ARCHIVES CENTER DIRECTOR - DICK & JUDY SEVERANCE
One of the pleasures of volunteering at the SDFNE is evaluating and accepting the many offers of gifts to our collection. Individuals and organizations have been giving memorabilia, books, magazines, publications, club histories, photos, scrapbooks, music records, square dance clothing and jewelry and numerous square dance related items. We receive gifted items weekly. Because space is now limited we are using discretion in what we now accept. placing considerable emphasis on criteria such as historical significance, educational value and research value, that primarily tells the square dance story. The motive for anyone to give to our collection is safekeeping and sharing.
To this end we will keep the items safe and make them accessible to the public. For your generous donation in the past to our collection, we thank you for your continued trust and support. The Square Dance Foundation of New England is an independent nonprofit organization. All of the costs to house our collectibles and the program and services we offer are made possible by membership and contributions by people like you.
Our work sessions for 2010 will take place on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month and the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. If you plan to attend contact us in advance in the event that there may be a last minute scheduling change for various reasons. The sessions take place at the Archive Center located at 250 Commercial Street, Manchester, NH on the 2nd floor of the Waumbec Mill building, in room 2009. Each session begins at 10am and runs no later than 4pm. Bring your lunch. These are fun times as we sort through and reminisce about our history. Discover treasure after treasure that brings back precious moments.
We need volunteers to complete the organization, listing and cataloging of our square dance collection.
As another year begins we could use all the volunteer help we can get. Our record collection, books, magazines, and convention materials are all catalogued. Many have been organized by subject matter and filed. We have completed the cataloging and storing of our Club Courtesy Banners and have rearranged our administrative area for greater efficiency. As Archive Director, I can tell you that our library associates consisting of myself, Dick and my wife Judy Severance (magazines), Art & Marge Dugas (Convention & Magazines), Anna & Mil Dixon (Clothing), Paul & Pat Channel (caller research), Al & France Rouff (music records), Tammy Dorris (books) continue to do an outstanding job.