ST. BONIFACE COMMUNITY ARCHIVES & MUSEUM
371 SE Main Street, Sublimity, Oregon 97385

We're in the old convent across from St. Boniface church, the second oldest original church building in continuous use in Oregon. Sublimity is 12 miles SE of Salem on Highway 22. Map
Open (free) 9:00-noon on Tuesdays, or call 503 769-5381. Welcome - share our history and yours!

Our mission is to discover, preserve, and share the history and heritage of Sublimity and its environs:
- 1852. Sublimity was made an Oregon Territorial post office. (Oregon became a state in 1859.)
- 1850s. Wagon train pioneers settled Sublimity and the Waldo hills.
- 1857. United Brethren's Sublimity College was founded. Its president was Milton Wright, father of Wilbur and Orville.
- 1870s. Railway immigrants from the midwest founded St. Boniface church in 1879, Fr. Peter Juvenal Stampfl pastor.
- 1886. The Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon religious order was founded in the former college building.
- 1889. The present St. Boniface church was built on the former Sublimity College site.
We follow church and community history up to the present in this place uniquely named Sublimity.

Scroll down and explore. This simple web site makes our fascinating history easily accessible to anyone - native, newcomer, expatriate or curious. (There is much more in the Sublimity museum.)

The St. Boniface Community Archives & Museum, founded in February, 2006, is managed and supported by an association of volunteer historians.  Who are we?    Questions/Suggestions?

OUR PUBLICATIONS An Illustrated History Of Sublimity from the 1850s on  by Henry Strobel, 2004 . . . (Chronological, includes many things not on this main page.) History of St. Boniface and Sublimity  by Evangeline Ripp, 2004. A pleasant and comprehensive account. If you only read one, this should be it. ARCHIVES RECORD  (Read our weekly Newsletter) 2012 (current))   2011   2010   2009   2008   2007   2006 What's in the Archives? by Evangeline Ripp  This is a categorized list; we are transitioning to a database. Come to a meeting and ask to see things. Interactive Walk through the the Old Cemetery at St. Boniface Church. Find and see the graves and markers close up, mapped and photographed by Carol & Gary Zolkoske, 2009 Help identify these old photos? Photo Album - Take a look inside the Archives & Museum Photos inside Shrine built 2009 beside St. Boniface church    Videos:     How it began, part 1     How it began, part 2     Credits St. Boniface Church History Project, Sublimity, Oregon by Diane Welter, 2005 "Oral history" - We have recorded the stories of Jenny Riesterer, Genevieve Hendricks, Vera Boedigheimer, Tony Beitel, Fred Schwindt, Doris Owen, Joseph Spenner, and Rita Young, etc. These are valuable and fascinating. Watch them at the DVD viewing station in St. Boniface Archives. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS History of Dr. Theodore Stuckart by himself Tour of Marion County Institutions, 1938  by Angeline Hassler Diary of a Visit to Austria, 1936 by Cecilia Schiebel Beitel Baseball - the National Pastime - in Sublimity! Peter Joseph Ripp's Sublimity Diary (1904-1920) St. Boniface Church, Sublimity, Oregon, The Treasure Within, by Claire Susbauer Rohan The Wedding of Peter J. Etzel and Bertha Hendricks, Sublimity - A wonderful early 19th C. picture. Point to a face and click to magnify it. Note that the bride and groom and several others have been labeled. We will label as many persons as we can, with your help.  Email us Turner Tabernacle, Turner, Oregon, large photo courtesy of Henry Strobel Jr. (Point to a face and click to magnify it.) THE LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD DURING WWI Panoramic photo of Company A, 1918 Oregon Guard  Thanks to the Santiam Historical Museum, gift of Leonard Thoma, Adeline (Thoma) Rainey, Luella Jacoby, & Donald Thoma (Point to a face and click to magnify it.) Named photos from the National Guard panorama, left to right: Picture 1   Picture 2   Picture 3   Picture 4 National Guard Company A in the Ripp Diary ca. 1918 THE STAYTON HOTEL The Stayton (or Farmer's) Hotel, Stayton, Oregon, a turn of the century photo essay: 1- Large view of the Farmers Hotel, Stayton, Oregon (built ca. 1885?, later renamed the Stayton Hotel), photo courtesy of Elmer Etzel. Point to a face and click to magnify it; read the notes on the photo. A. J. Richardson, 1834-1907, was the owner. The Richardsons were noted for (at least) two things - patriotic names (Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Mary Washington, and R. E. [Ralph Emerson ?] Richardson), and involvement in the local area Churches of Christ. The family burial plot is in the Wisner Cemetery near Kingston, SE of Stayton. 