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