================== HES POSTING ======================== CALL FOR PAPERS and SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCEMENT CONF: National Archives Symposium - Looking Backward, Looking Forward The Society for History in the Federal Government and the National Archives Assembly are pleased to announce joint sponsorship of a symposium: Looking Backward, Looking Forward April 3 - 4, 1997 National Archives and Records Administration College Park, Maryland Nineteen ninety-seven is the fiftieth anniversary of what many consider to be the beginning of the Cold War. Therefore, a major theme of the symposium will be the passage of the National Security Act, which created new agencies and procedures having enormous impact upon the Federal Government. Suggested topics include the establishment of these and other federal agencies at the time. In addition, SHFG and the Assembly invite discussion of possible directions and problems of historical research in the next fifty years, as historians and archivists, long accustomed to simple retrieval of records from paper and micro graphics systems, will be faced with complex technological issues in preserving and using records stored in a variety of electronic formats and systems. The program committee also welcomes papers and sessions on other areas of federal history. Submit proposals with short vitae of participants by January 1, 1997, to either program committee co-chair: James G. Cassedy National Archives and Records Administration Center for Electronic Records 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 ph: 301-713-6630, ext. 237 fax: 301-713-6911 e-mail: [log in to unmask] Dr. Rebecca H. Cameron Air Force History Office 170 Luke Avenue, Suite 405 Bolling AFB Washington, D.C. 20332-8050 ph: 202-767-5088, ext. 224 fax: 202-767-5527 ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]