Members Meeting - Wednesday
August 13th 2014
Huronia Museum,
Midland - 7 PM
I have been advised that the Huronia museum has sustained
some flood damage due to last nights heavy rain and continuing roof issues and
will not be able to host tonight's meeting. For those planning to attend, we
will host the meeting at my home (83 Balm Beach Rd. East, Perkinsfield, On.-
705 526 4927) just west of Midland towards Balm Beach. Same time and topic -
new location.
Hopefully we will see some of you here.
Sorry for the late notice.
John
At this month's meeting we will be
discussing the value of Private Collections.
Since
the wrap up of the field school at the end of June we have come across 3 private
collections of artifacts found in Huronia. Discussions with these collectors
have given us leads to non registered sites that have not been investigated by
the archaeological community.
I
will be proposing that the chapter consider the development of a strategic plan
to seek out these collectors with the objective of learning from what they know
and have collected or received from their ancestors.
The
following email was sent to the ministry in this regard and hopefully we will
have some sort of response in time for our meeting.
"I am considering proposing to the
Huronia chapter of the OAS that we consider taking on a project to find and
document private collections of archaeological material in Huronia (northern
Simcoe Co.). Some collectors may be reluctant to share their collection info
with us due to a fear of prosecution. Given this apprehension, how are we
best to proceed and what assurances can we give to these collectors that their
cooperation will not result in their prosecution under the Heritage act or
other Provincial legislation?
Looking forward to your guidance;"
John Raynor
President, Huronia chapter of the OAS.
Meetings
are open to the public at no charge.
A brief business meeting will be held after the presentation for
Huronia chapter members.
http://www.oashuroniachapter.com/
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