2- Stayton Hotel, bought, expanded and renamed by Frank Lesley. 3- Stayton Hotel, guests detail from the photo just above. 4- Stayton Hotel, ca. 1908, Frank Lesley, hotel owner, and his Ford runabout, Stayton's first automobile which he purchased in 1906. Note the steering wheel on the right hand side. (The Star Theater was built later in the same year.) from a 1978 Stayton Mail clipping. 6- Stayton Hotel and Star Theater, 1920, from a 1978 Stayton Mail clipping. 7- Stayton Hotel and Star Theater, a note about the previous photo (no. 6) by Sharon Barnes, Stayton, 2011 A STUDENT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK Clarence Hill's Stayton School Autograph Book from 1887. Completely filled by his classmates and teachers with rhymes, greetings, or sayings typical of the time (1887-94). You have to read this great stuff! Click on a page; back arrow to return; click another page . . .    Front  Title  W. Jones  Mattie Jeter, Teacher  Adelbert Balsley  Chester G. Mack  Herschel L. Mack  Albert B. Lathrope  C. A.  E. A. Bennett (teacher)  Abe ? Stayton  Leila E. Copeland  Annie Queener  Ollie  Maude  Deane Kitchen  Eva Landrum  Clyde Peebles  Bud  Bertie Adams  Edith Caspell  Addie Peebles  Maud Worley  W. ? Ledgerwood  Miss Eva Decker  F. Gesner  Earl Landreth  Pearl Hunter  Mable Hendershot  Minnie Shepherd  Hattie Beard  Fred Landreth  Harry Hunter  Maude Hargrove  Edgar Watters  Grace Hargrove  Ina Smith  Sarah Miller  George Darby  Edna Queener  Frank Jones  Millard Hill  (erased)  Betty Saunders  Arthur Elder  Mummie Mangle  Eddie Jarman  Glen Mangle  Allie Henline  Warren Richardson  Prof. Roy E. King  Mattie Peebles  Bill Jarman  Gert Cartwright  Ethel Rickey  Your Teacher, Lottie French Ethel Gardner  Gilbert Graham  Wade Thomas  Claude Darby  Daisie  Jessie Gisner  Arthur Ward  Sena C. Whitney  Alice Balsley  Ella Balsley  W. D. Hill  Nora Jenkins  Eva Cooper  Bertha Keene  Elsie  W. F. Smith  Back (contributed to the Archives and © Henry Strobel 2011) STORIES OF PIONEER LIFE AND EARLY SETTLERS Adventures of Charles Croucher, The True Story of His Journey from San Francisco to Oregon in Search of Gold Published by Henry Strobel An Oregon Trail Diary, 1852   A great story with a Sublimity connection. Another Oregon Trail Diary, 1852   (Not our publication, but it seems to belong here.) Crossing the Plains, narratives of the scenes, incidents and adventures attending the overland journey of the Decatur and Rush county emigrants to the "far-off" Oregon in 1852 by Origen Thomson and Sutherland McCoy. This is a much more extensive diary with many "appendices" telling in detail of the same wagon train as the previous. (Mary Jane Watkins is in both diaries.) Peter Thomson of Boston, MA told me (Henry Strobel) it was "written by my great grand uncle Origen Thomson with an introduction by my great grand aunt Camilla Thomson Donnell in 1852 and published by my great grandfather Orville Thomson in 1896 in Greensburg , Ind., Decatur County." Notes on the Glovers (and Stantons) of Sublimity   An informal compilation by Henry Strobel, 2010-2011. "Philip Glover's Sublimity Family" This is one of the 150 or so family histories in Sarah Hunt Steeves' Book of Remembrance - How little we would know of many of these early pioneers had she not written their stories down! She describes here Philip Glover Sr, Philip Glover Jr, Charles Peyton Glover, and Travis Johnson, Colored Slave. The Glover home place and cemetery is a mile north of Sublimity. See also Notes on the Glovers (and Stantons) of Sublimity above. A Portrait of Sarah Hunt Steeves, author of the Book of Remembrance of Marion County Pioneers 1840-1860, The absolute best writer