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Re: strange reference questions



My latest odd requests number two.  The first was a
woman who asked about how to get the father of her
severely disabled child parolled from another state's
instition to her area.  She didn't say where her area
was.  I informed her that we only hold local
government records and suggested she contact the
institution he was at, or the man's attorney.  The
second, someone wanted to know how long a current
inmate's sentance was in the local county jail.  He
was to be transferred to a federal institution and
they needed to know for a friend's protection.  I
suggested she contact the jail, etc.

Susan Beamer
Washington State Archives, Eastern Region
--- Russell Baker <russell.baker@MAIL.STATE.AR.US>
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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