Anguish over Artifacts
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A war of "whereabouts" wages on in St. Joseph.
Local Historian Harrison Hartley is not happy with the way a committee, led by Dr. Jimmy Albright, is searching St. Joseph Museums` archives.
He recently sent Albright a letter to let him know about it.
Hartley says, despite recent finds by Albright, he doesn`t feel the committee is checking quality and authenticity.
Hartley says it`s great items are being found but it`s the items that are not being looked for that concern him.
According to Hartley, "There needs to be a devil`s advocate and there needs to be someone who is not prejudice in favor of finding either good or bad, and that`s all i want to know. What is the condition of the stuff? Is it the real stuff? Is it all there? Is it in good condition?"
Albright says he has not yet received the letter from Hartley and he is not seeking enemies in this task, only the truth.
He says he will make a decision on what to search for and how extensively when he sees the list from Hartley.
