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134 Telescope Soon...a new address As work continues on the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, and the form that was a dream takes real shape, we can't help being alerted to the nearness of greater things. Already, with the building not yet complete, increased interest is evinced by the phenomenal increase in the number of items added to the collection, These accessions have been covered in other writings, and they are not the point of this report; sufficient they have been mentioned. However, with this evident increase in interest, it only follows that the Great Lakes Maritime Institute must grow, and WILL grow at the same time.The Museum and the Institute share a rare opportunity to benefit from the close cooperation they have always shared. During the period of "temporary quarters" that has existed since the burning of the "J. T. Wing" both interests have been homeless. True, the operation has continued...because of the infinitude of patience shown by those who have carried the burden. But now, clear upon the horizon, is the hope of better things. Soon, we'll have a home. With this home is going to come added responsibility in some respects. No museum has ever functioned without outside help. The Curator and Staff are thankful indeed, that the interest and help of the Institute will be added to their effort. In return, the Museum intends to perform a genuine service to those who have an interest in matters of the Great Lakes. We intend to be more...much more...than an exhibit hall. Our collections will be enhanced, it is hoped, by private collections which are now in trunks and boxes for lack of a place to be seen. With close working cooperation between the Museum and Institute members, the pooling of assets and effort, together with the proper indexing and cataloging of material might well make our research facility as worthy of the Great Lakes student as the Burton Collection is to the student of Detroit History. There is no reason why these private collections need lose their identity, and whether they are the property of the Museum or the Institute, is of little import. They can be serviced and given attention by their collectors in a proper repository far better than they can be in a "desk drawer;" and they are thus part of a comprehensive collection. Thus, acting as a cohesive agent for all interests on the Lakes, the Museum can be a working tool of all those interests. But we can't do it alone and we know it. To the Institute, the staff says, "Thanks folks" and we feel we'll be saying it for a long time and often. Robert E. Lee, Curator Dossin Great Lakes Museum