that deserve special thanks:
The majority of the books included in
Volumes 1-10 were scanned by Dave
Manchester. A special debt of thanks
goes to Dave. He spent untold hours
of his time scanning books, and
creating most of what we have here at
the NAPWB. Unfortunately, Dave now
travels a lot with his job, which doesn't
give him much time to continue his
work with Pow Wow books. We have
picked up the torch, and his files, and
carried on his legacy. Without his
tireless efforts, what you see here
could not have been possible.
In late 2003, the Okaw Valley Council
(Belleville, IL) was moving to a larger
building. Many years earlier, the council
was gifted with a large collection of Pow
Wow Books by a now-forgotten
individual. Instead of trashing the
collection, Doug placed it on eBay. I was
able to win the auction, mainly due to a
requirement to pick-up the books,
instead of shipping them. I received
nearly 200 different books, mostly from
the '70s and '80s.
In any project the size of the NAPWB, the amount of work is to much for one person to
handle. Dave has been my right-hand man, helping out with contacting people,
trading files and books, discussing legal issues, proofreading the website, offering
comments and suggestions for improvements, sending links to other sites and eBay
auctions, listening to my (sometimes crazy) ideas, and ….. well, I could go on and on,
but you get the picture. Without Dave’s untiring efforts, what you see here at the
NAPWB would not be nearly as impressive.
A number of Scouters have loaned their Pow Wow book collections to be scanned into the Archive.
Here are some of their comments:
- The 4 books came [back] today. I'm surely enjoying the CDs. I used to hunt on the
Internet for ideas and clip art, but the CDs really are easier ... I didn't like to look through the
Pow Wow books because they were kept out in the garage and so many of them -- hard to
find what I was looking for.
- Elaine - cerjunk@frontiernet.net
