I recently received a telephone request form a patron wondering if we had any "archives of prehistoric artists". I pointed out (admittedly with a grin on my face) that archival holdings of papers by prehistoric artists tend to be scarce, since they would by definition predate the written word. Dead silence on the other end for a minute. Of course some books in the library on the subject of the Venus of Willendorf, cave paintings in Lascaux and Altamira, etc. more than covered what the patron was looking for and everyone was happy in the end. First time for everything;-) Bart I recently asked a group of 5 or so work study students if they know who Dan Quayle is and got only blank, deer-in-the-headlights stares from all of them. --Maria -- signature Maria L. Morelli Archivist Boston University <http://www.bu.edu/archives>Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center 771 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215 Phone: (617) 353-3696 Fax: (617) 353-2838 A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> -- Bart H. Ryckbosch Archivist The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 Tel:(312)443-4777 Fax:(312)443-0849 [log in to unmask] A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>