[PRCo] Re: John Baxter

[Edward H. Lybarger]

We are, but there are limits to the detail.  Largely, we have good photo
coverage nationwide, and lots of "paper" (brochures, timetables and the
like).  Technical manuals, unless they are part of the Westinghouse or GE
collections, are usually referred to museums that might have more interest.

We can go crazy trying to be everything to everybody, and I've limited it to
the things that help us interpret PA's Trolley Era.  Just like school kids,
we compare and contrast!  But space is too dear to try and have it all.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Herb
Brannon
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:24 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: John Baxter

I thought PTM wanted to be a repository for all US transit interests ???
"Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net> wrote:  PTM does Pennsylvania
trackless material, but not Boston.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ken &
Tracie
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:21 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: John Baxter

I have willed all my Pennyslvania, Mid Atlantic and East Coast items to PTM.

I have my Cleaveland stuff in this group, at least for now.

The Midwestern stuff is willed to IRM. I will have to ask Ed if PTM wants my
Philly, Boston & Johnstown trackless trolley stuff. If not, it will go to
IRM.

The West Coast stuff, including the Southern California stuff, is currently
willed to the WRM. If I can get over my impression of OERM as being a
"railroad club" outfit and start viewing it as more of a serious museum, I
may leave my PE/LA stuff to their library.

That's where it stands now.

K.

P.S.- I plan to leave my St. Petersburg Tram models to PTM to auction for
funds. I may stipulate the proceeds go to blueprint preservation, something
Fred the Third mentioned to me a few years back. Document preservation has
always appealed to me, especially after actually holding an original set of
Oakland Bay Bridge blueprints in my gloved hands........WOW!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Boris Cefer" 
To: 

Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: John Baxter


> This brings me to a question what will eventually happen to personal 
> collections of each of us when we die one day. Some of us are unusual 
> in some manner and others (read mostly youngsters who live in a 
> different
> period) won't understand the spirit and the importance of some items 
> in our inventory.
>
> Boris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Swindler" 
> To: 

> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:32 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: John Baxter
>
>
>
> I too have artifacts from John Baxter pertaining to both PRC and PAT 
> that need to end up in the PTM archives. I need to do an inventory for 
> Ed to determine what would be useful.
>
> Generally unknown Friday is that two wrapped packages went into Ed's 
> truck.
> They originally came from John and had been "stored" in the Washington 
> area for some 40 years. Some things just take awhile to end up at the 
> PTM archives. (:>)
>
> And 4398 has a Washington city roll sign at one end. That also came 
> out of John Baxter's basement many years ago by way of McMurray.
>
> As I told Chick Siebert a couple times, it is a team effort. His 
> generation saved the 'stuff'; my generation needs to preserve it for 
> the future.
>
> John S.
>
> 








Herb Brannon
   
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