are invited to a public forum on Massachusetts History! > > Documenting Our Heritage > Tuesday, May 9, 2000 > 9:00AM to 1:00PM > Brandeis University > Hassenfield Conference Center > Waltham, Massachusetts > > Documenting Our History > > "I have the pleasure of extending an invitation to you to an important > meeting on the history of the Commonwealth. On May 9, 2000 people from > across the state are coming together to promote the documentation of the > collective history of Massachusetts for future generations," stated > Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Francis Galvin. "We must not be > complacent. Please join us as we take the 3rd step to a stronger > historical records community, by learning how to effectively communicate > with our colleagues in the fight to preserve our history from > deterioration and loss." > > Forum participants will have ample opportunities to meet representatives > of organizations that create, use, hold, or care about historical records > and Massachusetts' history including academic, amateur, and family > historians; architects, historic preservationists and owners of historic > buildings; environmentalists, scientists, and researchers of all types; > primary, secondary, and university educators and students; government > officials, business and not-for-profit managers; archivists, librarians, > and curators; and interested members of the general public. Please join us > as we advocate the past, build alliances for the future, and begin > documenting our heritage. > > The forum proceedings will focus on community documentation. Speakers will > give practical models of documentation, planning, motivating a community, > implementing strategies, and spreading the word. Most importantly they > will begin to address how, why and who documents our heritage. > > David Hackett Fischer will give the keynote address, The Revival of > History. Dr. Fischer is a Professor of History at Brandeis University. His > major publications include The Revolution of American Conservatism, > Historians' Fallacies, Growing Old in America, and Concord: The Social > History of New England Town. He presently has several works in process > that focus on early American social history. > > Other speakers include: Lisa Long, Archivist, Robert D. Farber Archives & > Special Collections; William Reopell, Selectman, Town of Royalston - > Preserving Royalston's Records; Theresa Percy, Director, Monson Free > Library - Implementing Monson's Community Documentation Plan; Joan > Krizack, University Archivist, Northeastern University - Documenting > Boston's Underdocumented Communities. > > Over thirty organizations and institutions have come together to support > and advocate for the preservation and use of historical records in > Massachusetts. We invite you to join us. > > Please attend "Documenting Our History: The 3rd Annual Community Forum on > Historical Records" Tuesday, May 9, 2000 from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at Brandeis > University, Waltham. This forum is open to all that care about historical > records. A registration fee of $5.00 is requested. The forum is presented > by the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board and the > Massachusetts Archives, Brandeis University, History Department, Brandeis > University, Robert D. Farber Archives & Special Collections, Massachusetts > Historical Society, and Massachusetts Archives. The forum is funded in > part by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, William F. Galvin, University > Products, Imagemax and the generous support of forum co-sponsors. > > For more information about the forum, co-sponsors, sponsors. Or to > register on-line, visit our web-site at > <http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcaac/aacintro.htm or call (617) > 727-2816. > > > Complete list of Forum Cosponsors: > American Antiquarian Society > American Jewish Historical Society > Association of Records Management Administrators, Boston Chapter, Inc. > Bay State Historical League > Bostonian Society > Hampshire County Records Preservation Advisory Board > Imagemax > John F. Kennedy Library > Massachusetts Archives > Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners > Massachusetts Cultural Council > Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities > Massachusetts Genealogical Council > Massachusetts Historical Commission > Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board > Massachusetts Historical Society > Massachusetts Library Association > Massachusetts State Library > Massachusetts Studies Project > Massachusetts Town Clerk Association > Military Historical Society of Massachusetts > New England Archivists > New England Heritage Center > New England Historic Genealogical Society > New England History Teachers Association > New England Museum Association > New England Quarterly > Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science > University Products > Waltham City Clerk > Waltham Historical Society > > > For Immediate Release- Please distribute this announcement to appropriate > lists and individuals. > > Bill Milhomme, Field Archivist > Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board > Massachusetts State Archives > 220 Morrissey Blvd. > Boston, MA 02125 > (617) 727-2816 > Fax: (617) 288-8429 > William.milhomme@sec.state.ma.us > >
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