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Year || Date || Convention || Size || Location || Notes | Year || Date || Convention || Size || Location || Notes | ||
| − | '''1936''' || October 22 || [[First Convention]] || 12–18 || [[Philadelphia]] || later called the [[First Eastern]] | + | '''1936''' || October 22 || '''[[First Convention]]''' || 12–18 || [[Philadelphia]] || later called the [[First Eastern]] |
| − | '''1937''' || January 3|| [[Other First Convention]] || ~20 || [[Leeds, UK]] || | + | rowspan="3"|'''1937''' || January 3|| [[Other First Convention]] || ~20 || [[Leeds, UK]] || |
| − | + | February 21 || [[Second Eastern]] || 30–40 || [[New York]] || | |
| − | + | October 30 || [[Third Eastern]] || ~30 || [[Philadelphia]] || | |
| − | '''1938''' || April 10|| [[Second British Convention]] || 43 || [[London]] || called Necronomicon in '57 | + | rowspan="3"|'''1938''' || April 10|| [[Second British Convention]] || 43 || [[London]] || called Necronomicon in '57 |
| − | + | May 29 || [[Newark Convention]] || >100 || [[Newark, NJ]] || aka [[Fourth Eastern]] aka [[First National]] | |
| − | + | October 16|| [[1938 Philadelphia Conference]] || > 25 || [[Philadelphia]] || | |
| − | '''1939''' || May 21|| [[Third British Convention]] || ~40 || [[London]] || | + | rowspan="4"|'''1939''' || May 21|| [[Third British Convention]] || ~40 || [[London]] || |
| − | + | July 2–4|| '''[[NyCon]]''' || 150–<wbr />200 || [[New York]] || the first [[Worldcon]] | |
| − | + | Fall || [[Philcon 1939]] || || [[Philadelphia]] || | |
| − | + | Early June || [[OSA Pow-Wow]] || 3 || [[Tulsa, OK]] || [[Oklahoma]] state convention | |
| − | '''1940''' || Early 1940|| [[Washington Confabulation 1]] || 3 || [[Washington, DC]]|| | + | rowspan="4"|'''1940''' || Early 1940|| [[Washington Confabulation 1]] || 3 || [[Washington, DC]]|| |
| − | + | April || [[Third Chicago Conference]] || 4 || [[Chicago]] || | |
| − | + | September 1–2|| '''[[Chicon]]''' || 128 || [[Chicago]] || | |
| − | + | November 10|| [[Phillycon 1940]] || || [[Philadelphia]] || | |
| − | '''1941''' || Late February || [[Boskone I]] || ~25 || Winchester, MA || at [[the Swishers]]’ home | + | rowspan="6"|'''1941''' || Late February || [[Boskone I]] || ~25 || Winchester, MA || at [[the Swishers]]’ home |
| − | + | May 4|| [[All-Eastern Science Fiction Conference]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] || May not have been | |
| − | + | Summer || [[Washington Confabulation 2]] || 6? || [[Washington, DC]] || issued [[Washington Manifesto]] | |
| − | + | July 4–6|| '''[[Denvention]]''' || ~100 || [[Denver]] || | |
| − | + | September 20–21|| [[Bombcon]] || 13 || [[London]] || | |
| − | + | November 16|| [[1941 Michiconference]] || || [[Jackson, MI]] || | |
| − | '''1942''' || <s>January</s> || <s>[[PhilCo 1942]]</s> || || <s>[[Philadelphia]]</s> | + | rowspan="6"|'''1942''' || <s>January</s> || <s>[[PhilCo 1942]]</s> || || <s>[[Philadelphia]]</s> Belatedly announced, called off in favor of [[Boskone II]] |
| − | + | February 22 || [[Boskone II]] || 25 || Boston, MA || | |
| − | + | September 27|| [[1942 Michiconference]] || ~25 || [[Jackson, MI]] || | |
| − | + | November 22 || [[Bloomington Conference]] || 9 || style="white-space:nowrap" | [[Bloomington, IL]] || possibly a poker game | |
| − | + | November 29 || [[Hastings S-F Conference]] || v. small || [[Hastings, MN]] || possibly a [[drinking]] party | |
| − | + | Late 1942 || [[Pacificon Jr.]] || || [[Los Angeles]] || | |
| − | + | rowspan="13"|'''1943''' || February 28|| [[Boskone III]] || 14 || [[Boston, MA]] || | |
| − | + | Spring || [[Live Oak Conference]] || 3 || Live Oak, FL || A [[Cosmic Circle]] event | |
| − | + | April 23–26 || [[Midvention 1]] || 14 || Leicester, [[UK]] || i. e. over Easter | |
