The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 16, April 14, 2002, Article 14

SOME NOTES ON ARCHIVES

  Q. David Bowers has penned "Some Notes on Archives"
  that will be tucked in an upcoming Kingswood Sale catalogue.
  The piece touches on many of the topics we've discussed in
  The E-Sylum recently (microfilming, destruction of originals,
  etc).  The article make a case for specialized organizations
  and private individuals as the safest homes for items they
  value (and which other repositories apparently do not).
  He's given us permission to reprint the article in our print
  journal, The Asylum.  Here's one short excerpt to whet your
  appetites:

  "Today, a private library gathered by a careful, loving collector
  is often a great repository for old newspapers and books.
  Without a doubt, such gentlemen as Harry W. Bass, Jr., Dan
  Hamelberg, John W. Adams, Armand Champa, and others,
  have aided in the longevity of such treasures by carefully storing
  them and, in some instances, incorporating them into high quality
  protective bindings.  When I was a student at the Pennsylvania
  State University, I sought to take out a particular historical
  volume, but was told that it was an "overnight" book only.  As
  it had hundreds of pages, there was no way that I could digest
  it in one evening.  I looked at the slip pasted in the book, and
  found that it had last been checked out in 1879!  So much for
  it being so popular that it could not be loaned out for at least a
  few days! I thought this was hilarious."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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