Ed Murrow, eh? Hmmm, that's something to think about. Thanks for the good laugh, Peter, you have NO idea how much I needed one, just then. LOL. For Peter and the List, See http://www.nandotimes.com/nt/images/century/photos/century0275.html for the famous picture of President Truman and Lauren Bacall in 1945, simply credited at that site to AP. The piano now is in the Truman Lounge, see http://www.press.org/library06/archivesfaq.cfm I notice the Truman Library doesn't display the image of HST and Bacall on their website, stating it is "copyright restricted." See http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=18338 Any of you copyright experts out there (which I'm definitely not) able to explain why the Truman Library was careful not to post the pic but the other website (Nandotimes now appears to be defunct) was able to (or believed it could) display it? Just wondering, figure someone here would know. Maarja -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Cleaners On 8/17/06, Christina Hostetter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello List! As of January 1st the Truman Lounge (which is the only room in > the whole building where people can smoke) will become smoke free (yippee!) > That means all of the objects, walls, carpet, etc. will need to be cleaned > to get rid of the smoke smell and residue from almost 100 years of smoking > (luckily, most of the stuff in the room hasn't been there for 100 years). wouldn't the smoke and odor be considered an intrinsic part of the room and the materials. that would mean destroying the ambiance of the room used by journalists such as Ed Murrow? Rather than trying to clean the room and artifacts yourself you may want to considere hiring a company such as BMS-CAT who have expertise in cleaning up after fires (smoke is smoke). that said, you may also want to conduct a cost//benefit analysis to find out how much it will cost to do the remediation and how long? Would you really want to spend several hundreds of dollars or thousands on an artifact that has a low value? Unless the carpet is unique you may just want to totally replace including the padding underneath. Cleaning the carpet will not remove the odor that has sunk into the padding just some thoughts from an ex-smoker -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va 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]> ________________________________________________________________________ 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]>