SIAN - Society for Industrial Archeology

Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton MI 49931-1295
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2005
Sept. 29-Oct. 2: SIA FALL TOUR, DETROIT, MI.
Info: events@siahq.org; www.sia-web.org.
Oct. 5-9: Assn. of Railway Museums Conference,
Strasburg, PA. Hosted by the RR Museum of PA. Info:
www.rrmuseumpa.org.
Oct. 14-16: Historic Ironmaking Conference
(Ironmasters Conference), Sterling Forest State Park,
Tuxedo, NY. Info: Edward J. Lenik, 100 Deerfield Rd.,
Wayne, NJ 07470; edlenik@hotmail.com.
Oct. 20-22: Annual North American Labor History
Conference, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. Topic:
Labor, Solidarity, and Organizations with an emphasis on the
IWW. Info: Janine Lanza, Dept. of History, 3094 Faculty
Admin. Bldg., WSU, Detroit, MI 48202; 313-577-2525;
ao1605@wayne.edu; www.cla.wayne.edu/history/confcal/nalhc.
Oct. 27-29: Pioneer America Society Annual Conference,
Baton Rouge, LA. Theme: Changing Landscapes of the
Lower Mississippi Valley. Tours of French and Arcadian vernacular
architecture, and of the human transformation of the
valley’s environment, including engineering of the
Mississippi River. Info: www.pioneeramerica.org.
Nov. 3-6: Society for the History of Technology Annual
Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Info: www.shot.jhu.edu.
Nov. 4-6: Technology and the Home Conference, New
Brunswick, NJ. Paper sessions explore the positive and
negative impacts of appliances, lighting, heating, and decorative
materials. Info: www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette/.
CALENDAR
Nov. 20-26: SIA STUDY TOUR TO BOLOGNA,
ITALY. Info: Mary Habstritt, SIA Events Coordinator;
events@siahq.org; 212-769-4946.
2006
Mar. 29-Apr. 2: Second International Congress on
Construction History, Queens’ College, University of
Cambridge, UK. Info: www.chs-cambridge.co.uk.
Apr. 27-30: Preserving the Historic Road Conference,
Boston, MA. Info: www.historicroads.org.
June 1-4: SIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, ST. LOUIS,
MO. Info: events@siahq.org; www.sia-web.org.
June 8-10: Business History Conference Annual
Meeting, Toronto, ON. Info: BHC, Box 3630,
Wilmington, DE 19807; www.thebhc.org.
June 9-11: Railroad Station Historical Society
Convention, Helena, MT. Tours of stations, bridges, tunnels,
roundhouses and shops; annual banquet with speaker.
Info: Art Peterson, 3200 Gordon Dr., Greenville, NC
27834; (252) 756-7380; stationarchives@msn.com.
June 14-17: Vernacular Architecture Forum Annual
Meeting, New York, NY. Theme: City Building. Info:
vernaculararchitectureforum.org.
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