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Austin American-Statesman 02/17/02
The Treasures of the Ransom Center
Where a book lover can be king
Ransom Center's castle of manuscripts is a good place to be for Thomas Stale=
y
http://www.austin360.com/aas/specialreports/ransom/17staleyransom.html


Austin American-Statesman 02/17/02
The Treasures of the Ransom Center
The who's who of world archives
Ransom Center among select group of research libraries
http://www.austin360.com/aas/specialreports/ransom/18compareransom.html


New York Times 02/17/02
Travel History for Sale, at Very Modern Prices
By ALAN COWELL
LONDON -- An exquisitely groomed Argentine woman from Gloucestershire was=20
searching for a particular 1920's airplane propeller in bronze and wood as a=
=20
gift for her husband. An executive from New York was looking at ivory=20
ornaments old enough to predate a ban on trade in such artifacts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/business/yourmoney/17VICA.html


Lansing State Journal 02/18/02
MSU archivist aims to capture East Lansing's past in photos
Public asked to provide any unpublished images for upcoming publication
By Hugh Leach
Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - The author of a forthcoming pictorial history of East Lansing=
=20
is looking for help.=20
Whitney Miller, a Michigan State University archivist, is compiling pictures=
=20
for a book that will be part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" series=
=20
of pictorial  histories of American cities.
http://www.lsj.com/news/local/020218_history_3b.html




