I'm very close to losing this. I've committed everything I can spare. If you can donate even a minimal amount to the cause, it will help.
Update:
I was not able to purchase the Barbour collection. It sold
for over $2800, and donations combined with my own money totaled under $1000. If
you want your contribution back, let me know by Wednesday next week.
However, if you donated to this project and are willing, I
have put off buying expensive scans and photocopies from the Library of
Congress, a Massachusetts based museum, and other libraries, and I will use the
money for that. The amounts donated will nearly cover this. These are things I
need to consult as I write SI vol. three.
If I do not hear from you by next Wednesday, I will presume
you are okay with this.
Among the items I need to see are tracts by early
associates, some of whom left the movement. I need a photo copy of two years of
a magazine, the complete set. Last quotation I had for that was $350 dollars. Research
is expensive.
It is depressing to lose out on the Barbour material, and as
I said, it has gone down a dark hole, purchased by a collector not known for
his eagerness to share. If he reads this, perhaps he will provide me with scans
or photocopies. I would be most grateful.
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