I'm sure they're making a reference of sorts to the popular PBS show "History Detectives"... >Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:31:17 -0400 >Reply-To: Alison Langmead <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: Archives & Archivists <[log in to unmask]> >From: Alison Langmead <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: History Detective? >To: [log in to unmask] >List-Help: <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=ARCHIVES>, > <mailto:[log in to unmask] ARCHIVES> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Owner: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >List-Archive: <http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=ARCHIVES> >X-Virus-Scanned: by Anti-SpamVirus Mail Gateway at mdarchives.state.md.us >X-RCPT-TO: <[log in to unmask]> > >Judging from the librarian/archivist job title discussion, I know that >this may be be a contested topic, but...for anyone who listened to the >Morning Edition report on Mary Beth Corrigan, archivist at PNC/Riggs Bank >(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5503791), I wonder >who else was somewhat insulted by the fact that, when Mary Beth introduced >herself as "the archivist for PNC/Riggs Bank," the reporter's voice-over >comes back with, "But she is selling herself short; Mary Beth Corrigan is >a 'history detective.'" > >A "history detective?" Perhaps I'm being oversensitive here, but isn't >that a little condescending? She's an archivist for heaven's sake, which >is so much _more_ than that epithet suggests. > >Sigh. Should I just be glad that archivists are being praised in the press? > >Alison > >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]> Kim Moreno Director, Appraisal and Description phone: (410) 260-6461 email: [log in to unmask] Maryland State Archives 350 Rowe Boulevard Annapolis, MD 21401 MD toll free (800) 235-4045 main phone: (410) 260-6400 fax: (410) 974-2525 http://mdsa.net 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]>