Day Twelve - June 5, 2024

 


 

Most of the morning was spent on a presentation about Archival Description. The presenter, Jess, was very 

in depth and detailed in her explanations. The presentation provided some interesting insights into why 

description is done a certain way and how it helps future researchers. From my understanding, archival 

description has basically been designed so any researcher can find the material they need in as few search 

terms as possible. That’s probably not the actual standard but I find it a helpful way to think about archival 

description. 

For the rest of the day I spent some time organizing my series and getting a head start on the description 

based on the supervisor’s instructions. The collection of musical sheets had come in partial alphabetical 

order based on the title but there were a few pieces out of place. An “i” with the “j”s or an “S” with the 

”r”s, that sort of thing. Extrapolating from context clues, this didn’t seem like intentional placements. 

Just one of those times with personal records, where the order gets a bit messed up. I’m probably lucky 

the collection came as organized as it was. so I spent some time going through the music and re-organizing 

them. Also, I've noticed Phil really liked musicals.

 



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