SOME NOTES ON ARCHIVES Público Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 5, Number 16, April 14, 2002, Article 14
SOME NOTES ON ARCHIVES
Q. David Bowers has penned "Some Notes on Archives"
that will be tucked in an upcoming Kingswood Sale catalogue.
The piece touches on many of the topics we've discussed in
The E-Sylum recently (microfilming, destruction of originals,
etc). The article make a case for specialized organizations
and private individuals as the safest homes for items they
value (and which other repositories apparently do not).
He's given us permission to reprint the article in our print
journal, The Asylum. Here's one short excerpt to whet your
appetites:"Today, a private library gathered by a careful, loving collector
is often a great repository for old newspapers and books.
Without a doubt, such gentlemen as Harry W. Bass, Jr., Dan
Hamelberg, John W. Adams, Armand Champa, and others,
have aided in the longevity of such treasures by carefully storing
them and, in some instances, incorporating them into high quality
protective bindings. When I was a student at the Pennsylvania
State University, I sought to take out a particular historical
volume, but was told that it was an "overnight" book only. As
it had hundreds of pages, there was no way that I could digest
it in one evening. I looked at the slip pasted in the book, and
found that it had last been checked out in 1879! So much for
it being so popular that it could not be loaned out for at least a
few days! I thought this was hilarious."- 2002-04-14
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