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Re: (erielack) archives restrictions

I just picked up on this thread today and it's led me to a few
questions.

1)  How much stuff is actually contained in the archives?  Is it a
roomful, a truckful, a railcarful?

2)  What is contained in the archive?  Papers or other items/materials? 

3)  Has the committee contacted any other RR societies to get a lead on
what others have done to preserve their archives?

4)  Has the Pa. Train Museum down here in Lancaster been asked about
housing the archive? [if this is even a possible viable alternative,
given it's location "off the beaten path" from the EL]


Regards,
Henry Jarusik
New London, Pa.




On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:48:27 -0500 (EST), "J. Henry Priebe Jr."
<root_@_bluemoon.net> said:
> On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 Mike Spinelli related:
> 
> > That is one of the two main issues here.
> >
> >  Some (including apparently the board) see the archives as being owned by
> > the society, and see no reason to give that up and have no control over what
> > happens to them tomorrow, next year, or 25 years from now. There's a great
> > deal of risk involved that we don't really need.
> 
> At what price? How much does archive actually cost for a year's worth of
> stewardship? Is it in fact the best possible use of the society's money?
> How
> much in total has the society spent over the lifetime of the archive? I
> bet
> it's a jaw-dropping amount!
> 
> Paul C, thanks for the update. It's not what I wanted to hear, but it's
> better
> than dead silence.
> 
> Henry - ELHS #2684
> 
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