[PADG:2068] DIS-CONTINUE Re: Suddenly Seeking Substance

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From: Fox, Lisa <Foxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <padg@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:57 AM
Subject: [PADG:2028] Re: Suddenly Seeking Substance


Nancy's reply reminds me of a similar newspaper article on one of our
projects. An LA Times reporter recently spent two days (along with a
photographer) in St. Louis working on a story on the slave freedom suits
we've discovered in conjunction with our Save America's Treasures project.
Several got conservation treatment at CCAHA & Richard Baker Conservation;
all have been digitized and are available on our website
http://stlcourtrecords.wustl.edu/index.cfm. In the coming months, they'll
also be microfilmed. The story, "Cries for Freedom Still Ring," appeared in
the March 18 issue.

By Stephanie Simon
Times Staff Writer
March 18 2003
Visit Latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com

It has the typical inaccuracies (we do NOT remove wax seals; and the
historians at Wash.U. certainly weren't the ones who got the files onto the
Web). But overall, I'm quite pleased with the story though and find it
pretty powerful.

The story is in the LA Times http://www.latimes.com archive, which now costs
$2.95 for the article. Or, if you're interested, I can mail you a decent
photocopy.

Lisa

Lisa L. Fox
Missouri State Archives
P. O. Box 1747
Jefferson City, MO  65102
   foxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
   http://www.sos.state.mo.us/records/
   (573) 526-3866
   Fax:  573-526-3867

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Marrelli [mailto:nmareli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:29 AM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Subject: [PADG:2025] Re: Suddenly Seeking Substance


The article "Buried Treasures" appeared in the Washington Post May 18
- it is available  online--alas, sans photos - at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57798-2003May15.html

It's and excellent (though long) magazine cover story (by Mary
Battiata) on preservation of photographs.  It focuses primarily on
the Iron Mountain Pennsylvania storage facility and the Corbis
Collection, but also deals with some broader issues.  It is the kind
of dramatic hit-home story that I think you are looking for.  You
might be able to do some cut and paste to create a shortened version
as one of the pieces in your package.  It is a well-written piece
targeted for the non-professional.  It is properly researched and not
full of errors.

Nancy Marrelli
Concordia University Archives
Montreal