and resource on early Sublimity area settlers. An abbreviated index is included (Beaver Briefs, Vol. 29 No. 2). Wish we could put the book here! (Image courtesy of the Oregon State Library) 1872 Letter from Oregon Settlers to their Home in Iowa (contributed to the Archives and © Henry Strobel 2011) 1917 Letter from Frank Spenner of Stayton to his brother Anthony at Mt. Angel, Oregon The Porter Family - Aumsville - Mill Creek Church of Christ - Turner Tabernacle History of Aumsville, Oregon  "In April 1848, a wagon train left Illinois bound for Oregon. In that train were Stephen and William Porter and their families. Their trip is documented because of the diary kept by William Porter." Pre-1900 Pioneer history of Churches of Christ in Marion County, Oregon  Northwest College of the Bible, Portland, Oregon 1848 Letter from William Porter on the Oregon Trail to his father, David Porter, in Illinois "How to run a covered wagon" Thanks to Donald Porter of the St. Boniface Archives & Museum A History of the Hunt Family from the Norman Conquest, 1066 A.D, to the year 1890, George W. Hunt, Sarah Hunt Steeves, McDonald, Gill,& Co., 1890. (Thanks to google for digitizing.) Settled in the Waldo Hills - Sublimity area. Note connections with An Oregon Trail Diary, the Glovers, Stantons, and of course the Hunts. A STUDY OF LIFE IN EARLY SUBLIMITY Sublimity: Shared Visions in a Rural Community  Thesis at Willamette U. 2008 by Beth A. VanVeen SISTERS OF ST. MARY OF OREGON Foundation of the Sisters of St. Mary at Sublimity, Oregon, excerpt from the Souvenir of Golden Jubilee 1886-1936, by Sister Mary Eugenia Eberhard, SSMO, Beaverton, 1936, an excerpt from These Valiant Women, History of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon, 1886-1986, by Wilfred P. Schoenberg SJ, which describes the celebrations of the Jubilee Year in 1936, in particular the Queen of the Valley Historical Festival and Pageant, and the dedication of the new chapel. History of our Community Bell Poem by Sister Fidelis Kreutzer SSMO 2009 And So It Happened, And Not by Chance  by Sr. Pulcherria Sparkman SSMO The Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon began right here in Sublimity in 1886. Here is their story in two parts. Most of the founding sisters were from Jordan or Sublimity. You will see a couple of new pictures in the photo album here. One is of Sr. Ruth Etzel vigorously ringing the angelus bell. This bell was given to the sisters by Bruno and Maria Boedigheimer, whose daughter was Sr. Cecelia, one of the founders, and whose granddaughter is our own town historian Vera Boedigheimer. The other picture is of Sr. Fidelis Kreutzer, the archivist at Beaverton, who has been very helpful to us.  Book One     Book Two OCHS SPRING EVENT 2009 Handouts from the 2009 Oregon Catholic Historical Society Spring Event, Hosted by St. Boniface Archives & Museum: St. Boniface Archives and Museum, Sublimity, Oregon by Henry Strobel, Oregon Catholic Historical Society Newsletter, Fall 2008 About the Archives & Museum Its Staff and Members Good Things Here What's in the name? - St. Boniface and His Times About Our Namesake by Charlene Pietrok Pierce Sublimity "placemap" 2007    New page 2, "placemap" for 2009 by Henry Strobel, on two sides of an 11x17in page used as a place mat for church dinners. It includes a brief history and an illustrated "Walker's Guide" to historic Sublimity. Available in the Archives office. Displays here in 8.5 x 11 in. pdf pages. St. Boniface Parish Map: Yes it's that big! October annual festivity (church fund raiser) A Sublimity tradition - the Annual BBQ October Chicken Dinner (four short articles in one) Photo Gallery, Annual Sublimity Chicken Barbecue

