Date: Tuesday, March 6th
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: CSO, 67 East Adams entrance – close to Rhapsody restaurant
CAA Member and Archivist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frank Villella, has graciously offered to host the 2012 CAA Members Meeting.
Stay tuned for additional details and the meeting agenda.
Please send questions or comments about the CAA Members Meeting to info@chicagoarchivists.org
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Visit the 1950s Park Forest House Museum in Park Forest, Illinois.Take a break from the hustle and bustle of 21st Century holiday preparations to revisit Christmas past. We’ve decked our halls and hung our stockings with care! See our forest green aluminum rotating tree with mid-century ornaments and other festive ornaments in every room.
Location: 141 Forest Boulevard, Park Forest, Illinois 60466
Dates: Saturdays December 17 and 24; Wednesdays: December 21 and 28
Time: Saturdays: 10:00am-3:00pm; Wednesdays: 11:00am-2:00pm
Admission: $3.00 per adult; children 12 and under are free. Tickets are available from Park Forest Historical Society
Questions: contact Jane Nicoll 708-481-4252, parkforesthistory1 @ yahoo.com
Website: www.parkforesthistory.org
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Pizza! Prizes! People! That’s right – it’s time again for the annual Holiday Party!
WHO:
All CAA members, CAA listserv subscribers, CAMA and CARA members, friends, and students.
WHEN:
Tuesday December 6, 2011
WHERE:
Exchequer Restaurant & Pub, 226 S. Wabash, Chicago (between Jackson and Adams) http://www.exchequerpub.com/
TIME:
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
PARTY COST:
CAA members: $10 per person
Non-members: $15 per person
Payable by cash or check at the party.
This entitles you to deep dish (or thin-crust) pizza, Caesar and Greek salads – as well as beer, wine, or soft drinks.
RSVP DEADLINE:
November 30, 2011
Please email your RSVP to Andy Steadham at andrewsteadham@gmail.com by November 30th and include a fun and little known fact about yourself. The fun facts (e.g., “I’m a Cardinals fan” or “I play the ukelele”) will be used in the party ice breaker, with some special prizes to be had.
Membership renewal:
Remember, although you do not have to be a CAA member to attend, it’s an ideal time to renew or start your CAA membership – $10 good for the whole year. In addition, those in attendance will have the chance to win free membership for 2012.
Looking forward to seeing you all on December 6!
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Please join founders and board members of La Leche League at the opening reception for the DePaul University Special Collections exhibit, Mother’s Milk: The Story of La Leche League. The exhibit features materials from the organization’s archives, which are available for research in DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives Department. La Leche League is an international organization offering help and support to breastfeeding mothers since 1956.
WHAT:
Reception and Exhibit
WHEN & WHERE:
Thursday, November 3, 2011
2:30-4:30pm
DePaul University, Richardson Library, 2350 North Kenmore Avenue, Special Collections and Archives, Room 314. For maps and parking information: http://directory.depaul.edu/maps/default.aspx.
WHO:
All CAA Members are invited to attend. For more information, please call 773-325-7864, email archives@depaul.edu, or download this PDF flyer.
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Laura Fu, Digital Assets Specialist at Sears and Graduate Student at UW-Milwaukee has recently published “The Government Response to 9/11: Communications Technology and the Media” in Library and Archival Security (Volume 24, Issue 2; page 103-118).
You can check out her article online; the site may require a password:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01960075.2011.592034
Congrats to Laura!
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