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Swancon 16 – Souvenir Book – Cindy Clarkson

This is on the page after the Barbara Hambly Bio. There is a fair amount of background imagery obscuring the text, but I will try to transcribe the text and typos to the best of my ability. Cindy Clarkson There … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 – Souvenir book – Barbara Hambly

A two page bio and bibliography of the Swancon 16 GoH. As per our semi-policy we’ll put things in CAPS as bold. Barbara Hambly Barbara Hambly was born in the Naval Hospital of San Diego, California, on the 28th of … Continue reading

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SwanCon 16 – Souvenir book – The Player Characters

Two pages of the Swancon 16 souvenir book are devoted to characterising ‘The Player Characters’, a.k.a. the ConCom. In keeping with our unofficial transcription policy, ALL CAPS have been replaced with bold Greg Turkich Position: Chairman and Social Programmer Character … Continue reading

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SwanCon 16 – Souvenir book – Chairman's Report

From the Chair of SwanCon 16, Greg Turkich, comes an effusive welcome to yet another con. Well, it’s finally arrived. After a year of planning we are proud to present Swancon 16, the latest in the long line of Swancons. … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 3 – Covers and Miscellany

Progress Report 3 was 4 A4 sheets of white paper, printed so that they could be folded in half and the A5 pages thus produced printed on. There was also a generic application form for convention membership and hotel booking. … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Program Leaflet

Transcribed by Doug. This is a gloss piece of paper, 4/3rds of A4 size, landscape, folded in four. When you see it in the folded position, it looks like an A4 sheet folded in thirds: the usual 210mm or so … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 1 – Covers and Miscellany

This post will cover the parts of this progress report that haven’t been covered yet, including the front and back covers. It is noted that this progress report didn’t actually have page numbers so some of the other posts may … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 Progress Report 3 – Pages 12-14 – Bid ad, Membership, Forthcoming Conventions and Acknowledgements.

This is a part summary, part transcription of pages 12, 14 and 13 of Progress Report 3 of Swancon 16. (Yes, they were in that order) comprising of an advert for the Swancon 18 NatCon bid; the membership list and … Continue reading

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Swancon 16 – Progress Report 3 – p11

Page 11 of the Swancon 16 Progress report 3 has the top two thirds dedicated to ‘Hotel Chat’, which is presented in two columns. At the bottom of the page there is a stylised drawing of a swan/duck looking bird. … Continue reading

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Swancon 16, Progress Report 3 – page 9

Page 9 of the Swancon 16 progress report 2 has roughly half the page devoted to each of ‘Policies’ and ‘The Auction’, each printed in two columns. All typography except SHOUTY TEXT faithfully reproduced. Yes, even the Swancon/SwanCon variations. Policies … Continue reading

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