Thank you Jean, that does help and sounds like good news for the BC Archives. Even so, will they or have they already microfilmed these archives? To my knowledge, there still is nothing that compares with the quality of properly made microfilm images for archiving documents and images/paintings/drawings. Surely the digitization process and microfilming process could be integrated and one could have the benefits of both for very little more than either one separately(except for the cost of hardware and most archives already have microfilm equipment). Someday the digitization process may catch up with analog filming but realistically, with my understanding of the poor resolution of digital techniques relative to analog film/microfilm, I don't see that happening in the next 50 years. In addition, the ease of storing, duplicating and longevity of microfilm are powerful arguments to use microfilm. I'm not an archivist by profession, so I'm not aware of the latest technology except what's available to consumers. The technology available to consumers for viewing microfilm could stand oodles of improvement. What does Jean say? > -----Original Message----- > From: jlangdell [mailto:jlangdell@supanet.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 3:02 AM > To: ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [B.C.] Sheldon Cannon Cosely > > > Hello Bob, > > Just catching up on messages. Try this site > http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/leisure_culture/libraries/archives > /workshop/ > > In the March 2006 issue is reference to Cannon Industries. > "Documenting the > Workshop of the World" is an on-going project undertaken by The Black > Country Archives Services, namely Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall & > Wolverhampton. > > Hope this helps > Regards > Jean > > > > Hello all > > I apologize if I this has already been discussed. (Please point the > way/paste the URL) My question for those of you with >connections to E. > Sheldon & Co. / Cannon / Cannon Cosely is this. What Cannon > archives still > exist? And a follow-up question, >the Hudson Bay Company, probably smaller > than Cannon but on the main line of history for it's many outposts and > corporate >colonies, has a few Museums holding its archives in > Canada. Also > there is one in Vancouver Oregon. Has Cosely (or anywhere >else) something > for Cannon? > > > > > > > ==== ENG-BLACK-COUNTRY Mailing List ==== > The B.C. List Admin is Dave Ogden :- > d.ogden@blueyonder.co.uk >