FanHistoriCon

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The irregularly convened FanHistoriCon is the convention/formal meeting of the Timebinders, fandom's fanhistorical and preservationist society, and has run since 1994. Conceived by Peggy Rae Pavlat, Joe Siclari and Bruce Pelz, FanHistoriCon is typically held in conjunction with another con.

Photos from the 1994 and 1998 conventions

Name Date Location Organizers Notes
FanHistoriCon 1 May 23–26, 1994 Hagerstown, MD Peggy Rae Pavlat, Joe Siclari & Bruce Pelz Held following Corflu 11 (which was in Crystal City, VA). Dick Lynch arranged several field trips to Harry Warner, Jr.'s house
FanHistoriCon 2 December 1–4, 1994 Burbank, CA Bruce Pelz Held as part of Smofcon 11
FanHistoriCon 3 June 23–25, 1995 Cincinnati, OH Dick & Leah Smith Held as part of Midwestcon 46
FanHistoriCon 4 January 12–14, 1996 Fort Lauderdale, FL Joe Siclari Held as part of Tropicon 14
FanHistoriCon 5 April 5–7, 1996 Bloomington, MN Joyce Scrivner Held as part of Minicon 31
FanHistoriCon 6 February 14–16, 1997 Framingham, MA Joe Siclari Rob Hansen was a "Special Speaker," imported by a special FanHistoriCon Fan Fund. Held as part of Boskone 34
FanHistoriCon 7 July 3–6, 1997 Seattle, WA Don Glover (the Younger) Held as part of Westercon 50
FanHistoriCon 8 August 5–9, 1998 Baltimore, MD Laurie Mann, Joyce Scrivner, Mary Tabasko, Randy Smith, Ann Catelli Gary Farber suggested we put together the "Fannish Office through the Years" as a Worldcon exhibit, and so, we did; Held as part of BucConeer
FanHistoriCon 9 June 26, 1999 Cincinnati, OH Roger & Pat Sims & Joe Siclari Held as part of Midwestcon 50
FanHistoriCon 9.5 September 2–6, 1999 Melbourne, Australia Joyce Scrivner Held at Aussiecon 3
FanHistoriCon 10 November 10–12, 2000 Hollywood, FL Joe Siclari and Edie Stern Dave Langford was the FanHistoriCon Special Speaker, imported from England by the second FanHistoriCon Fan Fund; Held at Tropicon 19
FanHistoriCon 10.5 August 30–September 3, 2001 Philadelphia, PA Priscilla Olson Held at Millennium Philcon
FanHistoriCon 11 October 12–14, 2001 Bloomington, IL Dick & Leah Zeldes Smith The con was held in Bob Tucker's hometown. Jack Speer was brought to the con courtesy of the Don Ford Fund; Held as part of ditto 14
FanHistoriCon 12 June 14–16, 2002 Huntsville, AL Tom Feller, Naomi Fisher Held as part of DeepSouthCon 40
FanHistoriCon 13 April 29–May 1, 2016 Williamsburg, VA Warren Buff Held as part of RavenCon 11

FanHistoriCon Fan Fund[edit]

An occasional fan fund organized to bring fanhistorically important fans to speak at FanHistoriCon.

When Who Where
February 1997 Rob Hansen Boskone 32 / FanHistoriCon 6
November 2000 Dave Langford FanHistoriCon 10 / Tropicon 19

Jack Speer was brought to FanHistoriCon 11 by the Don Ford Fund.


Convention
1994
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