Re: [IRCA] QSL Preservation, etc

[JPOGUE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I was in the Baltimore area in 2000, and took the opportunity to visit 
the UMD/CPRV QSL collection. At the time, the cards and letters were 
essentially in Manila folders and filing cabinet drawers with just a 
very minimal effort done to sort and categorize them. The temp/humidity 
was controlled but little else. This may have improved since then, but 
the visit was rather disheartening at the time. I got to see QSLs with 
names like August Balbi and others on them, so it was worth it to me 
just to touch such a fantastic bit of treasure like that.

Jim Pogue
Memphis, TN

----- Original Message -----
From: David Hochfelder <xxmugginsxx@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 9:52 am
Subject: [IRCA] QSL Preservation, etc
To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> I've been out of town for about a week, so I'm chiming in late on this
> issue.
> 
> I have no firsthand knowledge of Jerry Berg or the CPRV, their 
> collection,preservation, and access policies.  That being said, if 
> UMD has the QSL
> collection, I'm sure they are using good archival practices to ensure
> preservation and access.  I'm sure if anyone made an appointment 
> to see the
> material, they would be happy to have you come in, make your own 
> scans or
> photocopies, or do the scanning and copying for you for a small 
> fee.  It
> would be wonderful if they scanned them all in and made them available
> online, but research libraries don't have the resources to scan 
> all their
> collections.
> 
> So at least the QSLs are being preserved properly and are 
> accessible to
> visitors.
> 
> Dave
> 
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