FYI... ----Original Message Follows---- From: Charlotte Coats <[email protected]> Reply-To: Charlotte Coats <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES] Local Archives - Hurricane Charley damage Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:57:25 -0700 Also a good argument for digitizing collections...his web collection would have survived...:) Charlotte ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Jones, Virginia" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Jones, Virginia" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ARCHIVES] Local Archives - Hurricane Charley damage Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:19:42 -0400 While a tragedy for the gentelman affected, this is a good example of why historical records and photos should be cared for in a professional environment. I do not mean to imply that a professional archives would have escaped damage, but that the records would not have been so vulnerable to such extensive damage - and possibly index/finding aids would have survived. Hurricane damaged historian's archives of local history http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/081904/tp1ch1.htm?date=081904&story=t p1ch1.htm A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [email protected] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [email protected] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[email protected]>