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
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| 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
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| FanHistoriCon 2 |
December 1–4, 1994 |
Burbank, CA |
Bruce Pelz |
Held as part of Smofcon 11
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| FanHistoriCon 3 |
June 23–25, 1995 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Dick & Leah Smith |
Held as part of Midwestcon 46
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| FanHistoriCon 4 |
January 12–14, 1996 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL |
Joe Siclari |
Held as part of Tropicon 14
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| FanHistoriCon 5 |
April 5–7, 1996 |
Bloomington, MN |
Joyce Scrivner |
Held as part of Minicon 31
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| 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
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| FanHistoriCon 7 |
July 3–6, 1997 |
Seattle, WA |
Don Glover (the Younger) |
Held as part of Westercon 50
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| 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
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| FanHistoriCon 9 |
June 26, 1999 |
Cincinnati, OH |
Roger & Pat Sims & Joe Siclari |
Held as part of Midwestcon 50
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| FanHistoriCon 9.5 |
September 2–6, 1999 |
Melbourne, Australia |
Joyce Scrivner |
Held at Aussiecon 3
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| 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
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| FanHistoriCon 10.5 |
August 30–September 3, 2001 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Priscilla Olson |
Held at Millennium Philcon
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| 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
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| FanHistoriCon 12 |
June 14–16, 2002 |
Huntsville, AL |
Tom Feller, Naomi Fisher |
Held as part of DeepSouthCon 40
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| FanHistoriCon 13 |
April 29–May 1, 2016 |
Williamsburg, VA |
Warren Buff |
Held as part of RavenCon 11
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FanHistoriCon Fan Fund
An occasional fan fund organized to bring fanhistorically important fans to speak at FanHistoriCon.
Jack Speer was brought to FanHistoriCon 11 by the Don Ford Fund.
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