How to NavigateI am neither so egotistical nor so naive and inexperienced as to believe that this work is free from errors. There are three types of errors the viewer is likely to encounter: historical errors, technical errors and typos.
No matter how carefully an opus of this size is proofread, typographical errors do creep in. Moreover, there comes a point when an author must simply stop misreading the same errors over and over again and send the project to press with the hope that his readers, rather than be annoyed, will be satisfied to call the miscues to his attention.
Technical errors, although often obvious, can be more of a problem. On this disk are approximately eight hundred pages of text, more than seven hundred images, and around five thousand links that connect all of them and make them navigable. Every precaution has been taken to avoid spurious, inaccurate, or dead-end links. However, should any be encountered, they could cause the viewer some confusion. The author would appreciate these being called to his attention so that he may correct them in any future editions.
Historical inaccuracies are more insidious, and they will be easily overlooked by most readers. Never-the-less, they are far more dangerous, for once they appear in print, they often seem to take on a life of their own and are very difficult to correct. For this reason facts regarding the history of Scouting have been checked wherever possible with original source materials such as old issues of Scouting Magazine, original equipment catalogs, and early handbooks. Where that was not possible the author relied on published histories such as Murray's The History of the Boy Scouts of America. Likewise information about the postcard industry has been taken from well known resources. The author has clearly indicated those instances where he has drawn his own conclusions based on his experiences. Readers should be very careful not to mistake speculation for fact.