[at-l] Re: Where do old trail registers go to die

[lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu (Linda Patton)]

Black&blue wrote:
> What an outstanding question.  Wonder how we figure that one out?  Maybe an
> email to the Forest Service.  I don't know.  Not even clear to me that these
> things are retained once replaced ... Anybody on the list know?

I can answer for the Jerry Cabin Shelter registers, which were put there by
the shelter/trail maintainer, Sam Waddle.  When full, he replaced them and 
kept all the old ones. They have now been donated to the A.T. Museum and are 
in storage at my house until the museum gets a building to call its own.  
Anyone with trail memorabilia to donate to the museum can have it picked up 
by their area's museum committee rep. and it will eventually be placed in the 
museum.  I'm the rep. for GA/NC (and east TN?).  (Contact Larry Luxenburg 
to find out your area's rep....atmuseum@aldha.org or hiker778@aol.com or 
845-634-0581.)  Some registers are kept my the maintaining club. Some get 
mailed back to individuals who placed them.  There's no hard and fast rule, 
unfortunately.  (Personally, I'd like to see them all in the Museum, some day.)
This subject was discussed previously, so you might want to search the AT-L
archives and see what was said.
	eArThworm

Linda L. Patton, Reference Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State Univ.
      Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850)644-5019 lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
          "A world without wilderness is a cage." -- David Brower