CALL FOR PAPERS

The third International Conference on the History of Records and 
Archives (I-CHORA) will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, September 
27-29, 2007, hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society.  

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-including, for example, letters, 
diaries, journals, and scrapbooks-both as document types and as parts 
of recordkeeping systems that document personal life. We invite 
submissions of proposals for papers that report on original research 
into a topic and theme that has not been widely discussed in the 
archival literature, though scholars in literary studies, history, 
and the arts have probed the personal and social functions and 
meaning of records made, kept, and exchanged by people in their 
private and professional lives. Papers may treat any time period and 
any national jurisdiction. Topics might include, but are not limited 
to the following areas: 

- the forms of personal records
- the motivations for making and keeping personal records 
- the collecting of personal records by individuals and archival 
repositories 
- cross-disciplinary perspectives on personal records
- needs for research in the area of personal records

Please think about your work and how it may be shared with colleagues 
in the world of archives and beyond.

Proposals for papers should be no less than 500 words, double-spaced, 
and in RTF format.

Proposals should be sent to [log in to unmask] by 17 April 2006. 
We will advise acceptance in mid-June.

Organizing and Program Committee:

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

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