In the spring of 2008, the Lake Norman Magazine underwent spring cleaning. In their possession were four filing cabinets of photographs (and a healthy sprinkling of slides and negatives). Although these filing cabinets were just short of a mess, the photograph files inside were an unequaled visual portrait of life around Lake Norman that would be lost if the files were not adopted.
The Davidson College Archives accepted the files, though we were unsure when we would be able to process and catalog the collection. Shortly afterward, a gentleman named Tom Rynne came to the EH Little Library and asked if there were any projects that he might volunteer for.
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