It's a little hard to describe if you didn't hear it, but the part that I took offense to was the announcer saying that by identifying herself as an "archivist," she was selling herself short - that somehow being a "history detective" was NOT instrinsically part of being an archivist. >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.'" Leah Prescott Assistant Archivist Research Library The Getty Research Institute 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688 310.440.6277 310.440.7783 fax [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]>