I’m at the archives, as I usually am on Fridays, and there are people here with matching embroidered golf shirts, complete with their names on the side.
They seem to be with The Canadian Harvard Aircraft Association Recovery Team, or at least so says the back of their shirts- and it seems to be pretty neat stuff. I can only assume that they are looking into documents relating to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, be it for places to dive or more general information.
This is probably the most visible demonstration of the non-university/museum use of the archives- there are firms and individuals that do lots of contract work for government or private organizations, though they usually come dressed just as casually as your average grad student, and tend to work individually. The CHAA folks seem to be working in a team, which is unusual, and pretty interesting to see.
Fellow Travellers 
March 16th, 2007 
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