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Re: Who Decides?
Here is the URL for the Toledo Blade's followup article...
http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0a26hist.htm
On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Tom Berry wrote:
> For everyone's information, today's paper had a followup article. This piece
> touched a little more on the conservation issues, specifically the cost and
> difficulty of preserving the paper records. It also raises the disturbing
> thought of state legislators taking it upon themselves to decide what archivists
> are supposed to be doing, evidently (from the context) without making much
> effort to study the realities of the archival world.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> Bowling Green, Ohio
>
> Dennis East wrote:
>
> > Since I am very familiar with the situation regarding the destruction of the
> > state records by the State Archives in Ohio and the delays, stonewalling, and
> > attacks by the always enlightened leadership of the Ohio Historical Society on
> > the Ohio citizen and OHS member who raised the issues, the answer to Peter
> > Kurilecz's question is obvious. The records were improperly, if not
> > illegally(I am not a barrister, but I believe the law in Ohio was violated),
> > discarded; then denied, then admitted, then delayed, then. . . .
> >
> > Every aspiring and practicing archivist should read the article in the Toledo
> > Blade and decide for themselves based on the information available. It's a
> > great case study for an archives class!
> >
> > But it's also a darn shame because some historically rich records were lost
> > and the historical, archival, and genealogical communities in Ohio are the
> > worst for it. (Yes, some/most records may have been microfilmed, but they
> > don't know if the microfilm is complete because it was never certified. . .
> > )
> > Read the article, then decide. Who will decide in Ohio? Now that's an
> > interesting question as well because the State Archives which does the state's
> > business is part of the Ohio Historical Society, a private not for profit
> > corporation, that the Ohio Attorney General, among others, has adjudged not to
> > be a state agency and therefore exempt from any review of wrongdoing etc. The
> > private citizen involved (Kopp) is expected to pursue legal action with his
> > own resources and several state legislators who were
> > apprised of the situation declined to become involved.
> >
> > Ah, Ohio is still Ohio when it comes to taking care (or not) of its archives
> > and records. Even in the new millenium (which it is not) some things never
> > change. Did anyone think they would ever top the placing of the Governor
> > James Rhodes papers in the landfill . . . . which happened on my watch???? Ha!
> >
> > Dennis East
> > Former (praise the Lord ... or so someone must say somewhere) State
> > Archivist, Ohio
> >
> > "Kurilecz, Peter" wrote:
> >
> > > An interesting story was reported in yesterday's Toledo Blade. The full
> > > story can be found at the url posted below.
> > >
> > > http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/news/0a23reco.htm
> > >
> > > Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
> > > Woodside Summit Group, Inc
> > > Richmond, Virginia
> > > mailto:peterk@woodsidesummitgroup.com
> > >
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