OTHER PUBLICATIONS Old Sublimity map, upper half Marion County, Oregon Because it was drawn in 1929 this detailed map is interesting and useful, still showing most of the early pioneers' donation land claims and German settlers' farm locations. Click to magnify; scroll or use arrow keys to see more. Old Sublimity map, lower half Marion County, Oregon REPAIRING THE CHURCH CROSS St. Boniface Catholic Church gets a makeover, Ball and cross, installed in 1889, is replaced   Statesman Journal September 2011   Photo 1  The original cross and ball (world)   Photo-2  Removing the original cross and ball   Photo-3  The metal bottom of the ball shows holes from the rifle bullets sent heavenward by the pastor in the 1920s to discourage roosting birds, but later providing access for bees. The center wooden shaft of strong Douglas fir is the base of the cross.   Photo-4  The new cross and ball begins its ascent.   Photo-5  The new cross and ball is attached. 2000s NEWSPAPER & OTHER ARTICLES The Waldo Who sired America, by Pat Wilkins, West Side Newspaper, November 2011 (click to enlarge) Mill City's century old church reborn by Denise Ruttan, the Statesman-Journal, Salem, Oregon, July 1, 2010 Fr. Dernbach by Ed Langlois, the Catholic Sentinel, Portland, Oregon, February 11, 2010 Class Explores Oregon's Catholic Roots   Fall 2010, Santiam Catholic Schools Newsletter William O'Malley SJ   Obit. from the Spokesman-Review, Spokane. During his time in Sublimity Bill was everyone's friend, none better. Cates' family cafe and bakery   by Denise Ruttan, Stayton Mail, February 4, 2009 Vera Boedigheimer, Town Historian  Obituary, Stayton Mail, 2009 Backdoor Bentgrass by Pat Wilkins, the Independent Press, Mill City, Oregon, November 2009 Last Wish a Divine Legacy from the Oregonian, September 2009 OCHS Spring Event at Sublimity Draws Near-Record Crowd OCHS Newsletter, Fall 2009 Last Day of the Historic Kintz House Stayton Mail 2007The Kintz Family Photo and Note has been moved into An Illustrated History Of Sublimity, Oregon. (Scroll down to June 2007.) The future of Sublimity's history is here by Clarice Keating, The Sentinel, 2009 St. Boniface' 130th Birthday Party by Henry Strobel, The Sentinel, 2009 A Sublime Little Community by Lisa Daniels, The Oregonian, 2009 The Once A Month Band, Our Town Monthly Catholic Roots Deep in Stayton, Sublimity by Dan de Carbonel, Statesman Journal, 2005 Something for the Soul by Mary Owen, Our Town Weekly, 2005 Towns' Histories Keep Debate Brewing by Capi Lynn, Statesman-Journal, 2004 1900s NEWSPAPER & OTHER ARTICLES Rev. Anthony Lainck, where did he come from? The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912 Illustrated Vol. 2, by Joseph Gaston, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1812, pages 301-302 History of the Catholic Church in Stayton, Oregon  Church Bulletin Blackberries   by Grace Ditter, Stayton Mail, Dec.3, 1974 Hobson-Whitney Cemetery Up-date, by May Neitling  from Beaver Briefs, October 1977 Canyon Timeline History from 1844 to 1971.  Canyon Life Museum, Mill City, Oregon Spelling Out The Past by Courtney Dunham, The Stayton Mail, 1994 Russian Relief from Sublimity   The Stayton Mail, Stayton, Oregon, 1921-22 New Buildings Add to Stature of Valley City,   The Statesman, Salem, Ore., December 27. 1949 Looking Back, The Old Downing House, from a 1961 Stayton Mail column Looking Back, Harvest Dinners (Silverton, Stayton), from an old Stayton Mail column 1800s NEWSPAPER & OTHER ARTICLES Who's where in the Archdiocese of Oregon City ?  Pages from Hoffmans Catholic Directory 1888 with added notes Early Stayton Newspapers, 1889-1910 - Great stories!  Eight selected Issues reprinted gratis by St. Benedict Press, Mt. Angel, Oregon at the dedication of the rebuilt Stayton Church of the Immaculate Conception in 1952. Porter Recruiting Poster, Stayton Mail SUBLIMITY COLLEGE An Act to establish a College at the town of Sublimity in the county of Marion, Laws of the Territory of Oregon, 1858 (We also have a copy of the original manuscript from the Oregon State Archives.) Additional notes on the Trustees by Henry Strobel. A brief excerpt from Sublimity, The Story of an Oregon Countryside, 1850-1950 by Mark Schmid The Library Bookstore, St. Benedict, Oregon 1951. Written by a Sublimity native, the scholarly Mark J. Schmid OSB of Mt. Angel Abbey, it is easily the best (if not the only) book on Sublimity. Sublimity has claim to Wrights' fame The Oregonian, Associated Press, 2003 About Milton Wright  Excerpts from The Bishop's Boys by Tom Crouch 2003, and Wikipedia More about Milton Wright   Excerpt from FlightLines, Spring 2003 The Wright Family Album & Oregon's Little-known Connection Early Oregon Colleges   Excerpt from Part 2 of 