Joseph and list,
I have to correct you about the photocopies, David. Any photocopies
that
bear the stamped numbers you describe derive from a (paper) photocopy
of the
manuscripts which was made independently of the Robin microfilms and
any
photocopies derived from \it.
Sorry about the mistake, you are absolutely right. I just wanted to
stress the fact that these photocopies bear markings not found on the
originals (the "Brown" and "all in red ink except as noted" etc. are in
K. Ketner's hand, for instance, not Peirce's).
I agree with what you say about the situation at the Harvard Library,
but it
may be possible to bypass the problems there by not depending upon any
new
scanning of the originals except for a few especially problematic
manuscripts. It is not clear to me whether your comment that "The
easiest
access to Peirce's papers is of course to work directly from the Robin
microfilms" is intended o bear upon that or not.
Do you mean the photocopies should be the source for the digital
scanning? I think it would be immensely better, technically speaking,
to do the scanning from the microfilms using a digital viewer/scanner.
The problem is that the films (and the MSS) belong to Harvard, surely
there would need to be some sort of agreement with them. In any case it
would obviously be more practical not to have to scan from the
originals.
Best,
David
---
Message from peirce-l forum to subscriber archive@mail-archive.com
