oral history is one thing.  archiving ie. 'way back machine' which is in 
essence reproducing written words and websites without consent is another.

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      Internet Archive sued over Wayback Machine ... the access to its old 
Web pages, stored in the Internet Archive's database, was unauthorized and 
illegal. ...
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the argument could be applied to include ANY list that refuses to remove 
posts to a 'member' only group, that appear online to the general public.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrea Cakars" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Preserving history without collections


> There are many organizations that are collecting oral
> histories rather than objects. See the Oral History
> Association website at
> http://www.dickinson.edu/oha/org_cc.html
>
> -Andrea Cakars
>
>
> --- Tracy Sullivan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for everyone who responded. Let me amend my
>> original question...
>> How about institutions that preserve history without
>> collections and
>> without any exhibit space?
>>
>> Interesting proposition, I know...
>>
>> Thanks again.
>> -Tracy Sullivan
>>
>>
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