RAIN 060619 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. City archive room holds treasures of North Port's history Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte,FL,USA Heavy, red leather tomes: one holding the Municipal Court Docket for the City of North Port Charlotte (as the city was formerly known), another containing ... <http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/061906/np10.htm?date=061906&story =np10.htm> Josh Gibson's legacy safe at home Monessen Valley Independent - Monessen,PA,USA ... photographs of Negro League players in action, copies of period documents and original news clippings, said Danita Greaser, assistant archivist and curator at ... <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/news/s_458633.html> Witness: City Hall secretary shredded hiring records ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA ... patronage trial of Robert Sorich that he ordered her to destroy records that contained ... jury, "I just remember him coming in and saying I should shred files. ... <http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4286698> Condos possible archives site The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA ... Committee has decided to recommend Northampton County purchase or construct a building as close to the courthouse as possible for a new archives center. <http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1150690283 129280.xml&coll=2> A victory for open-records laws Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA In a reporter's request for information, state open-records laws triumph over federal laws that keep personal health information private, a Texas appeals court ... <http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/06/17opinion.ht ml> Hundreds of local residents information left in an open dumpster WHEC-TV - Rochester,NY,USA ... He claimed he had no idea what files we were talking about and said ... for businesses to dispose of personal identification information without shredding it first ... <http://www.10nbc.com/news.asp?template=item&story_id=19284> Checks and Balance Sheets of a City's History Inventory Project Of Riggs Archive Underway in D.C. By Michael E. Ruane Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 20, 2006; Page A01 On Aug. 28, 1861, a month after the Union Army's disastrous defeat at the first Battle of Bull Run, President Abraham Lincoln sat down and wrote out a Riggs Bank check for $3 to "Mr. Johns (a sick man)." <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR200606 1901493.html?referrer=emailarticle> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>