LABOR AND MATERIAL CULTURE

                           The Seventh Symposium of
                      The George Meany Memorial Archives

                             November 12-13, 1995

Sunday, November 12--5:00 p.m.

Keynote Address

      Archie Green, Occupational Folklorist
      Reception to follow

Monday, November 13

                                    Panel 1

                 Programs and Projects in Museums and Archives
                             8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Chair:  Angelica Santomauro, The American Labor Museum/Botto House National
                              Landmark

Gregg Kimball, Valentine Museum
Sharon Reilly, Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature
Donna DeBlasio, Ohio Historical Society
Leslie Hough, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs/Walter P. Reuther Library,
                  Wayne State University

Coffee Break: 9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

                                    Panel 2

                           Labor Sites and Landmarks
                             9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Chair:  Brian Greenberg, Monmouth University

Robin Bachin, National Labor Landmark Study, Newberry Library
Mark Bograd, Lowell National Historical Park
Rachel Bliven, Consultant
Mildred Beik, Historian


Lunch Break: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Address:

      Nicholas Mansfield, Director, National Museum of Labor History,
                              Manchester, England

                                    Panel 3

                          Collections and Their Value
                             1:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Chair:  Harry Rubenstein, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
                              Institution

Scott Molloy, University of Rhode Island
Richard Oestreicher, University of Pittsburgh
Erika Gottfried, Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University
Mike Black, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Department


                         LABOR AND MATERIAL CULTURE

                             November 12-13, 1995


Coffee Break: 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.


                                    Panel 4

                            How Should We Proceed?
                             3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Chair:  Al Young, Northern Illinois University

Stuart Kaufman, The George Meany Memorial Archives/University of Maryland
Marty Blatt, Lowell National Historical Park
David Zonderman, North Carolina State University
Jonathan Prude, Emory University
James Grossman, National Labor Landmark Study, Newberry Library


Co-director:  Harry Rubenstein, Stuart Kaufman

Attending The Symposium

      Since there are a limited number of places available for the symposium,
to
reserve a place please contact Janet O'Connor (301) 431-5451.  Registration is
free, but there is an $8.00 charge for lunch.

Location

      The George Meany Memorial Archives is located at 10000 New Hampshire
Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20903.  This is one full block north of the
Washington Beltway (U.S. 495 exit 28a) on New Hampshire Avenue, about a thirty-
five minute drive from downtown Washington, D.C.  Turn left on to the campus at
the traffic light at Powder Mill Road; the first service station north of the
beltway marks the intersection.  There is ample parking space.

      If arriving by public transportation take the Metrorail red line to the
Silver Spring station and then transfer to either the #20 or #22 Montgomery
County "Ride-ON" bus to the Powder Mill Road (Hillendale) stop.




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