Maynard Historical Society Podcast #6

“Priorities” – Dave Griffin discusses how we will be prioritizing the cataloging and digitization efforts.  We are faced with processing thousands of items in the existing collection and they represent a wide variety of conditions and importance to the Society’s collection.

To show some of the challenges of prioritization, two boxes recently found in the Collection are used as examples.

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These are some photographs of items mentioned in the podcast:

The “Doll’s Suitcase” (from the estate of Eva Edwards):

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The box containing important documents from the Albert E. Batley family:

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1905 Maynard News front page describes the tragic Baker Bridge train accident:

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Thanks for listening!  Happy New Year.

Link: New England Document Conservation Center (NEDCC)

Music: Ella Fitzgerald, © 2002 The Verve Music Group

About Dave Griffin

President, Maynard Historical Society Member, Maynard Historical Commission
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