The Library at the University of MD is the CPRV collection, so that's not an alternative.
I recall also that Jerry Starr has/had a few collections which were not donated to CPRV, and I am not sure whether Ron Musco may also have a couple. My personal collection is, like many of the same era, more than half 'routine' stations. At most 20-25% of mine are of any lasting interest, although I haven't gone through them and culled them to date. And on a similar note, I have a large quantity of recorded ID's - as do a number of others - which I have no idea what to do with. A good number of the more recent ones are GY stations, some of which are rare. I have no idea what to do with those either, as I'm still nowhere near going through all of my recordings from the NJ years either.... Russ Edmunds 15 mi NNW of Philadelphia Grid FN20id <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 3/15/14, Marc DeLorenzo <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 9:16 AM Bob (and others) - This is definitely a subject that concerns me and I have given it quite a bit of thought. Unfortunately, I do not have a solution. As you mentioned, the CPRV (Committee to Preserve Radio Verifications,) headed by Jerry Berg in Lexington, MA, accepted QSL collections for many years. However, if they are no longer accepting any collections, we obviously need to find another source. Equally important as QSL cards & verification letters are audio recordings (mostly .mp3 these days) that should also be preserved and archived somewhere. The obvious question is where. I do recall a DXer a few years ago who mentioned that a library at the University of Maryland was willing to accept our collections. I'm not sure who that person was - possibly Jerry Berg himself, Bill Harms who lives in Maryland, or someone else. At any rate, I'm sure that there are many of us Boomers, now in our 60's and early 70's, who would like to see our collections preserved and not thrown out in the trash after we pass. I hope that anyone who has any information to share on this subject will come forward. Marc DeLorenzo South Dennis, Cape Cod, Massachusetts http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?228-DeLorenzo-s-Classic-DX -----Original Message----- From: rfoxwor1 <[email protected]> To: am <[email protected]>; irca <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Mar 15, 2014 8:08 am Subject: [NRC-AM] QSL archival -was- Re: [IRCA] More on mergers I'd like to start a thread about verification archival, if I may, which I suppose is somewhat distantly related to the merger thread. I was around in the 1960's and actually still have some of the material that circulated by mail back then. But that's not why I write now. Any of us who were around in the 60's realize the age issues that we face. I had registered my QSL collection with the CPRV archival service in 1989, but still have my QSL's today. They fairly comfortably fit into two standard briefcases. The "good ones" along with the mundane. On August 15 of last year I got a letter from CPRV saying in effect that was no more interest in acquiring new collections because of so much overlap with existing material. I can understand this, it's a hard argument to refute. In my own case I'd estimate that I have maybe 20 to 30 verifications that have significant archival interest. The rest of them (hundreds) are just like the 1 kw daytimers 500 miles away I used to hear at 6 AM sign-on with regularity. The consequence of this is there is no longer any means for me to seek archival of the maybe 20 verifications I really care about as they are regarded the same as the 1 kw daytimer sign-on from 500 miles away verie that already has been submitted and 'registered' by others. As I see it, I no longer have any means to archive _any_ of the QSL's I have. This includes such as the 2-page letter I got from VSZ-1 Tarawa in 1971 which I really think has archival value. Or correspondence from Radio Swan on 1160 in 1960. No one I know would have any interest in spending all the time it would take to parse them out onto eBay. As it stands, on my passing (I am 71) all this material would be thrown out, unless I can find a recipient during my lifetime. Is anyone thinking about this? - Bob Foxworth ---- Russ Edmunds <[email protected]> wrote: > In an earlier post, I had made mention that I didn't see that a merger would happen except out of necessity _______________________________________________ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? [email protected] Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? [email protected] Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! 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