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Rebecca Fitzgerald, CA=20
Mt. St. Mary's Archives & Dept. of Special Collections=20
Mt. St. Mary's College & Seminary=20
Emmitsburg, MD 21727=20
301/447-5397=20
301/447-6868 (fax)=20
rfitzger@msmary.edu=20
http://www.msmary.edu/studentsandstaff/library/archives.htm=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Lynne Wohleber [mailto:wohleber@PGH.ANGLICAN.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:22 PM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Re: Archives in literature
"Name of the Rose" is a powerful book, as was the movie version, about =
the "dark side" of archives. =20
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-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa Yoder [mailto:tyoder@CHIPUBLIB.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:23 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: Archives in literature
I remember watching Sean Connery in film based on a book by Umberto Eco. =
The title was The Name of the Rose that could be considered archives.=20
--=20
Teresa G. Yoder=20
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thought the movie took place in a striptorium, where the monks =
copied old=20
books such as the Bible and writings of the Church fathers and other =
acceptable=20
philosophers. Technically speaking, an archives is the =
repository of=20
the records of an institution, which in that case might have been =
something=20
along the lines of tax rolls, sacramental records, ledgers, grants from =
the=20
king, etc., but nothing that would have probably been =
thought fit for=20
copying in a scriptorium. Maybe the movie could be looked at =
as the=20
dark side of "special collections."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=3D853451620-15052002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2>From=20
the depths of my own "special collections" which have a dark side, =
believe=20
me,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rebecca Fitzgerald, CA</FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Mt. St. Mary's Archives & Dept. of Special =
Collections</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mt. St. Mary's College & =
Seminary</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Emmitsburg, MD 21727</FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>301/447-5397</FONT> <BR><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D2>301/447-6868 (fax)</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>rfitzger@msmary.edu</FONT> <BR><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2><A target=3D_blank=20
href=3D"http://www.msmary.edu/studentsandstaff/library/archives.htm">http=
://www.msmary.edu/studentsandstaff/library/archives.htm</A></FONT>=20
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Lynne Wohleber=20
[mailto:wohleber@PGH.ANGLICAN.ORG]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 15, =
2002=20
12:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> =
Re:=20
Archives in literature<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D590122516-15052002><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3D#800000=20
size=3D2>"Name of the Rose" is a powerful book, as was the movie =
version, about=20
the "dark side" of archives. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=3D#800000=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Teresa Yoder=20
[mailto:tyoder@CHIPUBLIB.ORG]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 15, 2002 =
6:23=20
AM<BR><B>To:</B> ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> =
Archives in=20
literature<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I remember watching Sean Connery in =
film based=20
on a book by Umberto Eco. The title was <I>The Name of the Rose =
</I>that=20
could be considered archives.=20
<P>-- <BR>Teresa G. Yoder <BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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