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va

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Courier New" LANG=3D"0">The Times 02/04/02
<BR>Civil War battle flags rotting in old state office building
<BR>Commission hopes to preserve state treasures, but it's short on cash.
<BR>By The Associated Press
<BR>Posted on Monday, February 4, 2002
<BR>SPRINGFIELD -- One of the nation's largest collections of Civil War batt=
le flags is in decay, and state officials are trying to buy some time to pre=
vent them from being lost forever.
<BR>http://www.thetimesonline.com/index.pl/article?id=3D12016378
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>AP 2/07/02
<BR>College Plans to Question Historian
<BR>Thu Feb 7, 5:29 PM ET
<BR>By HILLEL ITALIE, Associated Press Writer
<BR>NEW YORK (AP) - A disputed, prize-winning book about the role of guns in=
 the United States will undergo a formal inquiry from Emory University, wher=
e author Michael Bellesiles is a professor of history.
<BR>In a statement released this week, Emory official Robert A. Paul said th=
at the Atlanta-based school has initiated a process for "addressing allegati=
ons of misconduct in research."
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/ap/20020207/ap_on=
_re_us/historian_inquiry_1
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Loudoun Times-Mirror 2/12/02
<BR>Survey to preserve Loudoun's African-American history=20
<BR>by Barbara Payne
<BR>An unprecedented, countywide survey is underway in response to a call by=
 African Americans to tell the story of their involvement in local history.
<BR>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3D3254807&amp;BRD=3D1897&amp;P=
AG=3D461&amp;dept_id=3D123365&amp;rfi=3D6=20
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Bucks County Times-Courier 2/15/02
<BR>BCCC history teacher keeps job pending court case
<BR>Bucks County Community College will continue to employ a history teacher=
 who
<BR>faces federal charges of selling historical items taken from his job at=20=
the National
<BR>Archives office in Philadelphia, a college spokeswoman said yesterday. .=
..
<BR>http://www.phillyburbs.com/couriertimes/news/news/0215aubitz.htm
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>AP 2/15/02
<BR>Black businesses are expecting big things from the Clinton presidential=20=
library
<BR>By MELISSA NELSON, Associated Press Writer
<BR>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Black art galleries and African clothing boutiques a=
re opening near the future site of Bill Clinton's presidential library in th=
e expectation that lots of black tourists will come to pay homage to the man=
 once called "our first black president."
<BR>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&amp;u=3D/ap/20020215/ap_to=
_po/clinton_black_tourism_3
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>The News &amp; Advance 2/17/02
<BR>19th century flag to get second life
<BR>By Marcia Apperson
<BR>The News &amp; Advance
<BR>BEDFORD - In an effort to preserve a piece of local history, volunteers=20=
and workers
<BR>at the Bedford City/County Museum are raising money to restore a 19th ce=
ntury
<BR>flag.
<BR>The royal blue, silk flag was hand painted by Samuel Hoffman in 1861 for=
 the
<BR>Bedford Southside Dragoons.
<BR>http://www.newsadvance.com/MGB0J2CESXC.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>UPI 2/17/02
<BR>Artifacts explore American presidency
<BR>By Al Swanson
<BR>Published 2/17/2002 12:15 PM
<BR>CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's poker ch=
ips are across the room from the CBS microphone he used for his famous "fire=
side chat" radio addresses in 1935 during the Depression.
<BR>Warren G. Harding's red silk pajamas are in a glass case across from the=
 yellow silk Oleg Cassini gown with overlay of crepe chiffon first lady Jacq=
ueline Kennedy wore at a 1961 reception for the president of Tunisia.
<BR>http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=3D15022002-054320-3670r
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Tallahasee Democrat 2/17/02
<BR>CD digs up black families' roots
<BR>By Gerald Ensley
<BR>DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER
<BR>Freedman's records allow for breakthrough in tracing history William Hal=
ey typed in "Alexander Haley." And quick as you please there it was: informa=
tion on his great-great-grandfather, a one-time slave in Alabama. Not that H=
aley needed such confirmation. His family was long ago traced back to Africa=
 by his father, the late author Alex Haley, whose seminal book "Roots" is en=
joying a 25th anniversary celebration.
<BR>http://www.tallahassee.com/mld/democrat/news/local/2687843.htm
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Waco Tribune-Herald 2/17/02
<BR>Texas A&amp;M's quest for Bush library began in 1988
<BR>By BRIAN GAAR Tribune-Herald staff writer
<BR>Texas A&amp;M University's quest to land the George Bush presidential li=
brary began
<BR>before Bush was even elected president, when a graduate floated the idea=
 in
<BR>late 1988.
<BR>http://www.wacotrib.com/auto/feed/news/2002/02/16/1013921451.05426.6218.=
4509.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Memphis Commercial-Appeal 2/17/02
<BR>You are virtually there with Bush 41
<BR>By Michael Schuman
<BR>Special to The Commercial Appeal
<BR>The symbolism borders on the eerie. Posted among the family rel ics in t=
he
<BR>George Bush Presidential Museum is a period black-and-white photo of the=
 future 41st president hoisting his infant son George W. Bush on his shoulde=
rs.
<BR>http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/travel/article/0,1426,MCA_532_986791,00.htm=
l
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2/17/02
<BR>Civil War history on auction block
<BR>Collection of letters fetches $11,500 in Rabun County auction.
<BR>http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/metro/0202/0217auction.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>The Barre Times 2/17/02
<BR>Will the 18=C2=BD-minute gap give up Nixon=E2=80=99s secrets?
<BR>http://timesargus.nybor.com/Story/42560.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Washington Post 02/17/02
<BR>Monumental Ambition
<BR>Presidential libraries are history and hagiography, archival mother lode=
s
<BR>and gift shops pushing star-spangled dish towels
<BR>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1441-2002Feb12.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 02/17/02
<BR>History's purloined prizes turn up for sale on Internet
<BR>By Marylynne Pitz, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
<BR>Stalking valuable documents in dusty records certainly lacks the machism=
o of poaching lions in Africa.
<BR>But in the genteel world of whitegloved archivists and poorly paid libra=
rians, slick thieves make fast, big profits selling stolen rare books, docum=
ents and autographs in relative anonymity on the Internet.
<BR>http://www.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20020217archives4.asp
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Austin American-Statesman 02/17/02
<BR>The Treasures of the Ransom Center
<BR>Welcome to Wonderland
<BR>From Alice to Scarlett O'Hara, millions of masterpieces reside at UT
<BR>http://www.austin360.com/aas/specialreports/ransom/17mainransom.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Austin American-Statesman 02/17/02
<BR>The Treasures of the Ransom Center
<BR>Where a book lover can be king
<BR>Ransom Center's castle of manuscripts is a good place to be for Thomas S=
taley
<BR>http://www.austin360.com/aas/specialreports/ransom/17staleyransom.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Austin American-Statesman 02/17/02
<BR>The Treasures of the Ransom Center
<BR>The who's who of world archives
<BR>Ransom Center among select group of research libraries
<BR>http://www.austin360.com/aas/specialreports/ransom/18compareransom.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>New York Times 02/17/02
<BR>Travel History for Sale, at Very Modern Prices
<BR>By ALAN COWELL
<BR>LONDON -- An exquisitely groomed Argentine woman from Gloucestershire wa=
s searching for a particular 1920's airplane propeller in bronze and wood as=
 a gift for her husband. An executive from New York was looking at ivory orn=
aments old enough to predate a ban on trade in such artifacts.
<BR>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/17/business/yourmoney/17VICA.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Lansing State Journal 02/18/02
<BR>MSU archivist aims to capture East Lansing's past in photos
<BR>Public asked to provide any unpublished images for upcoming publication
<BR>By Hugh Leach
<BR>Lansing State Journal
<BR>EAST LANSING - The author of a forthcoming pictorial history of East Lan=
sing is looking for help.=20
<BR>Whitney Miller, a Michigan State University archivist, is compiling pict=
ures for a book that will be part of the Arcadia Press "Images of America" s=
eries of pictorial &nbsp;histories of American cities.
<BR>http://www.lsj.com/news/local/020218_history_3b.html
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
<BR>pakurilecz@aol.com
<BR>Richmond, Va</FONT></HTML>

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