Nobody has ever replied in this way to me when I told them I was an archivist but if they did I would probably laugh in a good natured way. Not really a problem with me. It comes with the territory. Mark Patrick

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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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