<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 6:59 AM Carl wrote:</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4872913759645645297">
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Do you think they would take our N&W records?</div>
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The Library of Virginia collects manuscripts, records, and digital artifacts from a variety of sources. In a report about recent acquisitions, this was included:</div>
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</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Someone above my pay grade would need to address this in more detail, but probably not. I was surprised that the library accepted this collection. A number of years ago there was a push to improve coordination between multiple historical groups in Roanoke and beyond. The N&W Historical Society was tagged as the best custodian of records -- paper, maps, drawings, other media, etc. The Virginia Museum of Transportation was tagged as the collection of static displays (and the J) and the Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS was tagged as the restorer and operator of moveable equipment. As such, the latter two organizations unloaded all their "paper" onto the NWHS. Included in this process was a transfer of materials from the Library of Virginia. The society is still wading through the "windfall" from this effort.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Of course, it hasn't panned out perfectly. When Norfolk Southern shut down the East End Shops, the society was forced to pack up and vacate the archives space in GOB East. However, a large portion of the N&W records were not passed on to the society (mostly the records that had been sent to Virginia Tech, then called back) but sent to the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. This included early minute and record ledgers, records from all the predecessor railroads (minute books, etc.), and correspondence files from early N&W presidents -- Kimball and Johnson.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ken and other officers are welcome to expand/update/correct my impressions of what has transpired.</div><br></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Bruce in Blacksburg</span><br><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font>________________________________________<br><a href="mailto:NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org" target="_blank">NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org</a><br>To change your subscription go to<br><a href="http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list</a><br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br><div class="msg4872913759645645297">
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