Detective work.

[dzuunmod]

One of the things I occasionally have the opportunity to do in my job is a kind of historical detective work. It's probably the thing that I have the most fun doing. For instance, just now I was given a name and a graduation year (1927) and told to find everything I can on a particular guy. And now I go through old documents and books and such, and

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[endersgame3]

actually, that sounds fun to me too! enjoy!

[dzuunmod]

I will! Last time I did much of this, we discovered a former Olympian, and his family ended up giving to the archives all kinds of amazing stuff, including the uniform and shoes the guy wore at the 1924 Olympics(!!!). I doubt anything quite that cool will happen this time, but you never know. :)

[thepersona]

That's the one thing I really loved too when I worked there. Even though it wasn't at all part of my job, I would always take the assignments. There is an insanely large amount of information in old newspapers alone that you can't find online.

[dzuunmod]

It's true. And it's also true that we get a lot of researchers who whine and moan whenever they realize that!