Society for Industrial Archaeology

The Society for Industrial Archeology promotes the study and preservation of the physical survivals of technological and industrial development and change. The SIA Annual Conference will be held in Sacramento, CA May 30-June 2, 1996. It will be hosted by the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento and Historic Knight Foundry in the gold-country town of Sutter Creek. In addition to paper sessions, the conference will feature tours to a number of unique manufacturing, transportation and historic sites in Central California. The SIA invites proposals for papers (20 min.), panel discussions (90 min.) and work in progress reports (10 min.). Of particular interest will be papers and panels relating to railroads, foundries, architectural manufacturing, mining, and the industrial aspects of agriculture. Please send a one page abstract with the title of the presentation, names of participants, brief curriculum vitae, addresses, email, tel/ fax numbers, and audio-visual requirements. Abstracts are due by 1 December 1995. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 January 1995.

Send Abstracts To: Walter Gray, Director, California State Railroad Museum, 111 "I" Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
tel: 916 445-7387 fax: 916 327-5655 email: jaharris@magi.com, or pem-194@mtu.edu

For further information about the conference, please contact these addresses.

Patrick E. Martin, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Director of Graduate Studies in Industrial Archaeology
Editor of IA, the Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA Telephone (906) 487-2070 Fax (906) 487-2468 Internet pem-194@mtu.edu