What I know.

Ok team, I got quite a bit done at the archives today. I originally arranged to have the materials needed put into the box that Scott called in to request, but it turns out the staff member that's going to be assisting us has it all set aside apart from that. So Scott, don't be concerned if you see a bunch of request slips with your name on them. It seems we're the only group that made prior document requests, so I have a feeling the archivist might have quite a headache in dealing with the other groups. Again, we're awesome.

Unfortunately, however, I got there with only 5 minutes to spare before the cut off time for requests for partial service days (which is at 2:30) so all I had time to do was request the information that we had already found. So I didn't get a chance to look for any primary documents to get images from for either McKenzie.

Here's what I put aside:
-James Deans fonds (5/B/D34): the so-called "Rustic Rhymes of a Rural Rhymester"
-"Poems, Recipes, Pamphlets, etc" (McKenzie fonds, MS-2431 box 7/17) => this is the steam engine (please get both images if possible, the men working and the cover of the manual) and the music by SIR Edmund Verney (I'm not so sure this is E.H. Verney, as it's printed, and I'm not sure our Verney was ever knighted. I have some leads though)
-Agreements with employees (Melrose agreement in particular) (MS-2431, 19/1)
-Craigflower ration book (Just added in last minute haste to try to find something before the deadline
-Promissory Notes to the Royal Navy (MS-2431, 18/1) - I looked afterwards and these were not what I had hoped they were, and I can't remember what it was that I saw.

I think you guys know what we want from here, but if you see anything else in the boxes in question that might be interesting, or related to the McKenzies directly, please take a shot of it.

Oh, and before I forget... I knew there was a reason why I thought Goodie McKenzie would be a good choice of personality: it seems that her and Verney had something of a thing, I have a telegram from Verney arriving in Salt Lake City directly to her, and also found a letter from Verney to the McKenzie family in general that is quite interesting, it appears written from England after he has left VI for good.

Good luck getting this stuff tomorrow, and remember to call me if there are any problems... I think I got everything.

-Dan