WORLD TRADE CENTER DOCUMENTATION SYMPOSIUM
 
Documenting the September 11, 2001 Attacks on the World Trade Center:
Five Years On
 
March 29, 2007 - 9 am to 4:30 pm
 
SPCS Woolworth Conference Center, 15 Barclay St., New York City
 
Cost: $15 includes box lunch on site and morning beverages
 
In the weeks, months and years following the attacks on the World Trade
Center a number of projects were initiated to document the events and
the reaction to them.   The National Historical Publications and Records
Commission provided funding to the New York State Archives and the New
York State Historical Records Advisory Board (NYSHRAB) to help these
efforts along.  A substantial number of grass-roots efforts are also
under way through other funding sources. 
 
It is more than five years since these efforts began.  The challenges
of documenting the attacks include capturing records created in a wide
variety of media, addressing the preservation of these records, and
providing access to them while addressing concerns over privacy and
civil liberties. There is a need for archivists, historians, curators
and local government historians to review these documentation efforts in
conversation with representatives from the family/survivor community,
first responders and other federal, state and local government agencies
to ensure that the historical record is equitable and correspondingly
broad.
 
On March 29, these groups will convene for a daylong symposium to
review documentation efforts to date and to determine the course for
future documentation activities.  The symposium will begin with a
keynote address by Dr. James Young, who served on the jury for World
Trade Center Memorial and is writing a book about his experiences.   Six
representative projects from the federal, state and local government
will be presented, as well as projects from Hofstra, the College of
Staten Island and the Voices of September 11th.  
 
After lunch, participants will break out into small groups to discuss
what has worked so far, what needs improvement, what else needs to be
done and what resources are needed to carry this work on.  Following the
individual sessions, the group will reconvene to discuss their findings
and develop a strategy for further work.  
 
This symposium is suitable for professional archivists, conservators,
record managers, historians, and those with collections related to the
event, as well as persons affected by the event directly or indirectly.
 
Seating is limited to 100.
 
To register, contact Laura Zelasnic ([log in to unmask]) at the
New York State Archives.   Please provide your name (and anyone you are
bringing with you), your preference for the box lunch (No preference,
vegetarian, or any other dietary information) and any special
accommodations needed.   Payment for the lunch will be accepted on the
day of the symposium.   Checks should be payable to the Archivists Round
Table of Metropolitan New York.    Directions to the conference center
will be provided with confirmation of your registration. 

 
Brenda Parnes
Regional Advisory Officer, Region 1
New York State Archives
55 Hanson Place, Suite 724
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-923-4300
FAX - 718-923-4302
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