Star Trek Lives! (convention)/1974

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Star Trek Lives! 1974 was held February 15-18 at the Americana Hotel in New York City.
From a November 1973 ad placed by Al Schuster: 
From Boldly Writing: "It was reported to have drawn an attendance of 15,000 (estimates would vary between a low of 9,000 and a high of 15,000, either of which was many times larger than an average science fiction convention of the time)." 
==Guests of Honor==
* Isaac Asimov
* Hal Clement
* D.C. Fontana
* DeForest Kelley
* Walter Koenig
* Jeff Maynard (Andromeda Light Show)
* Nichelle Nichols
* George Takei
* David Gerrold
==Con Staff==
* Al Schuster, chairman
* Deborah Langsam, assistant chair at con, hotel liaison
* Dana L.F. Anderson, costume call director, advance registration, fanzine display
* Thom Anderson, treasurer, associate director of registration
* Renee Bodner, registration director
* Devra Langsam, executive secretary, pre-con assistant chair, art show director
* Stuart C. Hellinger, press releases, advertising
* Elyse S. Rosenstein, program director
* Steven J. Rosenstein, operations director
* David A. Simons, personnel coordinator
* Barbara Wenk, art show assistant director
* Joan Winston, publicity and press director, film liaison, program book
* Ben Yalow, official con photographer
* Joyce Yasner, displays, theatrical coordinator
==Tidbits and Anecdotes==
The con was dedicated to Gene L. Coon who had recently passed away.
Supposedly, the all fanzines in the public exhibit were stolen on the first day. "There was also a fairly comprehensive fanzine exhibit [at Equicon 74] - which was out in the open for people to browse through - and not one fanzine that I know of was ripped off. Compare this to the fact that at the INTERNATIONAL NYSTCON #3 all the fanzines on display were stolen the first day." -- comments in a con report for Equicon 74 by Margaret Basta (who was an outspoken and public critic of the "Star Trek Lives!" con series) in Star-Borne #13 
D.C. Fontana wrote an essay that was printed in Star-Borne #13 that addressed "a topic discussed" at this con. See The Care and Feeding of Celebrities.
A single act of a longer play by some University of Maryland students was performed. See One Cube or Two?.
Joan Winston summarized her experiences organizing the 1974 convention in her essay So you want to have a "Star Trek" convention: "The 1974 con was much too crowded, and everyone was hassled to some degree. We had between 10,000 to 14,000 attendees, including dealers. The exact total isn't known, as that was the year when the Chairman and the Committee parted company. The person who ran registration went with him, and so did the records."
A few comments about the convention were published in issue #12 of A Piece of the Action: There were 27 STWers in attendance and the newsletter listed them by name; one fan reports that David Gerrold was "his usual obnoxious, but likable self" (something the editor of the newsletter had to apologize for two months later, see A Piece of the Action #14). 
David Gerrold himself commented on this con. From 2-5YM Interview with David Gerrold:
Some of DeForest Kelley's scripted comments were taped at the con and run later during reruns on Philadelphia television. The transcripts of these comments were included in Space-Time Continuum #5.
One sample is the one from Tuesday, February 19th: 
 
Image:spacetimecont5-2.jpg| from Space-Time Continuum #5, DeForest Kelley's taped blurbs
Image:spacetimecont5-3.jpg| from Space-Time Continuum #5, DeForest Kelley's taped blurbs
==The Program Book==
The program book was created by Joan Winston. 
Digest-sized, it contains 22 pages.
Most of the content are black and white stills from the show and from the blooper reel. It also contains the programming schedule, a list of convention staff, a page by Joan Winston called "Flashes from Last Year's Convention" ("excerpts from the soon to be published "STAR TREK Fan Phenomenon" (the book that was to become Star Trek Lives!) by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak, and Joan Winston"), short bios of the guests of honor, an ad for Nova Enterprises, an ad for Al Schuster's "Star Trek Stuff," and four pages of "Star Truckin'" ("The Trouble with Beavers") comic by Howski Comix and Productions.
A fan in 1976 said: 
==Badges, Flyers, Other Ephemera==
Image:1974pocketcon.jpg|pocket program for 1974
Image:1974conpamphlet.jpg|1974 pamphlet
File:St con ad in tmt.jpg|ad for the 1974 convention printed in the back of the Monster Times magazine
File:PosterForSTConRunByAlSchuster1974-artbyJudyThomasses.jpg|poster for the 1974 convention designed by Judy Thomasses
== Programming==
File:Star Trek 1974 Convention Program Guide Page 1.jpg|page 1 of programming for the 1974 convention (click to read)
File:Star Trek 1974 Convention Program Guide Page 2.jpg|page 2 of programming for the 1974 convention (click to read)
==Links to Photos and Videos==
File:SehlatCostume.jpg|Fern Marder's award winning Sehlat costume, used with permission
File:SehlatCostume2.jpg|Fern Marder's winning Sehlat costume
File:Cosplay Ensemble - Star Trek Lives! 1974.jpg|Cosplay Ensemble - 1974 Star Trek Lives! Convention.
==Articles and Further Reading==
File:Trekkerscrapbook 1973 conventionadjusted.jpg|an undated and unattributed newspaper article about a Star Trek convention that took place at the Americana Hotel in New York. it estimated that around 10,000 fans attended. A 4 day membership was said to have cost $10 per person. The article came from a fan's scrapbook. Click to read.
File:StarTrekLives1974small.jpg|This newspaper article reprinted in the The Times Record on Jan 8, 1974 talks about the convention's move to larger convention space. It also discusses the incredible diversity among fans supporting the event. Click to read.
File:StarTrekLives1974-2.jpg|This 1974 newspaper article reprinted in the Times Record talks about the "100s of fanzines that have been privately published by fans." Click to read.
File:StarTrekLives Mar 23 1974.jpg|In this March 1974 letter to the editor of the Lebanon Daily News, a fan gives a brief run down of the history of Star Trek fan conventions after another reader wrote to the 'Action Line" asking for more inf. Click for the larger version.
File:Star trek convention program crowdc.jpg|newspaper clipping of the sea of fans at the 1974 convention
==Con Reports==
From Margaret A. Basta: 
From Dan Cheney: 
From a fan in William Shatner Appreciation Society Newsletter: 
A local journalist wrote: 
From Tim Estiloz: 
By Helen Young: 
From Lauren Johnson: 
From Sharon Ferraro: 
From the 1975 Star Trek Convention Program book, by Joan Winston: 
From Noel Levan: 
==References==
Category:Star Trek Conventions
Category:1974 Conventions