FanHistoriCon

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

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.

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Convention
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