One of the things that bothered me when I started here some years ago was that over 16 decades, we had managed to save documents concerning so many peripheral aspects of the institution while, in large part, neglecting that which was central to our mission as a school. Perhaps it's because one tends to take the academic program for granted that it's easy to forget that had we not been teaching English and Chemistry, there would be no reason for all that other wonderful archival stuff -- faculty meeting minutes, theater programs, student newspapers, century-old box scores -- to exist at all. Documenting what was taught and how we taught it strikes me as essential. I urge you to save at least a representative selection of textbooks. Not only that, but solicit class work, notes, etc. from students, faculty, and alumni. They'll provide some perspective for that bound set of Speeches by the Dean. Rick Teller '70 Archivist and Librarian The Williston Northampton School 19 Payson Avenue Easthampton, MA 01027 (413) 529-3288 [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]>