Archivist Mugs

'I can't remember the title,but it was on a little white piece of paper.'

'...and here's our filing system.'

'Go thru the files and get rid of everything that's over ten years old...but make copies!'

'The last Doctor to go into medical records has still not been found.'

'Does anyone know where we keep the unwritten rules?'

'We've got to digitalise our records...unfortunately Colin has most of them written on his arm.'

National Archives

Man rummaging through a TV set throwing out bits of paper

Historical memory is on life support.

"I think I'll keep a diary..."

Clinton Presidential Library: 'You must be 21.'

Dive in Archive.

We have a nice selection of office artifacts, a typewriter, carbon paper, ashtrays, our CEO's last handwritten memo...

"No, we're all out of typewriter ribbon...THIRTY YEARS AGO!!"

'In today's electronics world, printed books have become historical and museum pieces.'

Woman looking at filing cabinet marked 'eeny', 'meeny', 'miney' and 'mo'.

'It's all been digitized and put on DVDs.'

Tread, don't tread.

Microfilm bookstore.

Ancient Scroll.

The Index Finger.

'We're a public library trying to keep up with the times.'

'Godfrey is our only man who retains the skill to check e-books against original source material.'

The Unalphabetizer

'Actually, sir, almost everything is on the restricted shelf.'

Ivan the Terrible: 'Bad...Worse'.

'From albums to 8-tracks to cassettes to CD's...What a long, loud trip it's been!'

2008 politics/economy.

"For this one, I wish I'd taken up shorthand!"

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

Obsolete files

Early libraries

Rare Book Store: Telephone Directories

"Now to file 50 million completed Census forms"

Attic of hopes and dreams...