The Fanac Fan History Project

Site History (2011-2012)

May 27, 2012: We have added 18 photos from a party that was held at Edie Stern and Joe Siclari's home near Kingston, NY in 2008 to the New York Fandom photo album. The photos were taken by Mark Olson, Joe Siclari, and Edie Stern. Thanks all.; We have used 43 of Mark Olson's photos to add to the photo album for MagiCon. Thanks Mark.
May 25, 2012: We have added the latest issue of the Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society's newsletter The MT Void, Vol. 30, No. 48, that was sent to us by Mark and Evelyn Leeper. Thank you both
May 21, 2012: We have updated the Fanac Names Cross Reference. There are currently 25,305 names in these listings.
May 20, 2012: We have used two of Rich Lynch's photos to add to the photo album for Midwestcon 43. Thanks Rich.
May 12, 2012: Dara Korra'ti gave us access to a couple of scans of photos from the Memory Book of NorthameriCon, the 1979 NASFiC. Thanks Dara.; (The cover of the Memory Book was used as the logo for this con's photo index. JW)
May 11, 2012: Angelique Trouvere sent us another photo from LA Con II that she had in her collection. Thanks Angee.
May 10, 2012: We have used 11 of Taral Wayne's photos to add to the photo album for Anticipation 2009. Thanks Taral.
May 9, 2012: We have replaced the link to Fanac's LiveJournal with one to Fancyclopedia III in our homepage's index.; Please vist Fancyclopedia III and take advantage of, and possibly add too, the wealth of Fannish history, knowledge, humor, and other interesting material that has been gathered there.
April 28, 2012: Don Sakers sent us a PDF (207.3 MB) of the Intersection (1995 Worldcon) Pocket Programme Book and Local Guide. Thanks Don.
March 4, 2012: Last month Kim Huett sent us scans of an issue of Warwick Hockley's fanzine Austra-Fantasy #3 from the late 1940's. Thanks Kim.
February 1, 2012: Joe Siclari sent us one of Andrew I. Porter's photos to add to the photo album for Conspiracy. Thanks Andrew.
January 19, 2012: When we first put up Spaceways #1 in April of 1999 we did not have a copy of the zine's TOC so the correct order of the articles could not be determined. Kim Huett recently sent us a scan of the missing TOC so we have attempted to get it right this time. Thanks Kim and how well did we do?
January 15, 2012: Steve Silver also gave us access to a PDF of the program book from Chicon III. We have added links to it from the Convention Publications, the Worldcon Publications, and the Worldcon indices. Thanks again Steve.
January 14, 2012: Steve Silver gave us access to PDFs of the program books from Chicon I and Chicon II (TASFiC). We have added links to them from the Convention Publications, the Worldcon Publications, and the Worldcon indices. Thanks Steve.
December 21, 2011: We have enhanced the Fannish Publications indices by adding a Worldcon Publications Index and an Other Convention Publications Index. In addition we have made all of the Fannish Publications indices sortable for your convince.; Our thanks to Stuart Langridge for his excellent JavaScript app, "SortTable". It worked exactly as expected "right out of the box".
December 9, 2011: Matthew Strait sent us a number of publications from Minn-stf's Minicon. The next four of these pubs (Program Books for Minicons 9, 10, 19, & 25) are now on-line and they may be accessed from the Minicon or Convention Pubs indices. Thanks Matthew.
November 29, 2011: We have added a photo provided by Bill Warren of the LASFS Board of Directors standing in front of the first clubhouse in 1973 or 1974 to the LASFS album. The photographer is unknown so if you know who he or she is please let us know too. Thanks.
November 28, 2011: We have used five of Brian Knapp's photos to add to the photo album for Nippon. Thanks Brian.; We have used two of Mike Ransom's photos to add to the photo album for OKon I. Thanks Mike.; We have used nine of Richard Lynch's photos to add to the photo album for Corflu 11 and another three to add to the photo album for FanHistoricon 01. Thanks Richard.
November 25, 2011: Rich Lynch sent us larger scans of some of his photos from Corflu 11, FanHistoriCon 1, and MidwestCon 43. Thanks Rich
October 29, 2011: Kim Huett sent us scans of the first issue of Olon F. Wiggins' The Science Fiction Fan that was published July 1938. Thanks Kim.
October 28, 2011: We have used 104 of Frank Olynyk's photos to add to the photo album for Renovation. Thanks Frank.
October 24, 2011: Rob Hanson also sent us a link to his collection of Loncon II con reports and photos. This link has also been added to Fanac's Worldcon index. Thanks again Rob.
October 20, 2011: A while back Rob Hanson sent us a link to his collection of Loncon I con reports and photos. This link has been added to Fanac's Worldcon index. Thanks Rob.
October 19, 2011: Matthew Strait sent us a number of publications, a bunch of program books and one flyer, from Minn-stf's Minicon. The first five of these are now on-line and they may be accessed from the Minicon or Convention Pubs indices. Thanks Matthew.
October 13, 2011: Kim Huett sent us scans of Austra-Fantasy #2 the second issue of the first fanzine published in Melbourn, Australia. Please notice that Kim has discovered a way to make hecktographed pages far more legible than they usually are after the initial scanning, Thanks Kim.
