Welcome & Announcements
Keynote Address
TYPEWRITERS ALIVE: Ephemera as Windows into the LIVED Typewriter.
breakout session 1 (Select 1 to attend)
Blickensderfer Room
crandall room
Demountable Room
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Zen and the Art of Typewriter Maintenance
breakout session 2 (Select 1 to attend)
Emerson Room
Franklin Room
Hammond Room
breakout session 3 (Select 1 to attend)
Groma Room
Using the Typewriter Database and Becoming a Typewriter Hunter
Remington Room
Tom Furrier
Torpedo Room
breakout session 4 (Select 1 to attend)
Oliver Room
Thomas Edison, Ike Turner, and Me?
Adler Room
We R Memory Keepers Room
the beauty contest
A Herman's Favorite! Visit to review typewriter beauties from across the globe. Voting will open following the typewriter gallery presentations.
- Entries are being accepted using this form. Entrants may upload or send up to four photos of your typewriter with a brief 50 word description. Entry form will be available to Midnight on Nov. 8th.
- All typewriters will be available for public viewing on November 10th.
the typing contest
An afternoon of Herman's Favorites ... Join us for the Typing Contest. Select your fastest typewriter, do those finger exercises, and get ready to type against the finest talent across the globe.
- Typing passage will be released in advance on Wednesday, November 11th.
- A portion of the typing passage will be selected for the contest.
- Awards given to the fastest typists based on number of words/least errors in two categories: Manuals & Electrics
- All attendees are welcomed to watch the typists.
The long break!
Spend time with the family, enjoy a meal, or maybe even stream California Typewriter.
- iMDb TV (through Amazon Prime)
- Peacock TV (NBC/Comcast)
- Plex TV
- Tubi TV
John Pratt, the Pterotype, and the first retail typewriter
Jonathan Posey extends his noon breakout session with a look at the first typewriter sold to the public, the Pterotype. In 1867 Scientific American Magazine wrote a few paragraphs about the Pterotype which would inspire the minds of Christopher Latham Sholes, Lucian Crandell, and James Bartlett Hammond, just to name a few. Join Jonathan for a short lecture on this amazing machine and how it inspired an entire industry.
The campfire
Those in the know ... party late into the night. For many of our global visitors it is early Sunday Morning!
- Austin Typewriter Ink. LIVE Podcast - See how its done. Join David, Everett and The Shy for a 'round the campfire chat.
- Larry Pressnell, Typewriter Enthusiast, Writer, and Showman will entertain us with his guitar. Larry sings hits from the '60s, '70s, and 80s.
- Breakout Rooms will open to have chats in small groups. Buy/Sell/Trade your Typewriter in two rooms set aside for antiques and collectibles.
Chestnut Ridge Typewriter Museum Tour
Closing Virtual Hermans the right way! Herman Price and his co-host Jonathan Posey takes us on a tour of the Chestnut Ridge Typewriter Museum in Morgantown, West Virginia. Chestnut Ridge is the site of all Hermans Gatherings.
Herman will take you on a guided tour of his museum. Jonathan serves as the videographer and interviewer as we work our way through the History of Typewriters.
This is a don't miss event with plenty of time for Questions/Answers.
