I belong to the Mid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club which has established
the Radio History Society, a non-profit musuem, which is located at
George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
The Radio History Society
http://www.radiohistory.org/ is an IRS
501(c)(3) organization which can provide donors with a tax deduction.
A single friend of mine has decided that he will donate much of his
collection to RHS when he passes on as nobody in his family is
interested in old radio.
Anyway, I'd imagine CHAC and other organizations can offer help in
directing people to good homes for their gear.
Marty
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Subject: Eventual fate of our machines
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 10/7/98 11:09 AM
Has there been any discussion about the eventual fate of our collections
after we are gone?
My wife and I have discussed this at some length. I see three phases to
my collection.
Phase one: Active procurement (Present state)
My collection currently exists in a very unorganized state in my
basement. I have no real inventory list.
Phase two: Active display
Fully inventoried with a list of what works and what doesn't.
We've discussed the possiblity of setting up some sort of cybercafe to
help pay for maintaining the collection.
Phase three: Finding the collection a new home (After I'm gone)
This is the tough one. In the wrong hands the collection might
just go to a landfill and that would be a real shame. I have no kids so
there is no one to carry on the tradition. I shudder to think about the
eventual fate of all of our collections. Do we need a national repository
for all of this stuff?
Thoughts to ponder,
George
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George L. Rachor george_at_racsys.rt.rain.com
Beaverton, Oregon
http://racsys.rt.rain.com
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