March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum
March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum
March 2011 Main Line vol3 No1 copy - the Seashore Trolley Museum
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Planning For <strong>the</strong> Future –<br />
The Library Committee was at Lowell, MA for <strong>the</strong> second consecutive time with our <strong>March</strong><br />
12, <strong>2011</strong> committee meeting being held in <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong> Visitorʼs Center of The National Park<br />
Serviceʼs Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, MA. We had ano<strong>the</strong>r good turnout for<br />
both <strong>the</strong> meeting and <strong>the</strong> subsequent working group. The room was again a very good<br />
meeting space and <strong>the</strong> NPS staff were most pleasant.<br />
As mentioned in earlier issues of The <strong>Main</strong> <strong>Line</strong> JNB & Associates are working on <strong>the</strong><br />
capital fundraising feasibility study as part of <strong>the</strong> new library project. JNB has undertaken<br />
initial analysis in support of information collection and have just delivered a draft statement<br />
of need to NEERHS for review. This document will be reviewed to provide feedback for<br />
<strong>the</strong> final version. In <strong>the</strong> meantime, JNB is working on building a potential interviewee list<br />
consisting of foundations and national, museum and library donors, and of course with<br />
specific attention to any who have given to transportation (especially trolley and train)<br />
related activities. In <strong>the</strong> near future JNB will be interviewing <strong>the</strong> Trustees so as to identify<br />
and answer any questions and concerns that <strong>the</strong>y may have about <strong>the</strong> process. The<br />
Committee and <strong>the</strong> Trustees as well as o<strong>the</strong>r NEERHS members will be asked for names<br />
of any folks <strong>the</strong>y believe we should interview during <strong>the</strong> feasibility study. We have all<br />
come across <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory everyone is within six degrees of separation of anyone else on<br />
earth and this <strong>the</strong>ory was expressed in <strong>the</strong> mid 1920s - with <strong>the</strong> almost infinite expansion<br />
of electronic communication and interaction we are probably closer than that. So, should<br />
you be asked to suggest potential interviewees, or should you ultimately be one, please<br />
remember that, in addition to ourselves, we really all do know someone or know someone<br />
who knows someone who could offer sound insight.<br />
Funding-<br />
As part of <strong>the</strong> Strategic Plan initiated in 2009 <strong>the</strong> NEERHS is developing a Capital<br />
Fundraising Program to support <strong>the</strong> libraryʼs construction and operation. The Feasibility<br />
Study as discussed above is part of that process.<br />
The NEERHS Grants Committee is looking into o<strong>the</strong>r near and longer term grant<br />
possibilities for <strong>the</strong> Library. Library Committee member Herb Pence is a member of <strong>the</strong><br />
Grants Committee which also includes Phil Morse and NEERHS VP Development Steve<br />
McIssac.<br />
The Library Committee, in support of our activities at York County Community College and<br />
in conjunction with YCCC, has recently applied for two grants in support of <strong>the</strong> ongoing<br />
preservation efforts of photographic materials, especially those concerning <strong>the</strong> OR<br />
Cummings collection. If received, one grant will provide an intern to create an online<br />
exhibit at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Main</strong>e Memory Network to be entitled: A Virtual <strong>Trolley</strong> Tour of <strong>Main</strong>e - (June<br />
1, <strong>2011</strong> - August 30, <strong>2011</strong>). The second is also to provide intern hours to digitize <strong>the</strong> O.R.<br />
Cummings Photograph Collection, 44 albums of 4000 photographs and postcards - (June