Another benefit of this book would be if people give us their photograph collections, if they realize we are a repository. They don't have to give them to us in their lifetime. They can will them to us. |
It is snobbery, basically, ... People think you would have to have a university education at least to write as he does. |
It's quite old. Perhaps 175 years old. |
Not just employing people, ... but arts, entertainment, recreation, the library, beautification projects (planting trees throughout town), mayor (for much of the 1880s). He had a finger in everything. |
That was the impetus behind writing it, was to have the collection be more accessible to more people, |
They were wealthy and there have to be more. |
We are trying to narrow down to the minimum that we feel we need before we put a cost out there. |
We even had discussions on chapters that didn't take place, like 'Lake Activities,' ... We combined that into entertainment. |
We've got kids who have problems in school, kids who've been abused, some kids that this is their last resort before going into foster care. Sometimes our talks in circle-ups (around campfires) are so heart-touching that we all cry. |