Ginny wrote:

"I often wonder at the logic used in one of our old facilities where they
had cases of toilet paper stored in the vault and boxes of records
stored on wooden shelves in the Men's Room."

I know, I know, I know!!!

Many years ago when I was a field archivist for the Texas State Archives I
was in the Walker County Courthouse with the County Clerk, James Patton.  He
took me to a storage room where there were several units of the old fashion
Woodruff-Green narrow file drawers.  He opened on and took out a case file
on a lawsuit between Sam Houston and a neighbor.

And then I noticed a padlocked door and asked what treasurers could possibly
be there.  Mr. Patton grabbed a passing custodian who opened it to reveal
the courthouse's toilet paper supply.

The explanation was that the county already had the Sam Houston documents
but had to continue buying toilet paper.

Paul R. Scott CA, CRM
Records Management Officer
Harris County, TX

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