Accessible—not Ephemeral

The longevity of what we do as historians and the power of technology have been top of mind for me these days. Recently, I received an email from Seattle researcher Phil Goldenman wondering where he might obtain the endnotes from “The Hudson’s(now ). The back issues of the magazine are available to researchers around the world through our partnership with UBC Library and their digital Open Collections. Chris Bogan was the 1995 winner of the scholarship essay prize. The essay was condensed for publication in 1996 and contains a note that any researcher who wishes for “a copy of the original (with its 109 footnotes) could send $3” to editor Naomi Miller. Twenty-four years later, a researcher would like those important source notes. Sadly, I do not have the files from previous editors, and Naomi has not kept these files, but perhaps one of our readers knows Chris Bogan and the connection will be made.