"Making the New York Connection" has one citation, a map.

Every fact presented in the article is properly referenced in the article. "Making the New York Connection" does not have just one reference.

Hugh, did you notice the 100 or so blue underlined hyper-linked references throughout the article, or the dozens and dozens of footnotes in each PENnant edition?

One point that stood out to you while reading the article was the authors' assumption that Mrs. Fox and Holland were not related?

Frank Holland was raised in an orphanage.

Edit: to clarify information taken from the article.

For those who did not get a chance to read the "Blotting Out the Truth" three-part series in the PENnant, a version of the article is available here: 

http://home.comcast....t_the_Truth.pdf

I recommend taking the time to read the entire article and explore all of the citations and references in the piece.

Regards,

George

I've had a couple since joining, so so as there's long labourious articles of questionable merit by someone who I've decided suffers from NPD . I'm thinking Fountain Pen Journal would be better.

Hugh,

Which PENnant articles in particular are you referring to? What makes you question the merit of certain articles in the PENnant?

George

 

 Yes the material is in the public domain but, as David puts out is practically unique and would not come to light any other way than the PCA championing this cause.  

 

Why is PCA uniquely qualified in this regard?

 

If I offered to post any materials that anyone has online on a website for free, and make it freely available for perpetuity, why would that not come to light?

 

Mark,

To the best of my knowledge, most (and probably a large majority) of the total digitized pen catalogues, pamphlets, letters and such online have their origins in the PCA library. If there has been so little effort to try and digitize pen material outside of the PCA's efforts, why should we think that things will be different now?

I hope all is well Mark.

George

It appears as if most, if not all, of the archive.org material was uploaded on June 2, 2014:

https://ia902503.us....ainPenCatalogs/

https://ia902508.us....ensCatalog1923/

https://ia802506.us....ServiceManuals/

EDIT on 8/6/2014: It looks like additional material is being uploaded. The latest being on August 3, 2014:

https://ia902303.us....ServiceManuals/

Nathan Tardif made a series of replica tree trunk pens ~15 years ago. In my opinion, this pen looks like one of Tardif's pens. I would need to see more pictures to be certain, though.

EDIT: If I recall correctly, Nathan clearly marked his replica overlay pens. The fact that this overlay is on a ripple pen might be one of these features. The overlay or the butt end of the pen should also have some of Nathan's "hallmarks" or stamps on them.

The pre 1944 gree is definitely a different color than Nassau. I have a few, and I know of few more. The early green is more tropical green.

George