Excellent information, Frances. Thanks. I'll be using your strategies! Jane On Jan 22, 2008 12:17 PM, Frances J. Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends: > In planning a visit to the Friends Historical Collection at Guilford > College, be certain to ascertain beforehand the hours the Collection will be > open. The Historical Collection has its own staff, and is not always open > when the College Library is open. Their hours differ, and it is important > to check ahead. I checked with the Guilford College library, and planned to > spend two days working in the Friends Historical Collection. On arriving, I > found the Historical Collection was only open 4 hours over the two days, and > these four hours were not in a block. There was some problem with scheduling > of staff that necessitated the reduced hours of operation. > > The Collection was excellent. There were several volunteers who were very > knowledgeable and helpful. Interestingly, some of the staff were less > knowledgeable, and referred me to the volunteers for the guidance I needed. > > > When I go again, I am going to employ three strategies to hopefully > facilitate my research. First, I am going to be absolutely certain of the > hours for the Historical Collection so I can plan accordingly. Second, I am > going to spend time on-line at the collection > (www.guilford.edu/about_guilford/services_and_administration/library/fhc/qua > ker ) so I will be thoroughly familiar with the organization of information. > Third, I am going to correspond by e-mail with staff or volunteers regarding > the materials that are the focus of my research. They suggested that > advance information can help them prepare to assist a researcher. > > Hope my experience will help someone else. > Frances > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:sc- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Pugh > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:27 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: Robert Pugh > > Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS Digest, Vol 2, > > Issue 8 > > > > > > > > > It's true that the surviving original Bush River MM minutes are in the > > > Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. > > > They're also on microfilm there and were also recopied by hand in the > > > mid-twentieth century in an easier script for modern eyes to read. > > > Southern Quaker records-- past, present, and future-- are well cared > > > for there by their excellent archivist. Mr Wolfinger, when you do > > > donate your Bush River marriage document from 1799 for Elizabeth > > > Jenkins and Samuel Russell, I hope you'll gift it to them. (Our > > > Memphis MM send Guilford Library all of our minutes and newsletters on > > > the end of each year.)RLP > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SC- > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >