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THE HERALD OUTLOOK February Ml Page Outlook Lifestyle Audubons treasures on display By Gil Hardy Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service A set of Audubons Bird of America worth at leat million will soon be nestled in a new home in the basement of the Library of Parliament The four volume collection of colored plates engraved in England and Scotland between 1826 and 1837 will be the most valuable item in the library new rare book room But the Audubon volumes may not be the most portent titles destined for the climate controlled fire proof chamber according to library of ficials There also will be a very good collection of memoirs and descriptions of 17th- and 18th- century Canada written by ex plorers and historians They will share shelf space with political pamphlets and tracts from tbecentury Canada We have a lot of good material on election campaign platforms for the end of the century beginn ing of the 20th century says Michael Graham head of the col lections division The oldest book is a descrip tion of New France replete with grotesque drawings of animals By the Parliamentary Library standards such documents are almost equal in value to the Audubon prints because they deal directly with Canadas past The library is primarily a resource centre for MPs and senators and the new rare book room will play a part in that There are a lot of pamphlets here of speeches done in the House speeches done outside the House so anybody wanting Jo research free trade for example can find It here Its fundamentally a very Road repair requested Cars often left caked with mud after a rainstorm have pro mpted residents of the Fifth Line in Helton Hills to call for repairs to the road Robert Cameron a resident of the Fifth Line said the 12- kilometre stretch of road hasnt had any major repairs in years After a rainfall or mild weather the road will deteriorate to a muddy suit Mr Cameron said of the stretch of road between Sideroad and Sideroad 17 in Hills When cars drive down the road they become covered in mud he said And after the town grades the road which is often after a rain fall the road is just a solid sea of mud be said Coun Joe Hewitt called the stretch the spongiest piece of road in the whole town after a rainfall Councillors agreed to have a preliminary engineering study done for the road and a proposal to make repairs will be sent to the 1069 budget committee for con sideration strong research collection says Graham In the past the library rare book collection was stored under lock and key on the main floor of the library which stands behind the Centre Block on Parliament Hill The documents weren t deteriorating but were in peril if a fire occurred The 20 volume Canadian Pamphlet Collection was languishing under the library roof in a highhumidity area sub ject to extremes of heat and cold Francois assistant DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC TRENTON DT 18 CHURCH STREET GEORGETOWN ACROSS FROM LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE tor of information and technical services says a special room was needed to protect the collection If we dont keep it in that area material tends to disappear he says The specially constructed chamber with concrete block walls has its own independent heating and ventialtion systems The room is raised off the floor to guard against water damage and is seal ed by a metal door with a three- hour fire rating Instead of sprinklers the room is equipped with a Halon gas system If a fire starts the gas is released to remove oxygen from the air without oxygen fires die Humidity and temperature levels will be controlled and the lights switch off automatically after 30 minues The whole project will cost about which in cludes mobile shelving to make the most of limited space The room will contain some metres of shelves and house up wards of titles ranging from thin pamphlets to multi volume sets of books The room is designed to bold future acquisitions and the library is eager to get its hands on political memorabilia from past elections Just as people are asking what was the platform of Laurier at the turn of the century now they are starting to ask what were the elec tion platforms of parties in the 1870s We want to protect that material even though It doesnt have a value as rare books LeMay says The library Is hoping will donate printed documents and other articles from more recent campaigns so the material will be available for future research The core of the current rarebook collection was assembled in the mkJ1800fl but its roots go back farther It was begun by the clerk of the Assembly of Lower Canada who travelled to England and France buying first editions They were lost when the in Montreal burned to the ground in 1849 The collection was regenerated and has moved with Parliament from Montreal w Ottawa by way of Quebec City and Toronto These moves were often made by barge and there are items in the collection bearing those nomadic times ft Directory of Services Offered in Our COME TAX BOB YOUNG 21 Acton Ontario 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