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>Southwestern Archaeology, Inc. (SWA)
>
>"Got CALICHE?" Newsletter
>Tuesday September 26, 2000
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>SONORA AND ARIZONA
>
>From: Darlene Lizarraga <[log in to unmask]> BI-NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO
>PRESERVE RECORDED HISTORY OF ARIZONA & SONORA (Tucson, AZ) Arizona State
>Museum is pleased to announce a grant award of $210,786 from the Institute
>for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to support The AGES Project:
>Preserving and Sharing the Sonoran Archives - a bi-national history
>preservation project. Bringing together a consortium of organizations and
>under the direction of Tracy Duvall, assistant curator of ethnohistory at
>the museum, the AGES Project seeks to preserve and share unique archival
>resources that document the history of Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The
>project takes its name from the Mexican archive that currently houses the
>original paper documents - the Archivo General del Estado de Sonora in
>Hermosillo. The IMLS National Leadership Grant for Preservation or
>Digitization, along with commitments from the official partners in the
>project, will purchase all the necessary equipment and employ several
>personnel in Arizona and Sonora. Only twelve out of 35 applications for
>these grants were successful. An IMLS representative stated that this
>effort will serve as a model for similar bi-national projects. The grant
>begins October 1. The partnership’s mission is to preserve the historic
>record of Arizona and Sonora and make it widely available at no cost to the
>public, says Duvall. The archives hold Arizona’s and Sonora’s early legal
>records, political history, ethnic relations and ecological information.
>And more significantly for the general public, the archives include
>documents that shed light on Native American and Hispanic family histories
>and lineages. The documents will be scanned and made available over the
>Internet and will be preserved for the long-term through conversion to
>microfilm to be held at Arizona State Museum. Official U.S. partners
>joining the Archivo in Hermosillo are: Arizona State Museum and the UA
>Libraries at the University of Arizona; Tucson-Pima Public Library and the
>Tucson-Mexico Project, both representing the City of Tucson; and Arizona
>State Library, Archives and Public Records, representing the State of
>Arizona. The Archivo is also organizing a friends group, Los Amigos del
>Archivo, to work in conjunction with the official partners. The Amigos’
>role will include coordinating relations with the Archivo and with staff
>hired in Mexico. Information contact <[log in to unmask]>
>Tracy Duvall at 520-621-6280. The project’s Web site is
><http://ages.library.arizona.edu>.
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>FIRST THING WE DO, LET'S FEED ALL THE LAWYERS
>
>http://unisci.com/stories/20003/0926004.htm Mercury From Gold Rush Days
>Found In California Fish. At this time, there are no fish consumption
>advisories for mercury in California's historic gold mining areas,
>including the Sierra Nevada and the Trinity-Klamath Mountains. [Should the
>fish be prosecuted for removing artifacts from public lands? At the very
>least, they should be captured and grilled extensively by Dept of Interior
>lawyers - Ed.]
>
>[Everyone talks about lawyers, but nobody ever does anything about them! I
>say Let them eat salmon - Ed.]
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