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Correspondence
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Curatorial
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Miscellaneous
Since 1989, Trail End's quarterly newsletter, Trail End Notes
(formerly The Volunteer Voice) has published articles of interest to members
of the Trail End Guilds. Some have focused on Trail End and the Kendrick family, others on
curatorial issues, and still others on miscellaneous research topics such as the Golden
Age of Radio, Christmas at Trail End, and home canning. Most of the following articles are
from back issues of Trail End Notes. Others are from The Buzz, the
newsletter of the now defunct Western Alliance of Historic Structures and Properties
(reproduced here with the author's permission).
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Correspondence
In the days before telephones, computers, email and text
messaging, people communicated through the written word. Letters were sent back and
forth between parties on matters both great and small: invitations to dinner, disposition of
property, hirings and firings, etc. For today's researchers, the Kendrick family's
tendency to keep copies of letters both written and received has proven a blessing.
Correspondence has been located on many topics, from personal and business
relationships to the building of their home and ranch.
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following collections of excerpts from Kendrick family correspondence were first
presented in Trail End Notes.
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Curatorial
At Trail End, the staff spends a great deal of time ensuring
that the collections –
furnishings, textiles, photographs and archival materials –
are cared for in a professional manner. Just as we want the artifacts in our
possession to last a long time, we want the private collections of our friends to last
well into the future as well. Toward that end, we periodically print articles of
interest to the home collector.
The
following articles of curatorial interest were originally published in Trail End Notes.
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Miscellaneous
Every now and then, Trail End staff uncover information of
interest that they just can't help but share with Trail End Guilds members.
The following articles were first presented in either Trail End Notes or The
Buzz.
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