September 10, 2011: We have used two photos from Kim Huett's collection to add to the photo album for Australian Fandom. Thanks Kim.; In addition, Kim Huett sent us a PDF of the first issue of the first fanzine published in Melbourn, Australia, Austra Fantasy. This zine was published by Warwick Hockley and Keith Taylor in 1940. Thanks Kim.; Kim Huett also sent us PDFs of the 9½ issues of the fanzine Melbourne Bulletin, the seond fanzine that was that was published in Melbourn, Australia, from late 1940 to late 1941. This zine was also published by Warwick Hockley and Keith Taylor. Thanks Kim.
September 9, 2011: We have used one photo from Angelique Trouvere's collection to add to the photo album for Discon I. Thanks Angie.; We have used photos from Mark Olson, Richard and Nicki Lynch, and Melanie Herz to start a photo album for Renovation. Thanks Mark, Richard, Nicki, and Melanie.
September 8, 2011: We have used 63 of Mark Olson's photos to add to the photo album for Anticipation 2009. Thanks Mark. There's more to come.
September 1, 2011: Rich Lynch has added an on-line copy of Mimosa Issue #9 which may be viewed through our Mimosa Index. Thank you Rich.
August 7, 2011: At Jim Caughran's request, Mark Olson has taken over as editor of Fancyclopedia III. We would like to sincerely thank Jim for the time and effort that he invested in this worthwhile project over the past five years. We would also like to invite all of you to visit the new Fancyclopedia III to explore it's newly expanded content and to contribute your insights, experiences, and knowledge of Science Fiction Fandom by adding new articles or expanding existing ones.
June 17, 2011: We have used 11 photos that were scanned by volunteers at Anicipation to add to the photo album for MidAmeriCon.
May 20, 2011: We have used ten photos from Dik Daniels's collection to add to the photo album for LA Con III. These photos were scanned by Milt Stevens. There are a lot more comming.; We have used ten of Taral Wayne's photos to add to the photo album for Anticipation. Thanks Taral.
May 19, 2011: We have used 20 of Dik Daniels's photos to add to the photo album for Loscon 19. Thanks Dik. These photos were scanned by Milt Stevens and there are more comming.
May 15, 2011: We have used three of Richard Lynch's photos to add to the photo album for DeepSouthCon 14 and two more to create a photo album for DeepSouthCon 15. Thanks Rich.
April 26, 2011: Laurie Mann sent us updated links for the home pages of the four Noreascons that are listed in our WorldCons index. Thanks Laurie.
April 25, 2011: We have used one of Nicki Lynch's photos to add to the photo album for California Fandom. Thanks Nicki.; We have used one of Rich Lynch's photos to add to the photo album for Millennium Philcon. Thanks Rich.; We have used one of Rich Lynch's photo to create a photo album for Ditto 2001. Thanks Rich.; We have used three of Rich Lynch's and one of Barry Newton's photos to add to the photo album for Noreascon Four. Thanks Rich and Barry.
April 23, 2011: Angelique Trouvere sent us scans of 14 of Celia Tiffany's photos from St Louiscon, the 1969 Worldcon. These photos are courtesy of The International Costumers Guild / Pat & Peggy Kennedy Memorial Library. Thanks to both Angie and the guild.
April 16, 2011: We have added a photo from the 1985 Omnicon October Party to the Omnicon index.
April 15, 2011: We have added eight photos from Don Sakers' collection to the photo album for Millennium Philcon. Thanks Don.; We have added one photo to the photo album for Nolacon 2.; We have used 18 photos to create a photo album for Omnicon 1986 and four more to create a photo album for Omnicon 1988.
April 7, 2011: Kim Huett sent us a copy of Jack Speer's 1943 circular The Cosmic Circle and Fandom. Jack published this in December of 1943 when the Cosmic Circle brouhaha was at its peak, Thanks Kim.
April 4, 2011: Kim Huett sent us scans of Harry Warner's fanzine Spaceways #7 and #8 from August and September 1938. Thanks Kim.
April 1, 2011: We recently updated the photo album photo pages but there was a problem that we had missed. When one of those new pages was linked to by anything other than another one of those new pages the browser's back button would not work properly. This has been fixed for all the major browsers except for FireFox which may have a small bug in it's JavaScript support. When you access one of the new photo pages with FireFox from anywhere outside of Fanac please right click on back button and select the page that you wish to return to from the drop down list. Oh, and Safari requires a double click in the same circumstances.
March 20, 2011: We have completed a major update of the Fanac photo albums. All 6,438 photo webpage html files have been replaced by files that are an average of 34% of their old size. This update will result in more consistent formatting of the webpages and their associated photo update forms because many of those pages and forms were generated early in the life of the website and have now been brought up to date in terms of how they are displayed for you. Please note that the pages make use of JavaScript to control their format. Without JavaScript enabled they will still display properly but some formatting features and the photo updates forms will not be available.
February 23, 2011: Kim Huett sent us scans of Muarice Z. Ingher's fanzine Science Fiction Digest, Vol. 1, No. 7 from March 1933. Thanks Kim.
January 31, 2011: Kim Huett also sent us a PDF (442.6KB) of Bob Tucker's Sci-Fic Variety #7, the Winter of 1942 edition . Thanks Kim.
January 30, 2011: Kim Huett sent us PDFs of Richard Wilson's Science Fiction News Letter #32 (503.9KB), #33 (775.1KB), #34 (735.6KB), and #35 (737.8KB) from July, 1938. Thanks Kim
January 26, 2011: Kim Huett sent us a PDF (1.2MB) of H. C. Koenig's fanzine Reader and Collector from June, 1943. Thanks Kim

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