Amos -

I wasn't talking about searching this thread. I meant searching my X:\ drive where I keep all my web notes, including in full all the threads I've posted to here. (I got 'whelmed by curiosity a while back.)

It apparently hasn't caught much notice on the internet, but a local flap has been ongoing for a couple of years about the "Gordon Parks Collection."

Gordon Parks was a black filmaker and photographer who died in 2006 at age 93 and left his personal stuff sort of up for grabs. A "Gordon Parks Foundation" in New York city has been looking for a keeper for his collections and personal artifacts, and apparently - from an article in the local newsrag today - the "Wichita State University Ablah Library" has acquired "113 boxes" of his works and personal belongings. The story indicates that the first 6 boxes were opened at a "celebration" for donors, and if the contents described are representative it should make a very interesting archive.

So far as I've seen, there hasn't been an announcement of how the Library intends to use - or make available - the Parks collection. Since Parks was a very successful black person, and has an established reputation that's pretty well known, it's likely that this collection will have a rather different "personality" than a collection gathered by an "unknown," with emphasis specifically on Mr Parks.

"Gordon Parks" in Google will get quite a lot of info. Either a general or "image" search may be useful for anyone interested.

John