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Hi, Wendy. I believe the worst losses of private collections are probably undocumented. The dumpster is the natural enemy of private collections. When collectors die without arranging for disposition of their collections, the task of cleaning out their living spaces falls to those (relatives, court-appointed personnel or others) who view the collection as just a lot of old junk to be got rid of as fast as possible. I have seen it happen many times, and those who would be interested in salvaging the collection never even learn about what happened until way too late. It's a serious issue that needs discussion and as much consciousness-raising as possible. Best, John Haley On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Sistrunk, Wendy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi, All, > > And to complete the picture, I would like to see if we can compile a short > list of disasters than have befallen personal, private collections. Some of > these personal collections are/have been irreplaceable. Heirs throwing > stuff away we already know about. > > I guess the message is: look after your stuff as best as may be. > > ~ Wendy > > - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - > Wendy Sistrunk, Librarian III > Head, Special Formats Metadata & Cataloging > University of Missouri--Kansas City > Miller Nichols Library, 5100 Rockhill Road > Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 > phone: (816) 235-5291 fax: (816) 333-5584 > [log in to unmask] > http://s.web.umkc.edu/sistrunkw/ > - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - = - > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joel Bresler > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2015 7:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Disasters at Commercial Archives > > Dear Friends: > > I would like to assemble a short list of disasters (and near-disasters) > that have befallen multimedia archives. Any help building a short list > would be much appreciated. To get us started: > > MGM and Atlantic labels lost holdings in a fire In 1996 a movie lot fire > almost demolished the MCA audio archive RCA bulldozed a warehouse in > Camden, NJ in the 1960s, with master recordings and other materials still > inside > > (These examples from: "Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed > Our Cultural Rights" by Bill Ivey > > Destruction of Odeon masters at the end of WWII. > > Thanks in advance, > > Joel > > > Joel Bresler > 250 E. Emerson Road > Lexington, MA 02420 > United States > > 1-781-862-4104 (Telephone & FAX) > www.joelbresler.org > [log in to unmask] > IN CASE OF VERIZON EMAIL PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE MY BACK-UP EMAIL: > joelbresler-at-gmail.com >