Cuyler,  Putney Historical Society doesn't have any typewriters, nor do we
want any at this time.

I don't have a title for you but I do happen to have an ancient typewriter
in the cellar if you need another.  Maybe old typewriters and canners
should be put in the "expendable" box for the kids to handle and google at.

The president of our historical society is working for an outfit called
"Flow of History" which is putting together kits of things such as this to
send to schools for education.  A lot of what she is using is scanned
copies of old papers though.  I think they do have a website if you're
interested.  Something like, flowofhistory.org.  Ruth



At 11:39 PM -0800 12/29/04, Cuyler Page wrote:
>> Cuyler,  I didn't know you had been working at Putney Historical
>> Society!!!!!  We haven't found any things quite like you describe but
>then,
>> we've just begun to scratch the surface.
>
>If it itches, scratch it!
>
>We are blessed in Canada with a Federal organization called the Canadian
>Conservation Institute (CCI), that, among other things, provides free or
>subsidized consultations and short courses on all sorts of great stuff for
>dealing with artefacts and artefarts.   Their publications offer a lot of
>great information, if a bit conservative in approach.   For example, they do
>not recognize the effectiveness of electronic pest repellers because they do
>not think it worth testing them.   Old world thinking, but most of their
>stuff is great.
>
>Maybe we could do historical pollen analysis in the layers of eco-dust in
>our museums.   Now there's an article for a museum association journal.
>
>Do you have a lot of typewriters?   They are usually the biggest joke makers
>when museum folk out here get together.   I am about to mount a special
>exhibit with all our golden oldies.   Looking for an exhibit title.  Whoever
>suggests the winning name gets a credit on the exhibit recognition sign.
>We have every kind of keyboard from the first 1800's Remington to the first
>(1981) Texas Instrument personal computer.
>
>Cheers,
>Cuyler
>
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