5/11/1998 HISTORICAL COMMISSION Minutes

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r s MASHPEE HISTORICAL COMMISSION 5/11/98 PAGE V RRESPONUNE : (Continued) C. Joanne stated that they would have to decide how they would handleE-mail which has been received . Ann sug- gested u _Bested that there was a way to keep a file in the com- puter , and put them into a particular file. VI DONATIONS : A. Phil Choate. donated some materials fromCamp Edwards . Joanne sent him a note of thanks . B . Ruby Mills brought in a 'collection of pictures. The commissioners will go through those, and have them copied and return the originals to her . . = Joanne explained that they had had some researchers in the Archives and a book on. births , deaths and marriages was missing . Whether : someone took it , or whatever happened to . it , it is hard to verify . Rosemary felt It was important that we acquire a new copy . That was the one . book that all of the genealogists wanted to use . She felt it would cost about . 20 a page for a microfilmed print . If that should be the case, rosemary would also recommend that they copy the additional genealo- gical records , the parish meeting records and the births , deaths and marriages up to 1900 . It was moved t'hat the H. C. acquire the parish meeting records and the births , deaths and marriages up to 1900. All in favor . So moved VII NEW BUSINESS : i A. Joanne explained that Phil. Choate. has been working with , the H. Co Joanne will approach Phil to see if he i interested in serving on the commission as a member . B . .rant : .Joanne reported that we had received $300. 00 from the Mashpee Cultural Council which was placed in their fund, and will be used for the exhibit pieces . New Acqulsi.tions : Joanne reported that there had been several books listed in the newspaper NATIVE AMERICAN WRITERS EXPLORE ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE By Mildred Noble SWEET GRASS by Mildred Dobie; wives of contemporary native women of the Northeast . SWEET GRASS i made up of short biographies of f ive women plus her own.