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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
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