30: The Birth of Corvallis College by George Edmonston Jr. and Tom Bennett THE Mt. ANGEL - SUBLIMITY CONNECTION The Founding of Mt. Angel by Adelhelm Odermatt OSB A letter of 1883 1976 Catholic Sentinel Article on Mt. Angel by Graham Hogan in three parts, March 12, 19, May 28. Thanks to Louis B. Schwab Jr for preserving this in The Schwab Family, chapter 7. Another Note on the Mt. Angel - Sublimity Connection Mount Angel, Oregon 1848-1912  by Sister Ursula Hodes, University of Oregon Thesis Series No. 20, 1933 (Printed 1940 WPA) Rich in details and perspective on Mt. Angel's beginnings, town, abbey, schools, people. Copyright © Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angel (Click a page; click to magnify, back arrow; click another page, etc.)   Title Page  Printing  Table of Contents  Introduction  2  3  4  5  Beginnings of Settlement  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  The "Narrow Gauge" Ushers in Change  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  Arrival of the Benedictines  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  Mt. Angel Attains Adulthood  42  43  44  45  46  47  Economics and Social Conditions, 1893-1912  49  50  51  52 53  54  Conclusion  56  57 Bibliography  59  60  61  62  THE PARIS WOOLEN MILL IN STAYTON, OREGON 28 photos of the Paris Woolen Mill Source and date uncertain. Defective pdf had to be repaired and optimized. National Register of Historic Places Inventory - 1981 Nomination Form, Paris Woolen Mill, Stayton, Oregon Guide to the Paris Woolen Mills Records circa 1911-1990, Oregon Historical Society cache in Portland, Oregon City of Stayton Inventory of Historic Sites Context Statement, February 1993

NEARBY HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & MUSEUMS, RELEVANT WEB PAGES Historical Commission of the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon Web Site Oregon Museums Association, Museums listed by location in the Willamette Valley. We are a member. Locations and Open Hours of Nearby Historical Societies & Museums Search for Early Oregonians (prior to 1860), Oregon Public Records Database Genealogical Forum of Oregon, Oregon Donation Land Claims Oregon State Library Oregon Trail Emigrant Resources, Oregon Trail Bibliography by Sandra Graham and Evelyn Gatlin, Oregon State Library Volunteers, November 2008 Oregon State Archives Historical Marion County Records Guide   Includes fine Marion County scenic images City of Sublimity  Web site Marion County Historical Society,  part of The Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill in Salem, Oregon Aumsville Historical Society Web site The Aumsville Historical Society Museum & History Center Opens The Charles and Martha Brown House, Stayton, Oregon 1902 Silverton Country Historical Society, Silverton, Oregon St. Paul Mission Historical Society, St. Paul, Oregon  Church established in 1839 at St. Paul, Oregon Territory Mt Angel Historical Society, Mt Angel, Oregon CEMETERIES Interactive Walk through the the Old Cemetery at St. Boniface Church. Find and see the graves and markers close up, mapped and photographed by Carol & Gary Zolkoske, 2009 Historical cemetery gets a little TLC Catholic Sentinel April 2011 Marion County Tombstone Transcription Project See especially the local readings by Daraleen Philips Wade and Benita Jones Sharp, such as:       Some Small Cemeteries and Miscellaneous Burials       Introduction To Lone Oak/Stayton Cemetery Records & Genealogical Notes: Marion County, Oregon  And many others Hobson-Whitney Cemetery, Sublimity, Oregon Mt. Hope (Hunt) Pioneer Cemetery, Marion County, Oregon Cemeteries Cemeteries near Sublimity, Oregon  Good! - In addition to Places here, see Books, Images, Blogs LOCAL FAMILY HISTORIES These are examples. There are many more in the physical archives. We are not involved in genealogy as such except as it relates to community history and heritage, but we gladly assist those interested in discovering and sharing theirs, a part of our story. The Beitel-DeAngelis website was a superb example of a family history web site. It's no longer online, but here are some of its Sublimity-related pages, thanks to Elizabeth Beitel DeAngelis. Some of these documents ask for