Hi everybody-

I posted a question to the list a while back and got no replies so I'll try again. The University of Louisiana at Monroe is the current home to the collection and accompanying paperwork (lots of it!) of Tom and Darla (Dorla?) Clark. Apparently they owned a shell shop in Orange Beach, Alabama in the 1950's and 60's and when they closed business donated the stuff to someone. Over the years it ended up being donated here. We don't have the means to take care of it properly, and would like to donate it to someone or somewhere where it would be taken care of. We have the shells and it seems most of the paper work. This includes old AMU stuff, shell catalogs, correspondence with shell dealers, lists, Christmas cards to shell people, etc. Some of the shells have collecting data with them, some (like the boxes of single color Donax) do not. We would like to see it get a proper home.

If you knew of the Clarks, would like the stuff, whatever, please contact me on or off list. I appreciate everyone's help with this.

Russ Minton, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe, LA 71209-0520 ph: 318-342-1795 fax: 318-342-3312 http://homepage.mac.com/russminton/index2.htm