Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] QSL archival

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Library at the University of MD is the CPRV collection, so that's not an alternative.

I recall also that Jerry Starr has/had a few collections which were not donated to CPRV,
and I am not sure whether Ron Musco may also have a couple.

My personal collection is, like many of the same era, more than half 'routine' stations. At
most 20-25% of mine are of any lasting interest, although I haven't gone through them and
culled them to date.

And on a similar note, I have a large quantity of recorded ID's - as do a number of others -
which I have no idea what to do with. A good number of the more recent ones are GY 
stations, some of which are rare. I have no idea what to do with those either, as I'm still
nowhere near going through all of my recordings from the NJ years either....


Russ Edmunds
15 mi NNW of Philadelphia  
Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>



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On Sat, 3/15/14, Marc DeLorenzo <midcapemarc@xxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival
 To: am@xxxxxxxxxxx
 Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 9:16 AM
 
 
 Bob (and
 others) -
 
  
 
  
 
 This is definitely a subject that concerns me and I
 have given it quite a bit of thought.  Unfortunately, I
 do not have a solution.  As you mentioned, the CPRV
 (Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications,) headed by Jerry
 Berg in Lexington, MA, accepted QSL collections for many
 years.  However, if they are no longer accepting any
 collections, we obviously need to find another source. 
 Equally important as QSL cards & verification letters
 are audio recordings (mostly .mp3 these days) that should
 also be preserved and archived somewhere.  The obvious
 question is where.  I do recall a DXer a few years ago
 who mentioned that a library at the University of Maryland
 was willing to accept our collections.  I'm not
 sure who that person was - possibly Jerry Berg
 himself, Bill Harms who lives in Maryland, or someone
 else.  At any rate, I'm sure that there are many of
 us Boomers, now in our 60's and early 70's, who
 would like to see our collections preserved and not thrown
 out in the trash after we pass.  I hope that anyone who
 has any information to share on this subject will come
 forward.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 Marc DeLorenzo 
 
 South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
 
 
  http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -----Original Message-----
 
 From: rfoxwor1 <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
 To: am <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; irca
 <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 
 Sent: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:08 am
 
 Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re:  [IRCA] More on
 mergers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I'd like to start a
 thread about verification archival, if I may,
 which I suppose is somewhat distantly related to the merger
 thread.
 I was around in the 1960's and actually still have some
 of the
 material that circulated by mail back then. But that's
 not why
 I write now.
 
 Any of us who were around in the 60's realize the age
 issues that
 we face. I had registered my QSL collection with the CPRV
 archival
 service in 1989, but still have my QSL's today. They
 fairly comfortably
 fit into two standard briefcases. The "good ones"
 along with the mundane.
 
 On August 15 of last year I got a letter from CPRV saying in
 effect that
 was no more interest in acquiring new collections because of
 so much
 overlap with existing material. I can understand this,
 it's a hard
 argument to refute.
 
 In my own case I'd estimate that I have maybe 20 to 30
 verifications
 that have significant archival interest. The rest of them
 (hundreds)
 are just like the 1 kw daytimers 500 miles away I used to
 hear at 6 AM
 sign-on with regularity.
 
 
 The consequence of this is there is no longer any means for
 me to seek
 archival of the maybe 20 verifications I really care about
 as they are
 regarded the same as the 1 kw daytimer sign-on from 500
 miles away
 verie that already has been submitted and
 'registered' by others.
 
 As I see it, I no longer have any means to archive _any_ of
 the QSL's I have.
 This includes such as the 2-page letter I got from VSZ-1
 Tarawa in 1971
 which I really think has archival value. Or correspondence
 from Radio Swan
 on 1160 in 1960.
 
 No one I know would have any interest in spending all the
 time it would take
 to parse them out onto eBay. As it stands, on my passing (I
 am 71) all
 this material would be thrown out, unless I can find a
 recipient during
 my lifetime.
 
 Is anyone thinking about this?
 
 - Bob Foxworth
 
 
 
 ---- Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
 wrote: 
 > In an earlier post, I had made mention that I
 didn't see that a merger would 
 happen except out of necessity
 
 
 
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