tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353700232402705075.post1892611688345455269..comments2023-10-07T08:44:46.002-07:00Comments on Things I Vacuumed Today: This is UnhelpfulClaraBerghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16485436638084586305noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353700232402705075.post-41623647974800695972016-04-26T16:30:48.364-07:002016-04-26T16:30:48.364-07:00I once went through several years of archived legi...I once went through several years of archived legislation, carefully and with gloves on, because there was no index. I was looking for the law that abolished a previously existing tax on "bachelors and spinsters". The archivist asked me if an index would be helpful because she had a student that could work on it. I replied, "That would be great". Six months later I received a letter saying " I hope you find the attached index of legislation helpful. And that index read, "Statutes of the Legislature, 1900-1927, Content: Six Acts. Act of the Legislature Number One: Six pages, fourteen sections. Act of the Legislature, Number Two, 42 pages, 143 sections " and so on throughout the quarter century of laws. No mention of subject matter or title anywhere!!!! I still couldn't find what I was looking for and in fact no one would have been able to find anything that they were searching for in the legislation. Index = useless and I have worked hard to put aside the antipathy to archivists that this engendered in me. Greenfordangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563251864681291888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7353700232402705075.post-80026258660522033272016-04-25T12:37:56.032-07:002016-04-25T12:37:56.032-07:00Sitting at desk, trying so hard not to laugh! Rece...Sitting at desk, trying so hard not to laugh! Recently found a box in storage from 1994 with skirts inside with the note: "ANONYMOUS DONOR/ RETURN TO DONOR (WHO IS UNKNOWN)". Kalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18195121113066356783noreply@blogger.com