“Lack of scientific cost-finding systems in the women’s muslin underwear industry has led to ruinous competition in the industry.” Evening Star, November 26, 1915, page 12.
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Hello from the Office of Public Records
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[NB: I’m not actually writing this from OPR. I hope that’s obvious.] Last week I introduced myself to the Friends of the DC Archives. In doing so, I shared my Twitter handle, and thus exposed this here blog/website. Having done so, I…
Adopt Prince!
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[View the story “Adopt the Prince of the Kittelach” on Storify]
When your resources aren’t perfect
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This post is a bit of a “what would YOU do?” request for input. Let me begin with the background: I am, on behalf of my office, working on a project to digitize (*cough*scan*cough*) all of the D.C. Laws from…
Notable DC Figures: John Ross
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When I’m on track to be on time for work (which happens most of the time now that I have cats waking me up in the morning), my walk to work is filled with parents and their kids walking to…
Confession
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It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m a big West Wing fan. I popped the first DVD in last night and while pondering questions like “why is CJ being called about the president’s bike accident at 5 in the…
The funny things that legislative language can do
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It’s been quite some time since I last posted about legislative language. I hope you’ve found other sources for your daily humor fill. Today I want to talk about corporate personhood. You know, like in Citizens United. When something that…
Notable DC figures: Nannie Helen Burroughs
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Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast was named in 1976 after over 5000 petitioners requested the change from Dean Avenue.[1] Why did she deserve this honor? Because she dedicated her life’s work to the education of African American girls and women.[2]…
Notable DC figures: Francis Gregory
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The Francis A. Gregory branch of the DC Public Library is located in Fort Davis. The “A,” if you’re curious, stands for “Anderson.” The library was named for Francis Gregory, who lived in Fort Davis, in 1986, by D.C. Law…
On multiculturalism in reference services
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For the class I’m taking in “Information Sources and Services,” I was assigned to review a “multicultural reference resource.” We had previously spoken (briefly) about acknowledging and accommodating cultural differences in providing services in information contexts, but it seemed that…