I work at the LBJ Library and Museum in Austin, Texas in the AV Archives. We have boxes of prints from a White House photographer named Abbie Rowe. (not a joke) He sent them to us in subject order. The original order has been thoroughly documented. I want to rearrange the photographic prints in chronological order so that they will be much easier to locate. Each print has a serial number and date on the back of the print. A new finding aid will be produced. I want to scan the prints and name the files according a yyyy-mm-dd-serial # format. That way the computer files will sort in chronological order. Does anyone know of any reason a professional archivist would object to this? I have been here five years and I want to do this. My supervisor has been here 37 years and says " it is against all archival principles to physically change the order of this collection". I say he is full of bull. What say ye all? 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]>