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Re: strange reference questions



Once I had a patron to ask for a list of all of the churches, along with
addresses, in the area that practiced snake handling.  He seemed amazed when I
explained that, since snake handling is illegal here, if any of the area
churches practiced it they probably would not be advertising it.

Then, there was the patron who called and wanted to know if I could tell him how
to cook chitlins.  Those are just the strange questions I can remember off the
top of my head.
Teresa

Russell Baker wrote:

> Listers:
>
> Here I go again. I am chair of a panel discussion at our upcoming SAA
> meeting on archival reference services. I am collection "strange" "strange"
> and "stranger" reference questions you might have received. One of my
> strangest was a man who called seeking the "secret" formula for making a
> certain kind of hot dog called a "cheese dog", the process of which was lost
> when the inventor was killed in a plane crash. And then there was the man
> who came into the Research Room with a live bird on his shoulder ...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Russell P. Baker, CA
> Arkansas History Commission and State Archives
> One Capitol Mall
> Little Rock, AR 72201
> 501-682-6900
> www.ark-ives.com
> russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us <mailto:russell.baker@mail.state.ar.us>
>
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--
I have to get out of here before I completely lose my insanity.

Teresa L. Johnson, University Archives Specialist
Camden-Carroll Library
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY 40351
(606) 783-2829
t.johnson@morehead-st.edu

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