The Society for Industrial Archeology (SIA) is a

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dedicated to studying and preserving historic industrial sites, structures and equipment. It was founded in 1971 in

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, and its members are primarily from the

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, although there is some crossover with similar

industrial archaeology Industrial archaeology (IA) is the systematic study of material evidence associated with the industrial past. This evidence, collectively referred to as industrial heritage, includes buildings, machinery, artifacts, sites, infrastructure, docu ...

organizations in the

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. SIA's headquarters is currently located in the Department of Social Sciences at

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. In addition to the national organization, there are thirteen regional chapters throughout the United States.

Activities

Since its founding in October 1971, SIA members have gathered at an annual conference, which also serves as the annual business meeting required by its bylaws. The annual conference is typically held each spring. The Fall Tour, a second annual gathering usually held in September or October, began in 1972. Both annual events feature visits to local industrial sites, both active and historical. The conference additionally includes a day of paper sessions. Industrial heritage study tours to other countries began in 1990 and occur on an irregular schedule. SIA produces two official publications, the formal,

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IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology ''IA: The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Society for Industrial Archeology, currently edited by Steven Walton ( Michigan Technological University). ''IA'' publishes ...

'' twice a year and the less formal quarterly ''Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter (SIAN).'' The annual conference is typically accompanied by a custom guidebook profiling local industrial and cultural sites. In addition, SIA produces occasional publications on special topics.

The ''Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter (SIAN)'' (

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) is the Society's official

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, published quarterly. ''SIAN'' publishes articles about recent events, summaries of the Society's annual conferences and fall tours, news about local chapters, brief abstracts of articles on industrial archeology-related subjects, and other notes and queries. The first issue of ''SIAN'' was published in January 1972 and reported on the Society's founding. Volumes 1 through 9 consisted of six issues per calendar year, not including two special supplemental issues published in 1972. The current quarterly publication schedule with Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall issues began with Volume 10 in 1981.

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* {{Midwestern U.S. historical societies Archaeological organizations History organizations based in the United States Industrial archaeology Non-profit organizations based in Michigan Organizations established in 1971

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