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Call for Papers: The West Virginia University Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology and the Society for Industrial Archeology Three Rivers Chapter is pleased to announce that the 2002 Ironmasters Conference will be held on the campus of Ohio University at Athens, Ohio April 26-28, 2002. This three day conference will feature a Friday early bird tour of the Ironton area charcoal iron industry, Saturday paper sessions, and a Sunday tour of Buckeye and Vinton Furnaces. The paper selection committee is actively seeking paper proposals related to industry and life in the Hanging Rock Iron Region as well as papers related to historic ironmaking, iron mining, and related topics. Professionals, non-professionals, and students are encouraged to submit a paper proposal. Abstracts should be no more than two hundred words, and speakers will be allotted twenty minutes per presentation. Proposal are due by January 15, 2002. To submit a proposal or for more information, contact Lee Maddex by phone: (304)293-3829; by email: [log in to unmask]; or by mail at the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology 1535 Mileground, Morgantown, WV 26505.