The town of Janesville, Wisconsin is speaking up about the future of the Parker Pen archives.
You might remember we mentioned last month that the iconic pen company was closing down its Newhaven manufacturing plant and shifting everything to France. Pen collector Tony Fischier, who runs ParkerCollector.com, has launched an online petition to keep the company’s extensive archives of pen designs and classic Parker writing instruments in Newhaven.
(If you’re a Parker buff, you really should read Fischier’s report on his visit to the Parker archives in June 2009.)
But it seems Janesville isn’t going to concede without making its own pitch for the materials. A retired police officer has started a letter-writing campaign to have at least part of the Parker Pen archives returned to the town and also asked the city council to pass a resolution requesting the same, according to the Janesville Gazette. Read More –>
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