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Ben Rogers on the state of Mae Brussells archive: Please read
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I just received the following message from Ben. Please let him know that even without Mae's personal correspondence, The archive needs to be accessible to the public. Thanks, Kara

"Friends of John Judge,



Marilyn has encouraged me to keep moving forward on this project because it meant so much to John. This is an update on the latest developments toward moving the Mae Brussell papers from California to Waco.


Since my visit to Fremont CA in June to inspect the Mae Brussell papers at the home of Bob and Virginia McCullough, I have been working with Mae's daughter to secure a signed Gift Receipt to transfer the papers to Baylor. We cannot move them without a signed document.

Unfortunately, in my last exchange, the family requested that after we move the papers, our staff would remove all correspondence from/to Mae Brussell, all handwritten and typed analysis notes, , book drafts and outlines of Mae Brussell, photographs and documents pertaining to the family. In earlier conversations, we had talked about returning any personal family materials. Now with the addition of correspondence, analysis notes, book drafts and photographs, what would this leave of research value?

Having seen the materials, what would be left would be mostly photocopies of magazine articles and newspaper clippings. So I'm conflicted about the value of the large cost of moving the papers and then going through them looking for materials we need to return to the family. Would what is left be of interest to researchers if it is mostly magazine articles and news clippings? Isn't what researchers hoped for were her analysis notes and correspondence?

Nevertheless, I am still in touch with Mae's family and hope they see the value of leaving the materials together. Our library cannot devote one to two years processing materials that we are going to return to the donor. Neither would it be a good use of the resources which you have donated to move papers with decreased research value. So stay tuned. When there is a working agreement with the family, I'll let you know. I haven't given up yet.

If you know other researchers interested in this project, please forward this update to them.
Ben
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Ben Rogers on the state of Mae Brussells archive: Please read - by Kara Dellacioppa - 15-08-2014, 12:20 AM

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