BAC Conference 2010
Business Archives: The Unexpected!
To be held on 11 November 2010 at the Freemasons' Hall, London
This year’s conference will showcase the breadth of business archives and history with a focus on the unexpected and obscure. It will include talks on unusual businesses and collections and efforts to reveal and promote hidden business history. The conference will be held at the Freemasons’ Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ on Thursday 11 November. It will begin with registration at 9.45am, followed by the AGM at 10.15am. The conference will start at 11am and run until 5pm when there will be the opportunity to take a tour of the Freemasons’ Hall.
The speakers this year include:
Susan Snell (Library & Museum of Freemasonry) – the Freemasons Archives
Sarah Chubb (Sandwell Community History & Archives Service) – the Chance glass papers
Kevin Matthias (Denbighshire Record Office) – Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod papers
Linda Ellis (Renaissance in the Region, West Midlands) – The contribution of the museums of the West Midlands to the business archives project ‘Documenting the Workshop of the World’
Andrew Newnham (Nottingham City Museums and Galleries) – the John Player Archives
Following the conference, a reception will take place at the Freemasons’ Hall for the presentation of the Wadsworth Prize for business history. It begins at 6pm and all conference delegates are most welcome to attend.
Booking details:
An ‘early bird’ charge of £70 is available if booking before 30 September. After this, the charge is £80 for BAC and ABH members (a second or third delegate from the same organisation will cost £60 each), and the charge for non-members is £100.
Booking forms and further information can be found at:
http://www.businessarchivescouncil.org.uk/activitiesobjectives/conference/conf_2010
http://www.managingbusinessarchives.co.uk/news/booking_open_for_business_archives_council_conference_2010
A map of the location can be found at:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=530469&y=181255&z=0&sv=WC2B+5AZ&st=2&pc=WC2B+5AZ&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf
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