From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Apr 17 15:10:36 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3HLAajb020240; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:10:36 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3HLAZql000891 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:10:35 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k3HIc3FI029913 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:38:03 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k3HIc3Sj029912 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 14:38:03 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k3HF3fFI029463 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:03:41 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k3HHa2rx020807 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:36:02 -0600 X-Envelope-From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Mon Apr 17 11:36:02 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k3HHa2jb020796 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:36:02 -0600 Received: from imo-m23.mail.aol.com (imo-m23.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.4]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3HHa0F8007362 for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:36:01 -0600 Received: from ChristieTrapp@aol.com by imo-m23.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.39b.a655ef (58550) for ; Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:35:50 -0400 (EDT) From: ChristieTrapp@aol.com Message-ID: <39b.a655ef.31752bf6@aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:35:50 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Los Angeles High School 1908 Yearbook In a message dated 4/16/2006 8:02:14 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com writes: Commjet@aol.com Subject: Los Angeles High School 1908 Yearbook Dear List Readers, I need some advice from you. I found my grandmother's 1908 Los Angeles High School Yearbook in an old chest under the stairs at my mother's home. I am trying to decide what would be the proper repository for it. Would researchers best be served if I gave it to the Los Angeles Public Library, the High School itself, or some other L.A. organization?. . . . . . I would suggest contacting in this order: 1 - the high school itself to see if they have a copy in their alumni association. Some high schools automatically keep a copy each year, but sometimes, for mysterious reasons a copy goes missing for a particular year. Someone just happens to have sticky fingers I guess. If they already have the 1908 copy, then 2. A Los Angeles historical society or genealogical society that has a library that has yearbooks on their shelves. 3. The Los Angeles Public Library Main or a branch that is closest to the location to the high school might have a collection. 4. The Local LDS Family History Library. I just discovered on the shelves at the Oakland FHL that we have a few yearbooks from UC Berkeley and/or other colleges and high school so if all the rest of the list named above already have the 1908 copy, then this should be considered. 5. I also got word from a fellow high school classmate of mine who told me that one of our class yearbooks was being sold on Ebay. In the email it said the book was going for $10 but when I went to Ebay I discovered the seller was selling it for $100 and that was a set price, no bidding. They had 2 other class years, both of those were also going for $100. There is no way I would pay that much for a yearbook, but I guess if you were desperate and needed that particular year price becomes no objective. So this would the last resort for disposing of the 1908 yearbook. 1908 was the year my mother was born, which was a good year for her, but obviously 1908 wouldn't be a her year. You could take the money you use and give it to the high school as a donation - I'm sure they could always use unsolicited funding for something they need. You can be specific with your donation so that it is used for only one thing, or you can just have them put it into the general fund. Or give it to the alumni association for their use. Some alumni associations have established scholarships and some use money as "seed" money for reunion committees where they "loan" the class money to get started on their reunions and then expect them to pay it back so that it can be used for another class in need. Those are my thoughts on what to do with the 1908 yearbook. Perhaps others will also have some thoughts. Christie Trapp Fairfield, CA