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RE: (erielack) ELHS collection

Here is a NEGATIVE response.

Do you know the cost of moving the archives that far?
Will ELHS have control over it if it moves to Steamtown?
How do you know that the bulk of members live out east? Do you have a 
membership list?

If you want to talk about participation, seems to me that more members show 
up to meetings (annual) on the west end than on the east. Why is that?

How many of you done anything for ELHS, besides poke and whine?

Let the board figure it out, thats what they are there for. Sometimes 
silence means work in progress. Why start a fire?

Joe Schveder




>From: Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com
>Reply-To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>To: "EL Mail List" <erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
>Subject: (erielack) ELHS collection
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:44:32 -0500
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>Dear All,
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>I've seen a few responses to my initial email on moving the ELHS Collection
>from Akron to Steamtown, overwhelmingly positive.  Since I've seen nothing
>from board members, I'll interpret that silence to be agreement with what's
>been stated in the thread thus far.
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>Chuck
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>Dear Pat and All,
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>That's great news about Tri-State's collection of documents going to
>Steamtown.  I think I had just joined Tri-State (mid-1980s) when the
>chapter had initially taken possession of the papers.  I think Steamtown in
>general, and you, Pat, in particular, have shown great dedication and
>expertise in cataloguing--and making available--the collections that have
>been donated.  I look forward to hearing more details about what's in the
>Tri-State collection.
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>Which brings me to the status of the ELHS collection...and this is really a
>question for the entire list...but if memory serves, the ELHS collection is
>presently in Akron and needs to be moved to another location.  Shouldn't
>the Society consider Steamtown?  In my opinion, Steamtown is finally coming
>in to its own as a first-class repository for historic railroad documents.
>Wouldn't it make sense that the "home railroad" have its collection there,
>too?
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>Chuck
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>Ron,
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>I did not want to get cuaght up on this discussion thread, but I thought
>I'd let you know that Steamtown recently acquired the papers from the Chief
>Engineers Office of the DL&W (previously held by Tri-State).  My estimate
>is we have about 500 linear feet of flat papers, and about 50,000 rolled
>documents.  I am just starting to process them, and am finding quite a bit
>on Buffalo . . . and stock pens, and everything else DL&W.  There are also
>files from the Chief Engineer of the Erie mixed in (sent to Hoboken after
>the merger).  We are making a little headway with the archives, and I am
>doing my best to line up volunteers.
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>Just thought I'd let you know.  I think if you ever make it to Scranton you
>will be impressed.
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>Pat
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