This is more unusual, no maybe it is weird.  We operate as a Records
Center for our organization and we were doing a review of some files.
We opened up this folder, believe the title was "Conference Material -
Texas" and they had attached a 20 year retention to it (before my time
here).  We opened it up as we were questioning the retention and we
found a memo from a restaurant in Dallas, Texas.  

Looked like good food though - we were going to call and see if they had
take-out.  (We are in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Patti Kraatz
Sent: June 15, 2006 10:55 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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