P3D NSA '98 workshop on publishing

[Stuart Stiles <sstiles@xxxxxxx>]

If you have published works containing images from antique stereoviews, 
your assistance would be appreciated, as I prepare to lead a workshop.  

 Please send the following information to me at <sstiles@xxxxxxx>:

Your full name:
(an address, if you are willing to be contacted):

Your published work(s) listed by title, date and place of publication or 
ISBN prefix:


A word of advice you would give to anyone thinking about publishing 
stereo views:


What you found most rewarding about the project(s) you did:


What unexpected challenge(s) you encountered:

What specific publishing format you found most suitable for your 
work(s):

        Thank you.

        Your response, before August 1, 1998, will be shared with 
participants at the workshop, which I understand will be on Sunday 
afternoon, August 9, 1998. For the NSA '98 Convention, I have proposed 
the workshop that will consider what is involved in the process of 
publishing antique stereo images.

Actually the discussion on P3D regarding what could be done to preserve 
and exhibit the collections of stereoviews that some of us have amassed 
had led me to consider the possibility of publishing an annotated album, 
showing some personally meaningful exhibit.  While the album would not 
be originals, it would identify and illustrate the actual collection.  
It would be one step better than a catalog.  It might even sell in some 
limited market, providing enough returns to pay for the cost of the 
publication. If it really sold, one might even be able to endow a 
foundation to pay for the maintaining of the original collection in some 
museum, or library!  At least the images themselves would be available 
for many more people to enjoy from the book than would be typical of a 
museum exhibit, or a library archive.  Furthermore, the collector
/ publisher retains control what views are included in the album.

Following that discussion, I decided to compile and annotate 
Stereoscopic Saratoga Springs, which is based upon the stereoviews my 
family had collected as residents of that resort city. The publishing 
process has been eye opening. I think we should share what we have 
learned.

        If you will be at Richmond, you are welcome to attend the 
workshop.
                                                                        
Stuart Stiles


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