Wednesday, September 27 and Thursday, September 28

REGISTRATION PACK PICK-UP, 10 am – 4 pm

• Boston Park Plaza Hotel, fourth-floor foyer

Thursday, September 28

BEHIND-THE-SCENES INSTITUTIONAL TOURS, late morning – afternoon

• Harvard Art Museums (two 60-minute tours)
• Harvard Library: Harvard University Archives, Harvard Theatre Collection, and Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography at Houghton Library (two 60-minute tours)
• Boston Athenæum (two 60-minute tours)
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (four 30-minute tours)
• Registrants will have an opportunity to sign up for at least two tours. Tour and sign-up details to follow

OPENING RECEPTION, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Bar & Restaurant
• Members can peruse the museum and see its special “Painted Tintypes: Photography for the People” exhibition until 9:30 pm

ROOM HOPPING, 8:30 – 11:00 pm

• Boston Park Plaza Hotel, various guests’ rooms
• Available Thursday & Friday evening
• Participation is purely optional. Members who would like to host visitors to their rooms will sign up on a sheet that will be shared with registrants

Friday, September 29

EXPERT TALKS/PRESENTATIONS, 10:00 am – 4:45 pm

• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfond Auditorium, Level G
• 10:00 am: Opening remarks
  10:10 am: Anne Havinga, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Chair of Photography, and Annette Manick, Head of Paper Conservation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  Charles Nègre’s Photogravures: Observations Drawn from Works in Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• 11:05 am:  Peter H. and Barbara W. Schultz, scholars and collectors
  A History of the Boston Box
• 12:00 pm: Elena Bulat, Paul M. and Harriet L. Weissman Senior Photograph Conservator, Weissman Preservation Center, Harvard Library, and Tatiana Cole, Associate Conservator of Photographs, Harvard Art Museums
  Daguerreotypes at Harvard
• 12:30 pm: Lunch and Group Portrait
• 2:00 pm: Erin Waters, photo historian, dealer, and collector
  Professor Charles Avery: The Man at the Nexus of Central New York’s Daguerreian Craze
• 2:55 pm: Jane Turano-Thompson, art historian and collector
  The Sea and the Soul: The Maritime Experience in 19th-Century American Photography
• 3:50: pm: Carlos Vertanessian, photo historian, dealer, and collector
  The American Art-Union and the Daguerreotype

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF THE SOCIETY, 4:45 – 5:30 pm

• Meet the Board and voice your questions, comments, and suggestions

ECLECTIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE COLLECTION OF GREG FRENCH, 7:00 – 11:00 pm

• Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Hancock Room, Second Floor/Mezzanine Level
• Collector-dealer Greg French and his wife, Evelyn Tate, will host a showcase of highlights from his world-class collection, including early African American portraits and outdoor scenes

ROOM HOPPING, 8:30 – 11:00 pm

Saturday, September 30

DAGUERREIAN SOCIETY PHOTO FAIR, 9:00/10:00 am – 4:00 pm

• Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Avenue 34 room
• Early-bird admission for registrants and members, 9:00 am
• Regular admission for the public, 10:00 am ($10)

RECEPTION & SILENT AUCTION, 6:00 – 11:00 pm

• Boston Park Plaza Hotel, The Terrace Room, First Floor/Lobby Level
• 6:00 pm: Reception, silent auction, and live auction preview
• 7:00 pm: Banquet and paddle pledge
• 8:30 pm: Live auction

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM CONCLUDES