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Re: Advice needed



Out of curiosity, what was this former underling/present overlord's
particular problem with releasing the photos then or now?

--On Thursday, September 07, 2000, 4:42 PM -0400 Thomas Berry
<tberry@WCNET.ORG> wrote:

> We just received a very nice collection of about 20,000 photographs that
> pose a bit of a problem.
>
> One of our members, identified as Mr. X, does a lot of contract
> photography for heavy equipment manufacturers. He also solicits and
> accepts donations of records for us. Around 1995, while being shown
> around the factory of one his clients (Y&Z Inc.), Mr. X found these
> photographs in a cabinet marked for disposition (i.e., landfill). He did
> some fast negotiating with the plant manager, who released them to him.
> However, one of the manager's assistants apparently took exception to the
> photos going anywhere but the dump. This chap's objections were
> overruled, and our man took the photos home (1,500 miles from the plant),
> where he stored them until I picked them up last month.
>
> In the intervening years, the plant manager who released the photos to
> Mr. X retired, and the new manager is the fellow who was so unhappy about
> the photos being saved. Mr. X says that this gentleman could cause him,
> his business relationship with Y&Z Inc. and, potentially, us some
> problems if he's reminded of what happened in 1995, so he advised me to
> use discretion in announcing the donation publicly. He received the
> photos legitimately, on the authority of the former manager, but nothing
> was ever put in writing that he knows of. No paperwork was ever done on
> our end either until I got them in the door here, as all this occured
> before I started here; in fact, I didn't know these circumstances until
> Mr. X explained them to me in reply to my e-mailing him a rough draft of
> my initial description of the collection.
>
> Mr. X says the former plant manager's name shouldn't be cited in our
> documentation or publicity for the donation, as he (the former manager)
> was aware of his future replacement's problems with the situation. Nor
> does Mr. X want the specifics of the donation (i.e., what the photos were
> used for) publicized, for fear of getting the new manager riled up again
> should word get back to him that we have them. He even has reservations
> about citing the Y&Z Inc. name on it, but he doesn't want to take all the
> glory for it himself either.
>
> Just to keep matters interesting, the new plant manager is also on our
> vice-president's list of contacts as a potential funding source.
>
> With all that in mind, how should the collection be identified, who should
> be credited as the donor, and how should it be acknowledged in our
> magazine?
>
> All advice is welcomed and appreciated.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Thomas Berry, Archivist
> Historical Construction Equipment Association
> 16623 Liberty Hi Road
> Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
> Phone 419-352-5616
> Fax 419-352-6086
> tberry@wcnet.org
> http://www.bigtoy.com
>
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