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Subject: Re: History of newsgroups
From: Steve Hayes
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On 4 Jun 2002 19:03:54 GMT, Andrew McMichael <amcmicha@princeton.edu> wrote:

>
>Hi guys. I am working with a project called "ECHO." One of it's aims is
>to collect first-person recollections of Usenet newsgroups. As
>historians, we are particularly interested in how Usenet has been used
>by those interested in history. The ECHO project at the Center for
>History and New Media at George Mason University is launching its site
>on the history of Usenet. At the core of this project is a database of
>users' recollections of Usenet. We aren't seeking to publish this for
>profit, only to amass a collection of reminiscences about the earlier
>days of Usenet that can then be browsed by other readers. We think that
>future historians of the Internet will find it useful to have the
>reminiscences of pioneer users of the Net.

Any news of how this project is going?

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Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
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