Randy:
Ivan moved back to Illinois from Puerto Rico around 2000, shipping all his many original ink-on-linen Burlington drawings back in wooden crates. He initially returned to Colchester, Ill., then moved closer to the Illinois River above Beardstown and was living in a camper on the back of a pickup truck. He broke off correspondence with me when I had to tell him that I could not afford to have all the drawings digitized in a very short time span, nor could I find anyone who could finance the work. I returned the dozen or so drawings he had sent me to digitize and have not heard from him since -- and this was nearly 10 years ago. I tried everything I could think of to see that the drawings were preserved, but I am afraid they are lost now.
Hol
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From: randy@prototrains.com
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:44:06 -0800
Subject: [CBQ] Does anyone know Ivan G. Parks?
Years ago I had a too-brief correspondence with an Ivan G. Parks about coal stage drawings. He had provided copies of company drawings to Kermit Craig for his amazing coaling stage model, and indicated he also had some drawings for the Ashland stage, which is my interest. He had just moved to Puerto Rico (this was in early 1996) but my last letter to him was returned as undeliverable. I am resuming my research, and if anyone knows if Ivan is still around and if so, where, I'll much appreciate knowing.
Randy
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