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> 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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