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DIGITAL LITERATURE: A FOLLOW-UP In addition: • Roy Madison Jr. delivered 1½ lineal
The editorial in Issue 135 addressed the • John S. Buckley delivered a collec- feet of sales and service literature,
growing challenge posed by digitization of tion of 20 wall calendars to the 2019 periodicals and clippings.
sales and service literature. Through the Convention. • Tom Peirce donated a collection of
kindness of the editorial staff of Construc- • Casey DeNicola added to a previous prints, periodicals, books, other printed
tion Equipment Magazine, those concerns donation made in honor of James D. material and memorabilia.
have been rebroadcast to the industry as a DeNicola Sr. and James D. DeNicola Jr. • Linda Simons donated an assortment of
whole, with an appeal for such literature to • Mark Himes delivered five lineal feet of prints and service literature.
be made available to us. Lima master parts books to the Thanks to all of our very generous donors!
Also on this front, the Archives has pre- 2019 show.
served over 18,000 emails received from • Mike Lattin donated 1½ lineal feet of
late 2010 to current. They fall into three service literature.
broad headings: Industry e-blasts and news
feeds; trade press; and correspondence and ARCHIVES DONATIONS
files shared by individuals. Although many
of the links embedded in the emails no lon- Our thanks to these individuals and businesses In addition, thanks to the following for donations
for donations to the HCEA Archives!
of electronic media:
ger work, the headlines and other available
content provide an oft-overlooked docu- John S. Buckley Mike Lattin Roger Amato Al Nus
Roy Madison Jr
Casey DeNicola, in honor of
RTI Auctions
Bedrock Attachments
mentation of this era in equipment history. James D. DeNicola Sr. and Donn Marinovich Bidadoo Auctions Ritchie Brothers
As odd as they seem as a subject for preser- James D. DeNicola Jr. Nancy McDonnell Case Construction Auctioneers
vation, they have become important given K. Chris Hamel Werner Muller Equipment Dave Shively
Gary and Doris Hansen
the reduction of content and, in some cases, Mark Himes jess Novak Gregsons Auctioneers Terex Corporation
Guntert & Zimmerman Const.
Twinkle Company
Michael Page, Page
intermittent receipt of printed magazines. Irving F. Jensen Jr. Machinery LLC Div., Inc. VDI Auctions
Interestingly enough, industry e-blasts are Bill Kycia Thomas S. Peirce J. J. Kane Auctioneers
themselves often going the way of printed Mack Langford, Owner, C. A. Peterson Contractors Inc. Manitowoc Cranes
Langford Co., Inc.
The NICE Company
literature, as social media is rendering them Linda Simons
obsolete and further complicating the task
of preserving this history.
Thanks to our Life Members!
THANKS FOR MORE ARCHIVES DONATIONS Annechini, William Jr. Gleason, Carrol D. Mayer, Wes Ryan, Dennis
To bring the backlog of major Archives Anthony Andreassi & Haak, Lee McCaghy, Charles Samp, Kelly
donations up to date: The Archives has Son Inc. Hall, David McDonough, Dana Sams, John
received two more very noteworthy dona- Arras, James Hansen, Doris Miller, Greg Schenkel, Jeffrey
tions. Nancy McDonnell donated an out- Brown, Joshua Hansen, Gary Miller, Ron Schneider, Daniel
standing collection of 53 6½ x 10½ inch Carter, James C. Hertzog, Barry Moses, Michael Schutte, Norm
black-and-white prints showing construc- Cornelius, Steve G. Heysham, Bryan Nardi, Larry P Sr. Smoker, Jeffrey D.
tion of dams in the Great Miami River Ba- Crooker, Frank Higgins, Glenn M. Nettz, Louise Sullivan, Leo
sin between 1918 and 1921. They were Deckert, Russ Hill, Rich Nus, Alvin Swap, Lewis
obtained from a local historical society. Drury, Marvin Holback, Ian Olden, Craig Sword, Chuck
Also, as if in reply to that editorial about Ehrman, Dustin Hudson. Gary Paterek, Sam Tallmadge, Ronald H.
the scarcity of recent sales literature, Mi- Elliott, Fred Jackowski, Denis Peterson, Robert E. Trump, Robert
chael Page of Page Machinery LLC donated Farnell, Jeffrey W. Kochiss, Jack “Bob” Turner, Ricky
six lineal feet of the stuff, mostly from 2000 Frost, Jay Kochy, Joshua Pittman, Walt Tweet, William
through 2010, along with a complete set Frost, Jerry Koehn, Mark W. Pock, Eugene Jr. Urch, Walter Lee Jr.
of Caterpillar Performance Handbooks, 6¼ Funk, Larry Kotkowski, Larry R A Hammond Wack, Dean
feet of other sales literature and reference Gangle, Jim Kotkowski, Ronald Construction Ward, Elgene
materials, and 2½ feet of periodicals, books Gangle, Lee LaFramboise, Noah Rauchwarter, Randy Warren, Lawrence W.
and miscellaneouis printed matter. Geary, Tim Lubbers, John Reeves, Randy Wolfe, William W.
Gebolys, Gregory C. Martin, Edward C. Rendina, Sam
Geis, Dave Martin, William C. Riddle, Bill

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