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Re: Archival Preservation



> Ah, an excellent point! Yes, for close-in, hand-to-hand
> encounters with staples, budget-slashers and surly researchers, the
> ubiquitous Swiss Army Knife should be on the top of the list of every
prepared
> archivist.

And in addition to the Swiss Army (tm) knife one should also have one of the
following (or its cousins). With both attached to your belt no one would
mess with you. You could also quickly repair almost anything with them.

http://www.leatherman.com/default_frame.html

Also
>no gunpowder residue is especially important

When trying to gather evidence of a crime <g>


Peter A. (I carry one of each) Kurilecz CRM, CA
Woodside Summit Group, Inc
Richmond, Virginia
Tel: 804-744-1247 extension 23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Moser [mailto:dennism@LIBRARY.TMC.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 12:54 PM
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject: Re: Archival Preservation
>
>
> Ah, an excellent point! Yes, for close-in, hand-to-hand
> encounters with
> staples, budget-slashers and surly researchers, the
> ubiquitous Swiss Army
> Knife should be on the top of the list of every prepared
> archivist. The
> added benefit pointed out by Beth of no gunpowder residue is
> especially
> important when funding for preservation is getting tight!
>
> Don't they issue them to every program graduate?
>
> Dennis "I carry two, just in case" Moser, MILS, Web Librarian
> John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
> Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
> 1133 M. D. Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-2809
> dennism@library.tmc.edu
> "That so few now dare to be eccentric,
> marks the chief danger of the time."
> ~~~ John Stuart Mill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Golding, Elisabeth <EGolding@MAIL.DOS.STATE.FL.US>
> To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Archival Preservation
>
>
> >This is Florida . . . you can be sure we won't be too far
> from some manner
> >of firearms.  I myself prefer the clean simplicity of the
> ever-versatile
> >Swiss Army Knife, which I can use to ward off attacks on our
> treasured
> State
> >Archives and, in more peaceful times, to remove staples, cut
> mylar to size,
> >or any of a myriad of other preservation-related tasks.
> Best of all, no
> >unwanted gunpowder residue on the documents!
> >
> >Beth Golding
> >Florida State Archives
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer [mailto:c_crawfo@CULINARY.EDU]
> >Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 11:56 AM
> >To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> >Subject: Archival Preservation
> >
> >
> >Hmmm... will this workshop include information on
> recommended types of
> >weaponry to use for preservation purposes?
> >
> >(I'm sorry--it may not be Friday, but it *feels* like
> Friday, and I can see
> >by traffic on this list that I'm not the only one who thinks so!)
> >
> >
> >
> >Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer
> >Special Collections Librarian/Archivist
> >Culinary Institute of America
> >433 Albany Post Road
> >Hyde Park, NY  12538-1499
> >(914) 451-1757
> >c_crawfo@culinary.edu
> >
> >>>> "Flekke, Mary M" <mflekke@FLSOUTHERN.EDU> 03/21/00 11:02AM >>>
> >The Society of Florida Archivists
> >Presents
> >
> >The Basics of Archival Preservation
> >2000 Annual Meeting
> >May 3-5, 2000
> >
> >at
> >
> >The Radisson Hotel Tampa
> >Sabal Park
> >Tampa, FL
> >
> >
> >Featured Speakers:
> >Dr. Ann Russell
> >Exec. Dir.of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, MA
> >and
> >Karen Brown
> >NEDCC Field Service Representative
> >
> >Wed. May 3 -
> >        10:30 a.m.      Executive Board Meeting
> >        12:30-1:30 p.m. Legislative Action Workshop Luncheon
> >        1:30-4:00 p.m.  Legislative Action Workshop by FL
> League of Cities
> >
> >        Afternoon Break
> >
> >Thurs. May 4 -
> >        8:00 a.m.       Registration
> >        9:00-10:00 a.m. Opening Session:  Russell - Bound for Glory:
> >Memoirs of an Archives Conservator
> >        10:30 - Noon    Preservation Workshop:  Brown, NEDCC
> >        Noon            Lunch at the Radisson
> >        1:15-4:00 p.m.  Continuation of Preservation Workshop:  Brown
> >
> >        Afternoon Break
> >
> >        6:00 p.m.       Poolside Reception
> >
> >                        Dinner on your own
> >
> >Fri. May 5 -
> >        8:00 a.m.       Coffee, Danish and Juice
> >        8:30 a.m.       Business Meeting
> >        9:30 - Noon     Continuation of Preservation Workshop:  Brown
> >        Noon            New President's Briefing:  Exec. Board and
