I remember cleaning out a "basement" storage repository and finding
several boxes labeled "Ed's desk."  Upon opening, of course, we found
all the stuff pulled from "Ed's" desk drawers after he left 10 years
earlier.  Amongst the file folders, lose records, and old phone messages
we found Fritos bags (both empty and full), an electric razor, buttons
from various professional conferences, and personal bank statements
going back several years prior to Ed's termination.

Ginny Jones
(Virginia A. Jones, CRM, FAI)
Records Manager
Information Technology Division
Newport News Dept. of Public Utilities
Newport News, VA
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:55 AM
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Subject: [RM] The weird and wacky

Have fun with this....I've been asked to speak to a group of clerical
staff. Their onsite RM person does lots of training so my idea is make
it
fun, include 1) weird things RM's find in boxes 2) obscure information
we
keep tucked away in case it's needed e.g. how much a wet box weighs.

I'd love to hear from anyone who has had weird experiences. Even things
found that proved valuable e.g. our HR Dept had no employee records
pre-dating Regional gov't formation but we found old payroll records
that
proved start dates of a few employees who were then able to retire early
(I
obviously was not among them).

Patti Kraatz
Coordinator, Information Mgmt & Archives
Council & Administrative Services
2nd Floor, 150 Frederick St.
Ph: 575-4725    Fax: 575-4481
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