(I'll be challenged here I suppose.) We inherited our father's collection of almanacs. Many thousands from many regions, states, and publisher's themes back to the late 1700's. He bragged about having the largest private collection in existence. He held an executive position with USDA, so I put a lot of credibility to his claim. Now I need to decide whether to keep these packed away in banker-boxes forever or find a proper home for them. Dad deeply believed in the preservation of history via literature. This is only one of his accumulations of old literature and relevant "items", but is the topic at hand on this site. I would appreciate wiser opinions than my "guesses" at how to handle these. Out of the dozen's, if not hundred of titles one special title, according to Dad, is the Ayer's American ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË, Lowell, Mass circa 1853-1925, was his special complete set (for reasons I don't recall) while many others were of varying degrees of "completeness". Again, any wise guidance is appreciated.
(I'll be challenged here I suppose.) We inherited our father's collection of almanacs. Many thousands from many regions, states, and publisher's themes back to the late 1700's. He bragged about having the largest private collection in existence. He held an executive position with USDA, so I put a lot of credibility to his claim. Now I need to decide whether to keep these packed away in banker-boxes forever or find a proper home for them. Dad deeply believed in the preservation of history via literature. This is only one of his accumulations of old literature and relevant "items", but is the topic at hand on this site. I would appreciate wiser opinions than my "guesses" at how to handle these. Out of the dozen's, if not hundred of titles one special title, according to Dad, is the Ayer's American ÃÛÌÒÁµÈË, Lowell, Mass circa 1853-1925, was his special complete set (for reasons I don't recall) while many others were of varying degrees of "completeness". Again, any wise guidance is appreciated.