Updating a Personal Collection
I write from time to time about my collection relating to the Hudson Valley of the State of New York. I’ve been collecting for sixty years and continue to be surprised by my changing interaction with this subject. I could say “evolving” but this seems to understate the speed with which my options for collecting change. A book collector from an early age I soon learned about some forty-plus titles I should focus on. That a collection might include more than books was dismissed as requiring the complex alchemy of knowledge and opportunity. As to opportunity it was suggested I offer to...