Grudge Archivist Gifts

"Oh, not much. Just sitting here sifting through an old scrapbook of past injustices and imagined slights."

"Meet the scribe"

Historical memory is on life support.

'You're right. Our old safety files have become a safety concern.'

'The definition of OBSOLETE: old fashioned dictionaries.'

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

Video Henge: made from melting and molding 3,000,000 obsolete VCR tapes.

"Oops! I just deleted all your files. Can you repeat everything you've ever told me?"

Office worker pushing a pile of papers on trolley.

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

Letter Collecting Nerd

Catalogue of little books.

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

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

Attic of hopes and dreams...

'Remember me, Fred? I sat next to you in class and you said I'd never amount to anything.'

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

'It's true that my wife does forgive and forget - the trouble is that she never forgets what she's forgiven...'

'Lost Diary'

"I've recorded every noise my baby makes, so that when he's older I can play it back and he can tell me what he was trying to say. . .!"

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

"What's this? Now we have to hunt, gather and collate?"

Dive in Archive.

"I'm still looking, sir?"

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

"I'm collecting everyday objects for a time capsule."

"Nice try, but I'm still angry."

National Archives

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

"Hey! This was rubber stamped!"

Archive for Presidential Tweets

'You have a wonderfully tidy mind, Diane!'