Along the same lines ­
I told a sales person I was an archivist.  He knew what one was.  Then his
sales manager came in, laughing, saying ³my sales guy told me you were an
archivist.  I corrected him and told him it was an Astrologist!²
I also get ³oh, like Indiana Jones?²  No, that would be an archeologist ­
but at least that is much closer!


On 6/19/06 3:52 PM, "Christina Hostetter" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I haven¹t had that exact conversation but I had an interesting conversation
> with my great aunt about 5 years ago that went something like this.
>  
> ³Your grandmother told me you went back to school.  What is the degree for?²
>  
> ³I¹m getting my degree to become an archivist.²
>  
> ³AN ANARCHIST!!!!!!  I can¹t believe they have a degree for that.  Why would a
> god-loving American like yourself turn to anarchy?²
>  
> ³No, not an anarchist, an archivist.²
>  
> ³(puzzled look)²
>  
> ³a librarian²
>  
> ³that make¹s more sense!²
>  
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Christina J. Zamon
> Archivist
> National Press Club Archives
> 529 14th Street, NW
> Suite 480
> Washington, DC  20045
> 202-662-7598
> http://www.press.org/library06/archives.cfm
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Harry Heiss
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 3:39 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Archives as a profession
>  
> 
> I wonder how many other archivists have encountered this line of conversation
> at dinner parties, clubs, and social gatherings:
> 
>        "So what do you do for a living?"
> 
>        "I'm an archivist."
> 
>        "An archivist, eh.  Have you designed any buildings that I'd
> recognize?" 
> 
>        "Probably not."
> 
> 
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