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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear colleagues-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was wondering if you might be able to help
me.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a little over a year now I have been working as
the full-time executive director of Theatre Museum Canada.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously one of our major activities is planning
for the day when we have a physical space. This planning builds on previous work
that has been done. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whenever we have talked about what objects would be
in the museum, we have generally said "programmes, designs, costumes, and other
historical artifacts."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My background is in stage management and although I
took the history courses available at Dalhousie (the late Patrick O'Neill
was my primary instructor), I won't pretend to be as informed as most of the
other menbers of this list-serve.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question is this: what specifically would you
hope to find in Canada's Performing Arts Museum? Rather than "programmes and
designs" I am wondering if there are specific artifacts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was also wondering if in your experience there
have been specific artifacts that you had hoped might be preserved, but that
have been lost.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I apologize if this seems like too vague a
question, but I would love to hear your thoughts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best wishes</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Michael</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Wallace<BR>Executive Director, Theatre
Museum Canada<BR>416-413-7847<BR>e-mail: <A
href="mailto:mwallace@theatremuseumcanada.ca">mwallace@theatremuseumcanada.ca</A><BR>website:
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href="http://www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca">www.TheatreMuseumCanada.ca</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>