Ever since I first discovered the
existence of America's Credit Union Museum in Manchester, New
Hampshire, I've been dying to check it out. Unfortunately, life kept
getting in the way of my dreams of archival adventuring, but I've
decided to put my foot down and make January the month I finally get
to take in the American credit union movement's premiere historical
institution for two glorious days. My hope is that this trip will provide inspiration for a
number of Credit Union History posts, including (but, thanks to the inspirational magic of primary sources, not limited to):
- A video interview with museum director Peggy Powell.
- A review of the museum's exhibits (hopefully with photos!).
- A brief guide to the resources available in the museum's reading room.
- A book review of Roy Bergengren's single known work of fiction, Cumet: A Fantasy Having to do With Credit Union Mass European Tours (as it turns out, Paul Thompson's The Credit Union Lady is not the only credit-union themed novel ever written). Self-deprecatingly mentioned in several of his subsequent non-fiction books, Bergengren's novel supposedly proposes the idea of credit unions organizing trips to other parts of the world in order to help create international understanding. I've been fruitlessly searching out a copy of Cumet for a while, but it has been impossible to find; however, it turns out that the Museum has one, and Ms. Powell has graciously offered to open the glass case and allow me to read it!
***UPDATE***
I finally got the Credit Union History "Tip Jar" working. If you'd like to help fill my gas tank for this trip, click on the "Google Checkout" button on the right hand of the screen...
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