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-2- <br /> Ava mentioned that there was a very large fire on Collins Lane recently in an abandoned house. Ava <br /> questioned the vulnerability of the Archives, and how much insurance is on our building. The Town <br /> Manager was adamant in having an inventory of everything we have that is of value. Richard said that <br /> when he wrote his recent article on Ann Tanneyhill, he came across a signed poem by Langston Hughes, <br /> which is valuable, and Ava commented that it easily could be sent to the National Museum of Civil Rights <br /> in Washington, DC. Ava asked Rodney if we could hire a professional Archivist to go through all of our <br /> holdings, and he seemed very supportive. Ava also asked for more fire-proof file cabinets, and he <br /> expressed an interest in providing those too. <br /> BOOK SALES <br /> Nancy and Rosemary discussed book sales. Nancy delivered 25 copies of Mashpee in Words and <br /> Pictures to Isaiah Thomas. Richard made a motion to sell Rosemary's book, Mashpee in Words and <br /> Pictures for a revised cost of$10/copy to all the bookstores. Motion was seconded by Nancy and voted <br /> Unanimously. <br /> 2019 HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AWARD <br /> MOTION: Richard made a motion that we give the 2019 award it to the Nature Land Conservancy. They <br /> have donated the three islands- Keith, Jefferson and Cleveland -to be kept natural in perpetuity; and <br /> therefore they should be nominated. The motion was seconded by Nancy, and it was voted <br /> Unanimously. <br /> Ava and Richard feel that we should be designating rivers with signage. Richard feels that we could work <br /> with the Conservation Commission to place signage to identify the Mashpee rivers. <br /> MOTION: Richard made a motion that the Conservation Commission should place signage at the rivers <br /> and Rosemary seconded it. She felt that we should do the research to come up with the documented <br /> names. Richard and Rosemary agreed to work on the naming project, including names of roadways. <br /> Richard and Rosemary felt that the names for new roads should be passed through the MHC for our <br /> consideration. <br /> Ava set the next MHC meeting date to be June 10th at 4:OOpm. <br /> The meeting was adjourned at 5:30pm. <br /> \��•lifil��_ _GC.--1-Ce� <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Ann Graham, Sr. Clerk <br />