Please find a home for them! Once trashed they do no good for anyone.
These kinds of primary resources are a goldmine for anyone studying
history, literature, material culture, historic anthropology, sociology,
etc. High school or even elementary school teachers who want to provide
their students with a hands-on experience with historic documents would
probably love to have them. Yes, scholars and researchers know where to
find complete issues, either in their original form or in their digital
form, but these bits and pieces still have value.
For another example, while I absolutely love projects that have
digitized masses of material, like Google Books, Making of America, or
Accessible Archives, copyright and access issues are still important for
those who want to undertake small, focused digitization projects. Having
access to an original item that is in the public domain makes those
kinds of projects possible. (At least they will be as long as the Google
legislation doesn't go through as it now stands.)
On a personal note, if anyone has 'bits and bobs' from publications from
between 1849 and 1863 that include fiction, I'd be happy to give them a
good home.
- Hope
Laurie Taylor wrote:
Well, I just so hate to throw anything out that might have any little tidbit
of historical value. Goes right along with being an incorrigible packrat.
Yes, they're mine. I can do what I want...but it's not easy to toss out
parts!
I too sometimes get sucked into the fiction, not often, but it is
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