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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Hello All:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Much has happened in the past two weeks with the Preservation of Historical Documents Committee. Our old files have returned home from Docutek and we are preparing to send out files to volunteer transcribers to make our hisotyr more accessible to us. But there is much more to be done. We know there are documents in the archives of newspapers and libraries we need to gather and add to our files. Newspaper clippings and pictures will need to be purchased and we have a long list of files and people to look for. Transcribing is just phase two of our multi-phased project. I am asking readers of this list to help fund the project by taking the flyer attached and below to your local Optimist club, church group, Lion’s club and more to find funds to acquire history from outside sources. We can still use a few more volunteers to transcribe files as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>How great it will be for us to read our own history!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Peggy Chong<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='text-indent:-18.75pt'><span style='color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:-18.75pt'><a name=docs-internal-guid-c6116d68-7fff-9203-ad></a><span style='color:black;background:white'>“<b>To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.”</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='text-align:center;text-indent:-18.75pt'><b><span style='color:black;background:white'>– Chinese Proverb</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black'>We, the Blind, Need Your Help to Save Our History!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black'>We Need Your Financial Support!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black'>We Need Your Time to Transcribe Files into Word Documents!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>Time holds our history hostage! The National Federation of the Blind of Colorado, NFBCO holds a unique and irreplaceable history of the blind of Colorado dating back to the early 20th century, but we, the blind, cannot read it! Help us preserve our one-of-a-kind, precious history before it turns into moldy, paper dust. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>Historians and scholars have come to us to research the sole-source records in our archives. The information they have gleaned has contributed to doctoral theses and published books such as Thomas A. Karinz’s <u>Delivering Aid: Implementing Progressive Era Welfare in The American West</u>. However, there is much history yet to be uncovered. Valuable data is trapped in the multiple formats and the desperate conditions of the records. Boxes and boxes of old Braille, typewritten notes on onion skin paper, faded mimeographs, letters in cursive handwriting, and faded newspaper articles are deteriorating year after year. What can we do to save this unique history of the blind in Colorado?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black'>WE HAVE A SOLUTION!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>A Professional digitization firm has been identified to painstakingly create electronic files, preserving an image of the original format. They will transcribe through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) the print records. However, the majority of the records are in multiple formats that are not OCR friendly. Handwriting, Braille, mimeographs and faded print make scanning difficult or impossible. That which scans poorly must be manually corrected and that which doesn’t scan at all must be transcribed into an electronic format, such as MS Word.. The electronic files will be available for all...searchable and easily read by multiple screen readers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>When the project is completed, it will bring to life, in multiple formats, the history of the blind of Colorado and the blind men and women pioneers who contributed to state history through business, politics, education and more. The completed project will be shared with multiple public and blindness specific libraries. Anyone will be able to access, search and learn from our blind ancestors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>We need your help! Don’t let our history be lost, forgotten or destroyed! This preservation project is a huge undertaking that will take both money and volunteer time. Call or email today to find out how you can help preserve a vital part of Colorado history.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:auto'></span><div class=WordSection2><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:120%;color:black'>Mail checks to</span></b><span style='color:black'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>NFBCO, History<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>2233 W SHEPPERD AVE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>LITTLETON, CO 80120-2038<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody><b>On-Line at:</b> www.nfbco.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>Peggy Chong-Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><span style='color:black'>303-745-0473<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Textbody style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:120%'><a href="mailto:chongpeggy10@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>chongpeggy10@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'></span><div class=WordSection3><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>