[Board-2017] Gift to Portsmouth Athenaeum

[Jeremy Small]

David,

You have my support.

Jeremy

On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Michael Coffey <coffemj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> David, you have my support
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 12, 2017, at 10:52 AM, DAVID WAJDA <dswajda at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Fellow Board Members -
>
> Sorry to bother everyone prior to our annual meeting this evening, but I
> just received a call from Carolyn Marvin who works for the Portsmouth
> Athenaeum. She informed me that our original Record Books on Deposit to them
> in June 1993 and additional folders of slides, photos and negatives of
> ship's figures added January 1996 were signed in under "loan" not gift in
> Lot # MS 047. Our current items were accepted as a "gift" and will be kept
> under archival conditions and available to anyone with permission to view.
> The older items (1993 and 1996) are gifted and do not fall under that
> category of protection. She discovered the discrepancy when she attempted to
> add our new items to the old Lot #..
>
>
> When we voted for the giving the Guest Book, Ledger (1943) and Ballot Box, I
> thought we were donating them to the Athenaeum for safe keeping rather than
> have them be destroyed through the coming years. If you are in agreement, I
> would like the board to vote that Lot # MS 047 be changed from "Loan" to
> "Gift" status for the protection of all the record books. The items were
> three (3) Record Books of Annual Meetings (1898-1988) and nine (9) Record
> Books of Officers and Director Meetings (1911-1992) .
>
>
> I thank you for your consideration and await your response.
>
>
> David
>
>



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Jeremy Small
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