It has taken me a while to get to this report, but here it is:
Western Springs Historical Society, May 16, 2007
Seventeen members of the Western Springs Historical Society met in the community room at the library. They seemed very grateful for the bigger space and the air conditioning, which is insufficient at the archives. I was impressed by the enthusiasm of the group, which has many plans.
The WSHS is hiring a professional to design a website. As I understand it, the society has decided to use some of its savings (long kept should a house be for sale) to make the group more accessible to the public. The library has helped the society along with a web presence in the form of the Remembering the Houses of Western Springs project, but we have only been able to do a few favors for them since. It is good they are going to take their own initiative now.
The Society is also interested in partnering with the library to digitize more of its collection. An initial list pertains to documents for their presentations to the elementary schools. I offered to let them use our Konica Minolta in slow times to scan items. I will train the youth volunteers they are seeking. I am working with Pete Caris on this.
On September 29, the WSHS is having an antiques appraising show as a fundraiser, which will be held at the Theatre of Western Springs.
The Society is meeting here again on Wednesday evening, June 13.
Rick