Andy,

Interestingly enough, there was an article in the LA Times last week about a
time capsule that was buried in the foundations of a building here in LA (in
Beverly Hills, I think) and the only reason anyone knew about it was because
there's an old gentleman whose hobby it is to know BH history.. he found
reference to the capsule in an old newspaper article and he now is trying to
get them to find and open it.  I didn't read the article carefully
(obviously), but it speaks to this issue... I mean... WHO exactly is going
to follow up on the time capsule for the next 100 years??  Perhaps the key
is to NOT bury it (either figuratively or literally) and instead keep it
somewhere where people can actually FIND it????

Lorah

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> From:         Finch, Andy[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Monday, September 20, 1999 5:49 AM
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> Subject:      Re: Time Capsules
>
> I just did a search on "time capsules" and found plenty of ads for
> commercial businesses ("send a year 2000 time capsule to your
> grandchildren") and municipalities, but I didn't see anything about time
> capsules from the year 1900 (for example) that are going to be opened on
> New
> Year's Eve (or Day).  So I guess the question is, what happens to old time
> capsules?  Does anybody take care of them and try to ensure that they'll
> survive to their "target date"?  Do they ever get opened ahead of time?
> It
> reminds me of wills that try to provide for "perpetuity" -- I heard a
> lecture on the Isabella Stewart Gardner and Barnes Foundation wills
> entitled
> "How Long is Forever?"  The answer, as I recall, was about 75 years!
>
> Forgive the rambling.
>
> Andy Finch
> US Department of Education
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