Minicon 2
Minicon 2 was held 4–6 April 1969 at the Andrews Hotel (Minneapolis). It was chaired by Jim Young and had a membership of 102, with 40 pre-registered. Gordon R. Dickson, Charles De Vet, Clifford Simak were the guests of honor. Carl Jacobi was invited and is listed in the program book, but didn't make it.
Committee
Marge Lessigner, Treasurer Ken Fletcher, Advertising Karen Johnson, Registration Frank Stodolka, Art-show and Book Room Lorie Berndt, Fred Haskell, Al Bencker, Rein Konen, Dan Musick Louis Fallert, Carol Stodolka, Nate Bucklin, Members of the Committee
Program Book
Here is the program book in PDF (25 MB), or the same, but lower quality and a much smaller download (600 kB). And here's a text-only transcription.
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Here are the individual page scans. Most people want the second column, in which the images are cleaned up to remove the grain of the paper and so forth. The first two columns were used to make the above two PDFs.
| Smallest files (~30 kB) | Cleaned up (~1.5 MB) | Raw, half res (~14 MB) | Raw, highest res (~50 MB) | |
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| Front cover | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Inside front | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 1 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 2 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Ad page 1 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Ad page 2 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 3 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 4 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Ad page 3 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Ad page 4 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 5 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Page 6 | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Inside back | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
| Back cover | Smallest | Recommended | Quite large | Raw |
The Minicon 2 program book is in the public domain due to having been published between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice.
Flyer
Here is a flyer advertising Minicon 2. And here is a text-only transcription of the same.
This Minicon 2 flyer is in the public domain due to having been published between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice.