--part1_68.57996d4.26a2741f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_68.57996d4.26a2741f_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (rly-zb01.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.1]) by air-zb02.mail.aol.com (v75_b1.4) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:22:50 -0400 Received: from ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us (ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us [204.211.39.14]) by rly-zb01.mx.aol.com (v75.18) with ESMTP; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:21:34 -0400 Received: from jfutch (sys5.dcr.state.nc.us [208.143.90.246] (may be forged)) by ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA09717 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:18:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <[email protected]> X-Sender: [email protected] (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:27:37 -0400 To: [email protected] From: Jeff Futch <[email protected]> Subject: Catawba County Courthouse Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear Ms. Durden, I received an e-mail from Kim Cumber who works at the N.C. State Archives located Raleigh. I too work for the State Archives out of our western office located in Asheville. I believe you mentioned my name in an e-mail you sent back on July 6, 2000. I've been out of the office on vacation and didn't read your e-mail till today (Kim forwarded it to me). Here is the story as I know it. Sometime ago there was a water problem at the old Catawba County Courthouse in Newton. I don't know if it was the result of a flood or simply a water line break. Many of the loose wet records (civil, criminal, estates, etc.) were placed in large plastic bags and stored in the basement of the courthouse in Newton. I am not aware of any courthouse located Maiden. You might want to contact Sid Halma (828) 465-0383 and see if he knows anything about a courthouse in Maiden. He runs the Catawba County Historical Museum located in the old courthouse in Newton. In 1993 I was contacted by the clerk of court regarding the transfer of older records to the State Archives. All the loose paper records that still existed from the mid 1800s to around 1960 were still stored in the old courthouse in Newton, even th

Dear Mr Futch..... I am appalled that these treasures would be treated in such a manner ! If you'll forgive my saying so, it is a no-brainer that wet anything put in plastic bags will rot. Do you all have any Archivists that know any thing about Archival preservation ? If not , I would be happy to recommend someone to you. malinda jones [email protected] wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Catawba County Courthouse > Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 15:27:37 -0400 > From: Jeff Futch <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Dear Ms. Durden, > > I received an e-mail from Kim Cumber who works at the N.C. State Archives > located Raleigh. I too work for the State Archives out of our western > office located in Asheville. I believe you mentioned my name in an e-mail > you sent back on July 6, 2000. I've been out of the office on vacation and > didn't read your e-mail till today (Kim forwarded it to me). Here is the > story as I know it. Sometime ago there was a water problem at the old > Catawba County Courthouse in Newton. I don't know if it was the result of > a flood or simply a water line break. Many of the loose wet records > (civil, criminal, estates, etc.) were placed in large plastic bags and > stored in the basement of the courthouse in Newton. I am not aware of any > courthouse located Maiden. You might want to contact Sid Halma (828) > 465-0383 and see if he knows anything about a courthouse in Maiden. He > runs the Catawba County Historical Museum located in the old courthouse in > Newton. In 1993 I was contacted by the clerk of court regarding the > transfer of older records to the State Archives. All the loose paper > records that still existed from the mid 1800s to around 1960 were still > stored in the old courthouse in Newton, even though the county had moved > all its offices to the new courthouse (just down the road from the old > courthouse, but still in Newton) several years earlier. We have boxed > around 35 cubic feet to date. There are still more records stored there > and we hope to complete the transfer later this summer. During the course > of boxing we came across the large plastic bags I mentioned. We went > through these records as best we could, but they were by then covered in > mold and beginning to rot. Many of these records were destroyed by us with > the approval of the clerk of court because they simply could not be saved. > Several of the boxes sent to Raleigh contained mold covered records which > may or may not have been saved, I've never check into it. I would be happy > to discuss this situation over the phone if you like. (828) 274-6789 If I > knew what records you were looking for perhaps I could look into that as > well. Kim Cumber knows what is stored in Raleigh, but she doesn't know > what is still in the old courthouse in Newton awaiting transfer. Hope this > is helpful. > > Jeff Futch > Western Office - Asheville