[AT] Cecil Monson

[charlie hill]

Larry,  I would like to have the archive that Cecil kept of messages from 
the rest of us.  That along with the messages he wrote would be priceless.

I have a lot of messages from Cecil and a picture that Lucille took of Cecil 
and me somewhere on an old hard drive.  It works and I have it in an 
external case.  I don't know how long it will take me to search through it 
and find what I want.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Cecil Monson


> This email may be viewed as being Off Topic, but be assured that I mean
> no disrespect in what I'm asking or suggesting.
>
> Rob, your comments remind me of the problem libraries and museums are
> wrestling with; namely, How do you archive materials that are "born
> digital".  Many of us saved emails from Cecil over the years, and it
> would be a nice memory for us to have them available in some form.  Both
> the ALA (American Library Association) and IMLS (Institute of Museum and
> Library Services) are trying to come to grips with how to preserve
> materials that never existed in print form.  Obviously, they can simply
> be saved to a CD-ROM, but the question is: What format should the
> messages be in?  Current thinking is focusing on the possibility that
> PDF format may be the most universal for the time being, but regardless
> of the format that is chosen, migration of the materials from format to
> format is something that has to be considered.
>
> Cecil's comments to us over the years could be considered in the same
> category as oral history is to genealogists.  It would be nice to have a
> collection of his messages available in some form and at some location.
> Such a collection would require that someone take the interest and
> initiative to do it, and it would require some sort of clearing house or
> repository for gathering them all together.  Is this something that ATIS
> can do?
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Rob Gray
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 11:25 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Cecil Monson
>
> I've been on the list since '95 and I had kept many of the e-mails from
> Cecil, both to the list and ones he sent directly to me in response to a
>
> question I had asked. Unfortunately my hard drive failed about three
> years ago so all of my older saved e-mails are gone, although I have the
>
> more recent ones.
>
> The great thing about Cecil was that he could not only tell a very good
> story in an interesting way, but he also had a lot of knowledge to
> impart. He wrote very well and was a someone I really appreciated
> getting advice from.
>
> Rob Gray
> NE PA, USA
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> Dudley,
>>
>> Cecil kept a file like that too.  He loved the stories we told here on
>
>> the list and kept the best ones for future enjoyment.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dudley Rupert"
> <drupert at premier1.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:15 PM
>> Subject: RE: [AT] Cecil Monson
>>
>>
>>> I've made a habit of filing those ATIS posts that I found most
>>> interesting/informative on my hard drive for quick access later on.
>>> Since
>>> February the 5th of 2002 when Cecil posted on Grain Elevators I've
> filed
>>> sixty-two of his posts and I've spent the past couple of hours
>>> re-reading
>>> them all.  He certainly was a gifted man with a keen insight and an
>>> ability
>>> to communicate clearly on his wide-ranging interests.  Just as some
>>> of us
>>> only got to know him in life through reading his E-Mails so we all
>>> will be
>>> able to remember him now through reading his E-Mails again ... these
>>> are a
>>> priceless legacy that he has left us all.  I only wish I had of
>>> gotten to
>>> meet him in person.
>>>
>>> Our loss is Heavens gain ... my God comfort his wife and family
> through
>>> their hour of loss.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dudley Rupert
>>> Snohomish, Washington
>>>
>>>
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