Early Conventions

This page is for early pre-1950, roughly, conventions which are not part of a convention series like Worldcon, Philcon or Boskone.

Convention	Dates	Location
First Convention	October 22, 1936	Philadelphia
Other First Convention	January 3, 1937	Leeds, UK
Second Eastern	February 21, 1937	New York
Third Eastern	October 30, 1937	Philadelphia
Second British Convention	April 10, 1938
Newark Convention	May 29, 1938	Newark, NJ
Third British Convention	1939	London
OSA Pow-Wow	1939	Tulsa, OK
Third Chicago Conference	April 1940	Chicago
Phillycon 1940	November 10, 1940	Philadelphia
Bombcon	September 20-21, 1941	London
1941 Michiconference	November 16, 1941	Jackson, MI
Boskone II	February 22, 1942	Boston
1942 Michiconference	September 27, 1942	Jackson, MI
Hastings S-F Conference	November 29, 1942	Hastings, MN
Pacificon Jr.	1942	Los Angeles, CA
Boskone III	February 28, 1943	Boston
Midgicon	April 1943	Chicago
Live Oak Conference	April 1943	Live Oak, FL
Midvention	April 10, 1943	Leicester, UK
The first Staplecon	May 16, 1943	San Francisco
MeCon	July 1943	Rockland, ME
Mainecon Jr. somewhere in Maine		Maine
Schenectacon		Schenectady, NY
1943 Michiconference	October 30, 1943	Battle Creek, MI
The second Staplecon	November 21, 1943	San Francisco
Fancon		Bloomington, IL
Norcon		Manchester, UK
Eastercon 1944	April 10, 1944	London
The last Staplecon	May 28, 1944	San Francisco
Michicon 4	June 17-19, 1944	Battle Creek, MI
Dovercon	August 27, 1944	Dover, DE
Little Chicon	October 7-9, 1944	Chicago
Boskone IV	February 3-4, 1945	Winchester, MA
1945 Michiconference	July 7-8, 1945	Battle Creek, MI
Boskone V	September 2, 1945	Salem, MA
FPWESFC	March 3, 1946	Newark, NJ
First Post-Radar-Contact-with-the-Moon Con	April 6-7, 1946	Chicago
Pacificon I	August 30-September 1, 1946	Los Angeles
Phillycon 1946	October 27, 1946	Philadalphia
Centracon	November 9-10, 1946	Chicago, IL

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