This message is posted for a colleague; please reply to: [log in to unmask] Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- My name is Albert Steg, a film archivist living in Cambridge. I recently responded to an advertisement about a local business (EMF Electronics) that is moving and had film materials available, and discovered that the owner had a large quantity of Home Movies (100+ 400' reels) taken by his father, which he could no longer store. I have arranged for these films to be donated to Northeast Historic Film in Maine. The owner of these materials also has a very large number of 35mm slides packed in the old rectangular cases stacked in milk crates -- about 6 milk crates worth! Northeast Historic Film does not handle this sort of material, so I am wondering whether there is another archive, museum or library, ideally in the Boston area that might be interested in taking these on. I can't say much about the content except that the man who took them traveled quite a bit, and obviously took a lot of pictures and movies. The slides have not been stored in ideal conditions, so the images may have faded (though the Kodachrome films I glanced at looked quite wonderful. Any offers of interest in this material by a non-profit organization would be welcome. I think this is "do or die" time for this material -- they will likely wind up in a dumpster unless they can find a home. The receiving organization would need to arrange pick up or transport of this material. Yours truly, Albert Steg Cambridge, MA 585-944-7319 [log in to unmask] 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]>