It's good to be reminded of how fragile our museums and libraries are. We need to keep reminding people that records are important and need to be cared for.
I teach a course in museums and this terrible thing is my example that museums need all the safety. It's not just war that destroys--is also neglect. I got so angry reading that the museum celebrated its 200th anniversary in June 2018 and not one official showed up. Then it burned 3 months later.
This is a major, preventable tragedy. Recordings, in the internet age, are easily preserved and proliferated. Where else are there repositories of such recordings, say, in Latin America, Africa and Asia? Every one is priceless. You are severely limited in your options for action, but the rest of us aren't. Tell us where the others might be, if you know, and let us take on the work.
I am an extraordinarily capable strategic planner, probably because I'm an ultra-high-functioning autistic. If I know where it is, I can create a plan to get recordings copied or sent elsewhere. My father was a fanatic about aviation, and had a tape-to-Betamax copying setup in his basement until he died. He thus preserved thousands of instructional material about older aircraft. Nearly 20 years later his work is still providing benefits.
I'm willing to donate and raise funds, do planning, try to resurrect my international rolodex, whatever it takes except travel. I have taken my last bus trip, plane ride, and ox-cart expedition (no joke on the last one).
In the U.S. a lot of troves like your father's have been found and added to national collections. Because I don't keep track of Brazil I don't know if there are individuals who kept things that might be donated to create a new museum. I searched the literature last night and found a few articles about international efforts. but nothing much to help. I am going to keep trying.
It's good to be reminded of how fragile our museums and libraries are. We need to keep reminding people that records are important and need to be cared for.
This was so terrible. There are some plans to start anew with items that were off site in storage but I couldn't find any comprehensive report.
Damn, day ruined already at 6AM
I teach a course in museums and this terrible thing is my example that museums need all the safety. It's not just war that destroys--is also neglect. I got so angry reading that the museum celebrated its 200th anniversary in June 2018 and not one official showed up. Then it burned 3 months later.
This is a major, preventable tragedy. Recordings, in the internet age, are easily preserved and proliferated. Where else are there repositories of such recordings, say, in Latin America, Africa and Asia? Every one is priceless. You are severely limited in your options for action, but the rest of us aren't. Tell us where the others might be, if you know, and let us take on the work.
I am an extraordinarily capable strategic planner, probably because I'm an ultra-high-functioning autistic. If I know where it is, I can create a plan to get recordings copied or sent elsewhere. My father was a fanatic about aviation, and had a tape-to-Betamax copying setup in his basement until he died. He thus preserved thousands of instructional material about older aircraft. Nearly 20 years later his work is still providing benefits.
I'm willing to donate and raise funds, do planning, try to resurrect my international rolodex, whatever it takes except travel. I have taken my last bus trip, plane ride, and ox-cart expedition (no joke on the last one).
In the U.S. a lot of troves like your father's have been found and added to national collections. Because I don't keep track of Brazil I don't know if there are individuals who kept things that might be donated to create a new museum. I searched the literature last night and found a few articles about international efforts. but nothing much to help. I am going to keep trying.
Thanks. I don’t know if my father’s trove can be found
Tragic.