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Re: Mausoleum donation



"Scott, Kim A." wrote:

> Steven,
>
> I have been buried in work here, but I couldn't help digging out to examine
> this issue.  Perhaps before the thread is laid to rest, we could find some
> creative use for this dead storage problem. Turning it into cash for your
> foundation endowment is a good undertaking, but that might be a monument to
> short-sighted planning.  Gravely condsidering the problem, I would advise
> looking at all the possiblities in the wake of this gift.  No doubt there is
> a body of material on unusual gifts to archives and their ultimate
> disposition.  Can anyone exhume a citation on the matter?
>
> Kim (is Halloween getting closer) Scott

Or divine the wishes of the mausoleum's builders?  The most knowlegable parties
are 'beyond telegraphic ken.'  Maybe someone can arrange to contact them via
Ouija board at the next meeting of the SAA - Seance for Amazing  Archivists?

C. V. Mutschler
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