| − | + | April 26–27 || [[Midgicon]] ("Midget Chicon") || 8 || [[Chicago]] || [[Al Ashley]] et al. on [[book]]buying spree, moots [[Slan Center]] | |
| − | + | May 16 || [[Staplecon 1]] || ~12 || [[San Francisco]] || | |
| − | + | June 26/28–July 1 || [[Mainecon]] or Maine Stf Conference || 3 || Rockland, ME || [[Art Widner]], [[Russ Chauvenet]] bike to [[Norm Stanley]]’s | |
| − | + | Early July || [[Mainecon, Jr.]] || 2 || Rockland again || visit by [[Claude Degler]] | |
| − | + | Mid-1943 || [[Schenectacon]] || 2-4 || [[Schenectady, NY]] || | |
| − | + | October 30|| [[1943 Michiconference]] || 22 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] || | |
| − | + | November 21|| [[Staplecon 2]] || || [[San Francisco]] || | |
| − | + | "Around the end" of 1943 || [[Fancon]] || || [[Bloomington, IL]] || | |
| − | + | Late 1943? ||[[Councilcon]]||||[[Newcastle, IN]]|| Possibly occurred only in [[Claude Degler]]’s imagination | |
| − | + | {{nowrap| December 31, 1943}}–January 2, 1944 || [[Norcon (UK)]] || small || [[Manchester, UK]] || | |
| − | '''1944''' || April 8–9|| [[Eastercon 1944]] || || [[London]] || | + | rowspan="8"|'''1944''' || April 8–9|| [[Eastercon 1944]] || || [[London]] || |
| − | + | May 28 || [[Staplecon 3]] || 9 || [[San Francisco]] || | |
| − | + | June 17–19 || [[Michicon 4]] || 23 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] || | |
| − | + | August 27 || [[Dovention]] || 11 || [[Dover, NJ]] || | |
| − | + | September 1–2 || [[Midvention 2]] || 6–8 || Leicester, UK || or "Midventionette" | |
| − | + | October 7–9 || [[Little Chicon]] || "small" || [[Chicago]] || | |
| − | + | ? || [[Bufflocon]] || || [[Buffalo, NY]] || [[Slan Shack]] visiting [[Ken Krueger]] | |
| − | + | December 29, 1944–January 1, 1945 || [[Norcon (UK)]] 2 || small || [[Manchester, UK]] || Announced — did it occur? | |
| − | '''1945''' || February 3–4 || [[Boskone IV]] || 5 || [[Winchester, MA]] || at [[the Swishers]]’ home | + | rowspan="3"|'''1945''' || February 3–4 || [[Boskone IV]] || 5 || [[Winchester, MA]] || at [[the Swishers]]’ home |
| − | + | July 7–8 || [[1945 Michiconference]] || 15-20 || [[Battle Creek, MI]] || | |
| − | + | September 2 || [[Boskone V]] || 9 || [[Salem, MA]] || AKA [[First New England SF Conference]] | |
| − | + | rowspan="5"|'''1946''' || March 3|| [[FPWESFC]] || || [[Newark, NJ]] || | |
| − | + | April 6–7 || [[First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con]] || 16 || [[Chicago]] || | |
| − | + | July 4–7|| '''[[Pacificon]]''' || 130 || [[Los Angeles]] || | |
| − | + | October 12–13|| [[Centracon]] || 25 || [[Chicago]] || | |
| − | + | October 27 || [[Phillycon 1946]] || || [[Philadelphia]] || | |
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See also the ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'' (1959) articles on [[Con]], [[fan visit]]s and [[fan gatherings]]. | See also the ''[[Fancyclopedia 2]]'' (1959) articles on [[Con]], [[fan visit]]s and [[fan gatherings]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:50, 18 September 2022
The first ten years of SF conventions were a mixed bag, but even the largest was small by modern standards, and some were literally a few guys getting together for a day. But travel was difficult and the tendency of the time was to call nearly any planned get-together (of fans from different cities a "convention" (or a "conference." See the Fancyclopedia 2 article on “con” for the baroque early terminology).
Anglofan historians tend to take a hard line on what was or wasn’t a convention (they would omit the First Convention if they could). We are inclined to take the participants’ estimation, even if they declared conhood after the event.
See also the Fancyclopedia 2 (1959) articles on Con, fan visits and fan gatherings.
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