circa 1905: View of a person, possibly a teacher, wearing a ghost costume behind a lunch table with Halloween decorations in a rural schoolhouse. The display consists of a carved pumpkin, cutouts of witches and black cats, and haystacks. (Photo by Historic Photo Archive/Getty Images)
as an archivist I am begging you
- put dates on everything
- don’t believe digital stuff is preserved forever - if it’s really important (documents, photos, etc) print it out
- name your files accurately I know it sucks but please
- don’t destroy the original just bc you scanned it
- rubber cement is the devil’s adhesive use photo corners and quit gluing shit
- you will NOT remember write it down
- if you staple things to the inside of a folder I will find you
- your public library probably has equipment to digitize old media for free or can at least get you connected with somewhere that does!