a password. It's sublimity. Albracht Family Tree Album 1 Beitel Reunion 2001 Album 2 Beitel Reunion 2001 Cecilia Beitel's Trip to Austria Descendants of Jacob John Allmaras Descendants of Alois Beitel Frank Allmaras Family Tree Group Photo Reunion 2001 Koenig Family Tree  Also Beitel, Weiser, Keimig, Hamling, and Bernt families. Krantz Pedigree Descendants of Ludwig Allmaras Mom's 1930 Canada Trip Old Sublimity Schiebel Family Tree Ancestors of Glen Walter Morley by Linda Morley, 2003. The Morley, Heater, Carter, Patten, Scott, Given, and John Wheeler Thomas families. Goes back to the 1850s "covered wagon" pioneers to the Sublimity area, who, like the Porter, Downey, Hunt, Glover, King, and Stanton families, preceded the Catholic railway immigrations of the 1870s ff. More Photos from Linda Morley Germans from Russia in Marion County, Oregon Descendants of Peter Ditter Also Trimbor, Steffes, Hottinger, Roeser, Leverman, Susbauer Joseph Leo Toepfer Family History Strobels of Southern Indiana, a personal example (non-local) of a family tree site by your webmaster.

You're welcome to help! If you would like to share history, help preserve old and new records, photographs, artifacts, collect oral history, etc. - welcome! Archiving means to collect and preserve as well as to organize and share this wealth of history. What is not collected and preserved will be lost and forgotten. The 125th anniversary of St. Boniface church, as well as the 100th before it, were occasions of heightened historical research and presentation in Sublimity. This was the original stimulus for the organization, which has grown to include not only the Sublimity community but the surrounding areas and expatriates beyond. Volunteers may be history buffs, local history experts (anyone willing to share their information), and genealogists, those who enjoy research; who have organizational, editing and writing or interviewing skills; and who are photographers and videographers. But we also need people to sort, catalog, and label. And yes - computer and internet skills! You can see how useful our web site is. It's the easiest, most efficient and far-reaching way to share and look up information. Your skills and help would be much appreciated. For more information call Vangie at 503-769-5381, Carol at 503-769-5299. We have weekly meetings, but there are opportunities at other times too. Storing a Collection - Use special acid-free cartons, folders, and filing boxes. - Unfold documents and store flat, where practical. - Remove rubber bands, paper clips, staples. Don't use "scotch" tape. - Place fragile documents in archival mylar covers. - Place photographs singly in mylar or polyethylene envelopes after identifying on the back using an HB2 pencil. - It's convenient to organize related documents and photos in archival clear sheets in three ring binders. This allows access without white gloves or the risk of losing or disordering the contents. - Make high quality photocopies on acid-free paper of newspaper clippings (the clippings can be discarded). - Don't write on the papers; label the folders. - Textiles should be stored flat, in acid-free tissue. Banners and large objects can be rolled. - Store everything in a cool, dry space, not an attic or basement. 65 to 70 degrees F is best. - The storage space should be secure - locked (with limited key holders and an entry log), fire resistant, with a centrally connected smoke alarm and fire extinguishers for paper and electrical fires. - Label and catalog everything. Recommended reference: Registration Methods for the Small Museum by Daniel B. Reibel Using your Computer - Create, maintain, and print an inventory. - For future accessibility and present economy, we suggest using the free LibreOffice software suite. - Backup your records and content (documents and images) both on and off site . Otherwise many years of irreplaceable work and knowledge can be lost to fire, theft, or computer mishap. - Web site content, although serving as a kind of partial backup, must itself be backed up. - What you publish, whether in print or on the web, helps fulfill the twofold purpose of dissemination and protection.

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