# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S638
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

6388 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

in our historical past. The work, however, proved too greai

one man, and we supplied part-time assistance, for which we.
out of our own funds.

Lecture Hall building a room for our Institute. The use of
room, when the building is complete, will help tide us over.
under God, we can erect our own museum. .
Our future program’ of work includes items which ;
postponed no longer. Valuable documents that are mor the
a hundred years old dare no longer be handled by anyon
must make arrangements to microfilm these as soon as po
After microfilming, they must be properly preserved and D.
in suitable cabinets to prevent deterioration by smoke-laden |
mosphere, dampness, etc. Those documents that are brittle
be mounted and otherwise safeguarded. Valuable paintings m
be cleaned, touched up, mounted, properly framed, and put uni
glass. All of these items are musts if we are not to be negl ;
to our trust. They require funds, however, which we do not have:
As it is, due to the payment of part-time help for our Curat
during the Jast three years, we have been operating with borro
money, which must be paid back. We find ourselves forced, th
fore, to ask for an additional subsidy from your venerable b
Our Curator’s salary has been inadequate due to the rise in
cost of living. Your body has granted us $2,000 per annum as
salary. We request an additional sum of $500 per annum for h ;
It is essential at this time that we employ an assistant wH@
will be an understudy to our Curator and whom we can train’ iy
all the necessary phases of the work so that he can take over
entire work if and when it becomes necessary. For the as
we ask a subsidy sufficient to pay a salary of $150 a month a
$50 a month for house rental. For the work referred to above‘
the preservation of documents, paintings, a microphotography out
fit, a microfilm reader, a bibliotherapy outfit, cabinets, and ined;
dental office expenses — we are requesting an additional subsid Nf
of $800 per annum. Accordingly, our request for subsidy total
$5,700 per annum for the next triennium. A caref

pt our requ
for subsidy ata very low figure. We trust that because of the

extreme importance of this work your venerable body will s
its way clear to make this allowance.

Requesting the continued prayers and support of all o
brethren in behalf of our work, we are

Tae Boarp or Directors or Concorpra Hisroricat Ins

W. G. Potack, President Ricuarp A. JESSE, Secretg