Thursday, August 1st will be our annual meeting. We’ll meet at Grinnell College’s Burling Library in Grinnell.
If anyone is interested in giving an informal, 30-40 minute presentation in the afternoon, please share your idea/s with Chris Jones and Allison Haack at archives@grinnell.edu.
More information about the schedule will be provided as the date gets closer!
8:30am – 9:00am Arrival and refreshments, Vogel Library, 3rd Floor Rotunda
9:00am – 12:00pm Meeting, Vogel Library, 3rd Floor Rotunda
12:00pm – 1:30pm Lunch On own, see list of Dining options on page 2
1:30pm – 2:00pm Tour, Archives (LIB 328)
2:00pm – 2:45pm Presentations:
Please save the date: Thursday, August 2, will be our annual meeting, this year at Wartburg College’s Vogel Library in Waverly. College archivist Amy Moorman will be our host this year. Thank you, Amy!
In addition to our usual activity reports in the morning and one confirmed afternoon session, we have a slot open for another session. If you have an idea for a 30-minute presentation that you would like to share with the group that afternoon, please let Amy know: amy.moorman@wartburg.edu
We will have more details about the schedule as the date gets closer but, for now, please save August 2 on your calendar.
9:00 Arrive: meet in Parks Library 198
9:30: Welcome by Beth McNeil, Dean of Iowa State University Library (Parks 198)
9:30-Noon: CIA meeting (Parks 198)
Noon-2:00: Lunch on your own
2:00-4:00: Tours and Presentations:
Directions and parking, maps, and food options can be found in the guide linked here: CIAinfo10Aug2017
The 2017 CIA annual meeting will be Thursday, August 10th. This year’s meeting will be held in Ames, Iowa and hosted by Iowa State University’s Special Collections and University Archives, located in Parks Library.
Stay tuned for additional details.
CIA-sters,
We look forward to seeing you in Perry next Thursday, July 21, for our annual meeting. Please, if you could, RSVP to me (david-mccartney@uiowa.edu) with your menu preference by next Tuesday afternoon so that we can have a head count for our lunch reservation.
Where: Hometown Heritage in Perry, 1124 Willis Avenue, second floor (accessible by elevator)
9:00-9:30 social time and coffee
9:30-12:00 meeting: welcome new members, around the table – discuss activity or projects at our shops, any current issues of concern
12:00-1:30 lunch at the Arrow Room in David’s Milwaukee Diner at Hotel Pattee; menu:
Four Cheese Mac $7.95- American, cheddar, fontina, and Parmesan
Fresh Ground Hamburger $8.95- burger served with fries
Classic Club $8.95- club served with potato salad
1:30-3:30 tour Hometown Heritage, historic Perry
Links of interest:
Hotel Pattee: http://www.hotelpattee.com/
Hometown Heritage: http://www.hometownheritage.org/
Many thanks to Bill Clark and the Hometown Heritage staff and volunteers for hosting us this year! We look forward to seeing you soon.
Best,
David
David McCartney, C.A.
University Archivist
Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives
The University of Iowa Libraries
100 Main Library
Iowa City, IA 52242-1420
Get out your calendars and save the date for our 2016 annual meeting, coming up in July! We will be meeting at:
Hometown Heritage, Town/Craft location
Perry, IA
Date: Thursday, July 21
People who need overnight accommodations may want to check into the Hotel Pattee, a beautifully-restored historic landmark in downtown Perry.
Details with an agenda will be forthcoming but for now, please save the date and we hope to see you then.
