International Conference on the History of Records and Archives

The Third International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 3) will be held at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston, Massachusetts on September 27-29, 2007. The theme of the conference will be the history of personal records and personal recordkeeping practices. This theme is intended to cover the full range of personal documents—letters, diaries, journals, and scrapbooks—both as document types and as parts of recordkeeping systems that document personal life. Eric Ketelaar, Professor of Archivistics at the University of Amsterdam, will open the conference with a keynote address entitled, "The Genealogical Gaze: The Dawn of Archives as Cultural Patrimony." Other session themes include inventing and re-inventing a life; forms and genres of personal record making and record keeping; preserving collective memory and identity; personal records and original order; description and documentation; and legal and ethical issues associated with personal papers.

Dates & Location

Massachusetts Historical Society, on September 27-29, 2007. Visit the I-CHORA 3 website for program and hotel information.

Registration

Registration for I-CHORA 3 is now closed. Please keep an eye on the I-CHORA 3 website for information on the publication of papers presented at the conference.


Questions? Contact Brenda Lawson at 617/646-0502 or blawson@masshist.org

We look forward to seeing you in Boston in September!

Organizing and Program Committee:

Barbara Craig, University of Toronto
Philip B. Eppard, University at Albany, SUNY
Brenda Lawson, Massachusetts Historical Society
Heather MacNeil, University of British Columbia