Dear Ron:

You might also want to contact the Military Museum Community - they have
a lot of Macro-Artifacts to work with.

Kind Regards

Roger Wulff

Ron Goldfeder wrote:
>
> I work a the St. Louis Science Center and Museum of Transportation in St.
> Louis, as well as working on a MA in museum studies at the University of
> Missouri at St. Louis.  I am working on a research paper that hopes to compare
> and contrast the differences between various museums' level of documentation
> when restoring or using machinery such as steam locomotives, aircraft,
> stationary engines, large vehicles, water craft, etc.  I am looking for copies
> of paperwork kept when such an item was restored in the recent past, hoping it
> would include the initial inspection report, a proposal as to what should be
> done, and the final report of what was done.  I have such things coming from
> some who do this type of work on locomotives on a contract basis, as well as
> the Nevada State RR Museum, and some others.  I would also be interested in
> references to guidelines on how such work should be done, comments on how
> others have seen it done, and general comments on care of industrial type
> exhibits.  If you feel the subject is not of general interest you can e-mail
> me off-line at [log in to unmask]
>
> Ron Goldfeder
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