I have all the sign-in books!

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

For the 1st time in YEARS, I can lay hands on all 24 of the sign-in books!

1-6 in the very old short, wide guest book (which also has my Bar Mitzvah and my father's funeral...), and the rest in either 3-hole-punch (or sometimes, like this year, 3-hole-awl) or comb bound.

What do y'all think, should I try comb-punching and rebinding them all together in one big book?
... annoyingly, the original book is taller than 5.5" and wider than 8.5", so I can't really put them in a 11" comb in a 2-up arrangement, behind an 8.5x11 cover sheet/card.

(I think I'm also going to scan all of them, though that won't be published, of course.)

Eventually I'll start entering names in to a spreadsheet to see who's been to which, when. :)

Comments

[sodyera.livejournal.com]

Let each book stand on its own as an historical artifact. If you can gather all the data to show elsewhere, fine. I'd be interested in seeing the attendance files, but it will be a lot of work.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

I agree, they should be kept separate. I think a shelf filled with binders showing the history of Baitcon would be cool (and probably more manageable).