Published:
[The article discusses the fact that many
9/11 collections are in private hands and there are few well-funded
institutions to take the collections when the original collectors want/need to
donate them.]
The exact
number of such collections is unknown, but "there must be more than
100,000 people of one sort or another who have these materials," said
Althea Bernheim, a professional archivist who has been developing a database of
major ones for the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York, which has
resources for collectors at www.nycarchivists.org/surveyintro.html.
So far,
the Roundtable has identified more than 260 major repositories in a program
financed by
Barbara J. Niss
Levy Library,
(212) 241-7239
(212) 831-2625 (fax)
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