THE HUNT: FOR TLN INFORMATION

[BRIAN]

Maybe you thought of this already.

I had one of these errant thoughts (yesterday, while I was waiting the 3 hours to get the new bed liner in -that was supposed to take 45 minutes) about TLN. I was thinking, you know in recent times the library in Nakina had a limited run of TLN that could be bought there.... Well, I was just thinking, I wonder if there are some kids out there who have really been ignited by the story. I have to think this whole TLN by the library thing was developed along the line of teaching the history and heritage of the Nakina region. The Vanderbecks and their business, spear-headed by Meader's book, was probably the focal point for the time period. Now that is what I was thinking the library's introduction of TLN was...to the kids.

Now, no doubt it was a popular (the book) thing to the oldsters (which-ever way it was popular). Their interest in it has probably died long ago for the most part, like a huge argument on the local town council. It faded in the memory.

My whole statement in this rambling is that I wonder if the library targeted the adults? Sure, if the TLN program at the library went somewhat like I think, the parents of those kids probably could give their kids more insight. However, maybe not as well. I don’t know the percentage of the transient population in Nakina, I would guess however, many of those parents may not of known TLN as kids.

Matt / Jo Ann.... Do you know weather the library ever posted the fact there is a TLN website now. I wonder if there was someway we could get them to post it so all could see it. I am sure the library receives more traffic as each year progresses.

(you guys are probably getting sick of me with my insights, this is what happens when I am housebound too long)

As I am writing this, I thought of something. (this angle undoubtedly has been searched on the subject, I would guess) Does the library house microfilm of the news of the era we are looking at. Local news I mean, probably would have been out of the closest populated city of that time (Toronto, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay?)

My asking this has to do with our search for the elusive Sgt. McLeish and Joe Leake/Tom Spence.


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[Matt (admin)]

Brian, my undertanding -- and Jo Ann can confirm -- is that the reprint was done specifically for the 75th anniversary and sold at the event. The remainder went to the library and have been selling gradually ever since. I sure don't know how they were marketed other than that they used to have a some information about it on the old library web site. Now the Nakina site is gone and the old library web pages with it.

There is a new library page on the new Greenstone web site. That new library page covers all 4? branches of the Greenstone library system including the Nakina branch. But there's no mention of the book or the Vanderbecks that I can find anywhere on the Greenstone site. I would like to see something there about them since it's such an integral part of the history. And hopefully any entry there would have a link to the TLN site. Jo Ann, we had talked about that at one time. I think you were going to talk to Debbie at the library. Did anything come of that?

I see that the Northland Outfitters site sells the book too now. They used some text from the TLN site on their web site, but there's not any mention there of the TLN site either. It would be nice to see a link to the TLN site there too. Jo Ann, do you think that's worth pursuing?

[traplines]

Brian the closest publishing news parper to Nakina is Geralton. I contacted them and other newspapers in Ontario including thunderbay a year ago about news paper articles from 1933 era and you are right Brian they are stored on microfilm at libraries. I did contact the library in Thunderbay and yes they have them on microfilm but the only way to access them is to go to the library and look at them. We need someone in the area to check this out. I hope to retire in a couple of years and would be more than willing to do this but as I said that's a couple of years away.
Russ

[joannrotz]

I too, not sell but give TLN to all my visitors because I feel we as Canadians need to know about our north. Arlene of Northland Outfitters knows of the website but whether she has visited it is another thing. I will be going for training on entering info to the new Greenstone Website. Once I am friendly with it I will get TLN there. Nakiina does not house microfilm to my knowledge as the only local papers were school generated or local like our paper "The Nakina News" which ran for 3 years. The children were not targeted by the library, why, I don't know. I was part of the library org. when I first arrived here and found the book not readily accessible to our youth. I will ask a few that I know if they ever read the book. Some of these will be teen boys who trap with their grandparents [who are not old timers but arrived in the 70's]. I go to Thunder Bay periodically but have yet visited a library....maybe that could be a project while Bob is down there recuperating from another new knee hopefully this spring. I will try to make the effort or I may assign it to another local who loves searching in libraries. Jo Ann

[BRIAN]

Hi all,

I have recently sent a long email to northland outfitters with the website and a request for anything relevant. Also as you all know, I sent email requesting help to the RCMP, Russ, I got the same back. Basically they had nothing. I have since tried the archives of canada website and a few more RCMP related sites.

Thunder Bay microfiche hmmmm, wonder if it goes back as far as we need it to.