> >Comm.Chairs
> >
> >
> >If you haven't received registration materials for the
> Society's Annual
> >Meeting and would like to, contact the Executive Secretary at:
> >                        David L. Reich
> >                        Society of Florida Archivists
> >                        PO Box 7694
> >                        Lakeland, FL  33807-7694
> >
> >Pre:Registration Deadline:  April 25, 2000
> >
> >Registration Fees:
> >
> >        $20.00 Pre-Conference Legislative Workshop (SFA Member
> >& NonMember)*
> >        $70.00 Registration for Annual meeting only (SFA Member)
> >        $80.00 Pre-Conf. Workshop and Annual Meeting (SFA
> >Member)*
> >        $85.00 Registration for Annual Meeting (Non-member)
> >        $95.00 Pre-Conf. Workshop and Annual Meeting (Non-
> >Member)*
> >        $50.00 Student
> >
> >        *includes Wednesday's Luncheon
> >
> >Room Reservations at the Radisson Hotel Tampa at Sabal Park
> may be made by
> >calling the hotel at 813-623-6363.  The SFA room rate is $81
> for a single
> or
> >double, please mention that the reservations are for the
> Society of Florida
> >Archivists Annual Meeting.
> >
> >
> >For further information or registration package contact the Executive
> >Secretary at the address given above!  See you there!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From:         Scott, Paul
> (FPM)[SMTP:paul_scott@ITC.CO.HARRIS.TX.US]
> >> Reply To:     Archives & Archivists
> >> Sent:         Tuesday, March 21, 2000 8:20 AM
> >> To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> >> Subject:      Re: Rav Raklur - this is interesting
> >>
> >> Personally I wouldn't be comfortable with anything less
> than a M-16.  In
> >> 1842 the citizens of Austin used artillery--a 6-pounder as
> I recall.  See
> >>
> http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/mqa2.html
> >>
> >> Paul R. Scott
> >> Harris County, Texas
> >>
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Gladi Kulp [SMTP:gladi_kulp@EED.STATE.AK.US]
> >> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:46 PM
> >> > To:   ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> >> > Subject:      Re: Rav Raklur - this is interesting
> >> >
> >> > Of course, Larry, wouldn't you????
> >> >
> >> > At 04:00 PM 3/20/00 -0900, you wrote:
> >> > >Would you be ready to defend the state archives
> collection with a
> >> pistol?
> >> > >
> >> > >Regards,
> >> > >Larry
> >> > >
> >> > >At 11:53 AM 3/20/00 -0600, Pinkler wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >Rav Raklur died in Wewak, Papau New Guinea.  I have
> only just heard
> the
> >> > >news, though he passed away in early February.
> >> > >
> >> > >I expect most of you have never heard of Rav Raklur.
> He was for most
> >> of
> >> > >his life a minor official in the New Guinea government,
> living and
> >> > working
> >> > >in Port Moresby.
> >> > >
> >> > >In the late 1970s when the Mantong Conspiracy managed to briefly
> >> capture
> >> > >parts of Port Moresby, Raklur loaded a huge volume of archival
> material
> >> > >into a truck and braving both rebels and the torrential
> monsoon rains
> >> > drove
> >> > >the truck literally hundreds of miles to safety in the
> highlands of
> >> > inland
> >> > >New Guinea.
> >> > >
> >> > >There, armed with only a pistol, Raklur managed to secure the
> >> documentary
> >> > >heritage of the country.  Government troops soon pushed
> the Mantong
> >> > >Conspiracy out of Port Moresby and back into the hills.
>  Soon after
> >> > Raklur
> >> > >drove the records back to the capital. For five or so
> years after that
> >> > >Raklur served as the defacto national archivist and set
> up the first
> >> real
> >> > >records management and archives program in the country.
> >> > >
> >> > >Rav Raklur was 87 years old and had been preceded in
> death by his wife
> >> > Lona
> >> > >some years before.  He is survived by three sons, and
> many grand and
> >> > great
> >> > >grandchildren.
> >> > >
> >> > >Those of us who had the pleasure of meeting Rav Raklur
> on one of his
> >> > >infrequent trips to the United States will remember his
> grace, his
> >> > pleasant
> >> > >disposition and his keen intelligence.  Though he had
> been retired for
> >> > >about fifteen years, the archival world has lost an
> important citizen.
> >> > If
> >> > >Raklur was not an archival giant - and he would have
> been the first to
> >> > >point that out - he was one of the important selfless
> professionals
> >> > without
> >> > >whom the profession would collapse.
> >> > >
> >> > >Rest in peace friend.
> >> > >Gerald Pinkler
> >> > >Kittner & Hough Records Consolidation
> >> > >San Francisco, California
> >> > >
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