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Subject:        Underwater Archaeology Program at the National Archives-Great
Lakes Region, Chicago
Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:10:47 -0600
From:   Sam Otterstrom <[log in to unmask]>
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From: Glenn Longacre [[log in to unmask]]
Date sent: 18 Apr 2007

Ahoy!

Join the National Archives-Great Lakes Region and The Wisconsin
Historical Society's Maritime Preservation and Archaeology Program for a
special presentation in Chicago on Tuesday evening, May 8.

Anatomy of a Shipwreck: Surveying the Wreck of the Christmas Tree Ship,
Rouse Simmons.

Staff from The Wisconsin Historical Society's Maritime Preservation and
Archaeology Program will discuss their summer 2006 underwater
archaeological survey of the Rouse Simmons.  Following their
presentation, National Archives-Great Lakes Region staff will briefly
discuss their original maritime-related holdings, which are available
for public research.  Original historical documents about the Rouse
Simmons and other maritime-related events and disasters will be on
display.  Teachers can earn continuing education credits.

When: Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Where: National Archives-Great Lakes Region

The National Archives is located one block west of Pulaski Road on West
75th Street on Chicago's Southwest Side.  Our location is conveniently
reached from Interstate 80 in northwest Indiana and I-294 from southern
Wisconsin.  Free parking!

Seating for this program is limited.  To register for this event,
contact the National Archives-Great Lakes Region, 7358 South Pulaski
Road, Chicago, IL 60629, Ph. (773) 948-9001, Fax: (773) 948-9050,
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


Glenn Longacre, Archivist
National Archives and Records Administration-Great Lakes Region