Parker Pages arrived .....

[Bill Murphy]

Dave, I outed the American Machinist barrel article on the forum on February 20, in a thread titled "Variations in Ribs", told all readers how to find the article. Could that have been how you found it?

[Bill Murphy]

Chuck, I am not asking that PGCA publish the order or stock books in the Parker pages. I was referring to other Parker research material, like the interesting correspondence that has been locked in the "Black Hole" since the nineties.

[Bindlestiff]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I was referring to other Parker research material, like the interesting correspondence that has been locked in the "Black Hole" since the nineties.

Ok, so the PGCA has correspondence hidden in a "Black Hole" which you seem to know about? I don't know what you are talking about and if its in a "Black Hole", I suspect I will not be learning about it anytime soon.

Would you enlighten us as to what exactly you are referring?

[Bill Murphy]

Robin, funny you should ask. Among items that PGCA has in its collection is a collection of Parker correspondence that Chuck received from the Board of Directors not long after he took over his Research Committee job. Ron Kirby and I and others went over this interesting group of papers years ago and discussed possibly making it available to the members. It never happened. The "Clown Catalog" in our collection is another piece of Parker history that hardly anyone has ever seen. Ed Muderlak offered to copy that catalog and make it available to members, but the BOD famously refused to allow that. Kevin McCormack and I were nearly finished with a very interesting research project that would have been shared with members. The BOD refused to let us examine a few records to complete our project. It remains unfinished. I'm sure there are other examples of the "Black Hole of Curatorship" if you are interested.