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<font size=3>Hi Joe,<br><br>
welcome to the group. <br><br>
Not that I am going to show up on your doorstep, but where is your
collection physically located? Is it possible for people to
see the materials you have collected?<br><br>
Henry<br><br>
At 12:08 PM 9/24/2008, ommail@cox.net wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Greetings All.<br><br>
Chris Lepine was kind enough to email me, and let me know about this
list. Some people I know personally, some only by reputation, and
some not at all. I just wanted to give a big Hi to everyone, and
thank you to the moderators of the mailing list.<br><br>
Some background on me:<br><br>
I'm Joe Garrity, and I run a (horribly incomplete) website called The
Origin Museum. I specialize in preserving and archiving gaming
artifacts related to Origin Systems. My experiences in game
preservation are varied, but I don't like to think of myself as an
'expert'. I will be asking many questions during my time here, and
I hope that folks are nice enough to share their knowledgebase, and give
advice.<br>
Mostly, my focus is on preserving the physical artifacts--game boxes and
manuals, design documentation, artwork, props, promotional material,
etc. Some of the Museum's accomplishments can be found on our
website--take a look, and you'll see what I mean:<br>
<a href="http://www.originmuseum.net/accomp.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.originmuseum.net/accomp.htm</a><br><br>
On the digital front, I was recently involved in a joint-effort with the
Wing Commander News guys, to archive what was left of EA's holdings of
Origin (as Chris reported last month). It was a real blast to be a
part of that effort, and I certainly learned a lot about digital
archiving.<br><br>
well, I hope that I can do my part in way of game preservation. If
anyone thinks that I can help with any projects, or needs info on the
Museum's collection, I'm always glad to provide.<br><br>
"...Preserving Worlds..."<br>
Joe Garrity<br>
Origin Museum<br>
<a href="http://www.originmuseum.net/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.originmuseum.net</a><br>
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Henry Lowood, Ph.D.<br>
Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections;<br>
Film & Media Collections<br>
HRG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall<br>
Stanford University Libraries<br>
Stanford CA 94305-6004<br>
650-723-4602; lowood@stanford.edu;
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