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(P WI Town, of Mash ee ���istorTica C o�vinission, <br />16 Great Neck Road North <br />� Mashpee, M4 02649 <br />Telephone - (508) 539-1438, <br />schoolhouse, filming Frank as he provides a tour to visitors. This past week Frank <br />conducted tours "for a group of 4'6 children and 8' adults'from°the' Wampanoag <br />Reclamation Language Program. Frank has been meeting' w:! Gail `Hill;' a <br />retired Mashpee Schools art teacher. She has expressed interest in becoming a <br />docent for -the schoolhouse. <br />On:July 16, 2015; Kathleen Mahoney,'Director of the Mashpee'L ibrary and <br />Rachel Dnuf, a consultant from MSBRAB'and, Massachusetts Board of Library <br />Commissioners collaboration; � iade a tour' of the Library, the Town ` ler0 s 'G 'l"ice ' <br />and the Archives. Rachel will be advising us on which records fneedlto be kept;' <br />and how to properly store them, and also making suggestions on which records <br />should be digitized. ' Kathleen Mahoney offered to loan us so"rne tables` currently in` <br />storage at the MPL to facilitate our sorting our holdings °once'they'can be`moved <br />back into the building. <br />We discussed hanging both the 1877 Cyrus Cahoon map and the restored 1858 <br />Wallingmapof Cape Cod and'. Islands. Rosemary` feels that we 'shoiitd hang both <br />as soon as possible, to protect 'them from any damage, 'and, she feels` strongly that ` ` ` i <br />we should not reframe the Cahoon map. <br />Nancy .,invitedAmy Rice of Woodruff sArt Center in Mashpee to 'provide 'a quote <br />to remove,and reframe Walling map behind UV -protective glass 0847 total, <br />glass+frame alone=$689.) In addition, we could ask Rachel Onuf for professional <br />advice about a conservator who could help us. Our concern is to prevent further <br />deterioration and ,to properly maintain it in its present state., It appears to be a' <br />paper map, possibly glued onto fabric, with a"wood`backing. It2'is framed with <br />glass -in a wooden black frame <br />Commissionersdiscussed future meeting Aays and times. Brian Hyde urged first <br />Thursday: of each month at 9 am giving adequate time in the month to reschedule if <br />necessary. <br />A discussion of assessing retention plans for a recent contribution to the <br />Conunission by Santuit-Cotuit'Historical Society from the Cape Cod Preparatory <br />