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Re: (erielack) Volunteering at Steamtown



Phil! I took the liberty to reprint your comments in the September issue of 
Laurel Lines. I'm the editor. Neil Weinberg

On 8/28/05, Schuyler Larrabee <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net> wrote: 
> 
> Phil, thanks for your efforts and the time you put into this. I wish I 
> lived a bit closer and could
> assist, but it's a seven hour trip . . .
> 
> SGL
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> > [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Philip Albano
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 7:25 AM
> > To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
> > Subject: (erielack) Volunteering at Steamtown
> >
> > Just got back from a trip to Steamtown volunteering in the
> > archives. Mr. Pat McKnight, Historian/Archivist has hundreds
> > of boxes of D.L.&W. and Erie records going as far back as
> > 1910-1920's.To make them available for research they need to
> > be processed: remove the old rusty metal fasteners and pins
> > used back then, place in new folders with record numbers,
> > date and a description of the record written on the file
> > folder and the information entered into the computer. The
> > files range from ordinary (records of digging waterlines and
> > normal track maintenance) to interesting (installing
> > electrical service in stations and towers) to very
> > interesting (changes in interlocking, one new tower replacing
> > two old ones) to unintentionally humorous (elaborate
> > correspondence between the auditor's office and the division
> > engineer over a 25 cent mistake on a contract) to surprising
> > (found my grandfathers name on a payroll record!)
> >
> > The surrondings are pleasant - working in a remodeled D.L.&W.
> > office building with steam engines nearby. If you volunteer
> > be prepared to get dirty. Some of the records are brittle
> > from age and require careful handling.It may be a good idea
> > to get a tetanus booster shot just in case you nick yourself
> > on a 80 year old rusty pin. It may not be as glamorous as
> > working on the steam engines, but the information in these
> > records have their own special attraction and is a great
> > resource that will need hundreds of hours of volunteer work
> > to make them accessible to us.
> >
> > Philip Albano
> >
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