Dear Listers, I have a rather unusual problem and I am hoping someone on the list who actually lives in the area can help me. I've recently been in contact with a woman who owns the Civil War Diary of my great great grandfather, Samuel Kerr. She is unwilling to sell it, and unwilling to copy it by conventional methods because of the diary's fragility, which I can understand. I and many other family members are anxious to see the diaries contents, and the lady is willing to transcribe it, but I have suggested the use of a so called 'open face' copier - where the copying mechanism is lower to the face of the book, and have also had a suggestion to microfilm the diary. The problem is I need to know where in the area might have such a copier or a firm which copies or microfilms rare and fragile documents. Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chris Whalen Ohio
Chris I can think of three places that might be willing to do that or help, find a place that would do the job. 1) Bancroft Library on the Berkeley Campus of U.C.,<http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/index.html> you might want to check with either of these people BLISS, Tony Curator, Rare Books and Literary Manuscripts The Bancroft Library (510) 642-1839 <abliss@library.berkeley.edu> or BROWN, William <wbrown@library.berkeley.edu > Head, Public Services The Bancroft Library (510) 642-8173. 2)The Oakland Museum of California <http://www.museumca.org/> 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, California 94607 510-238-3842,510-238-6579 Fax email: history@museumca.org Carey Caldwell, Chief Curator <ccaldwell@museumca.org> 3)California Historical Society 678 Mission Street San Francisco, California 94105,415-357-1848 �voice ,415-357-1850-fax <http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/> CHS Collections: Pamela Young Lee,Chief Curator <curator@calhist.org> Good luck George --- Tim and Chris Whalen <tcwhalen@cros.net> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I have a rather unusual problem and I am hoping > someone on the list who > actually lives in the area can help me. > > I've recently been in contact with a woman who owns > the Civil War Diary of > my great great grandfather, Samuel Kerr. She is > unwilling to sell it, and > unwilling to copy it by conventional methods because > of the diary's > fragility, which I can understand. > > I and many other family members are anxious to see > the diaries contents, and > the lady is willing to transcribe it, but I have > suggested the use of a so > called 'open face' copier - where the copying > mechanism is lower to the face > of the book, and have also had a suggestion to > microfilm the diary. > > The problem is I need to know where in the area > might have such a copier or > a firm which copies or microfilms rare and fragile > documents. > > Any help in this matter would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thank you, > > Chris Whalen > Ohio > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com