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Sender: American Memory Fellows <AMFELLOWS@SUN8.LOC.GOV>
Poster: Susan Veccia <svec@LOC.GOV>
Subject: Re: NCSS
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Dear Monica and others:
Yes, Dr. B will be there as will several of us on staff. We will have a
booth, and as it gets closer to the time of the conference, we will have a
better idea of when/how we might get together. One year, we all met for
dinner....
Let's keep in touch....
At 07:53 AM 8/18/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm going to be at the NCSS convention for the first time (as I usually go
>to NCTE which meets at the same time) and noticed that Dr. Billington is
>giving the keynote on Friday, November 17th. It made me wonder who else
>connected to AMF will also be at the convention. I'd love to meet up!
>
>I'll be doing a session, Seeking History: Teaching with Primary Sources in
>the Upper Elementary School, which will include American Memory.
>(Unfortunately, San Antonio is too far for me to bring students as I did
>when I presented at NCTE here in NYC last March. That was so much fun and
>I encourage you all to consider including students when doing
>presentations.) I also sheepishly admit that I'm presenting in order to
>bring attention to my primary sources book for Heinemann which will be out
>next month. They are putting the finishing touches on the accompanying CD
>even as I write. For more information go to
>http://www.heinemann.com/code/template.ghc?direct=search_titles&dw=view&book
>_id=1831
>
>So, please let me/us know if you will be at NCSS and if an AMF reunion is
>a possiblity!
>
>All the best,
>
>Monica (AMF97)
>
>PS I was visiting Kathy Isaacs (AMF99) last month and we went to the
>Library so I could see the Jefferson Library (very, very cool) and The
>Wizard of Oz exhibits. We were amused to discover it was the last day of
>the first session of this year's AMF institute. (Those signs directing
>Fellows to the luncheon were all over the place!) We ran into two Fellows
>still walking on air after their week and then dropped by to visit with
>LOC folks. It was fun to see the actual real life offices after all these
>years!
>
>Monica Edinger
>The Dalton School
>New York NY
>edinger@dalton.org
>monicaedinger@yahoo.com
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