There was a post about some loser UK politician's book selling like 100 copies total, and I just want to say my grandad beat that record
David Staniunas
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archivist at PresbyHistory, menasky-adjacent, obligated to say positions are mine, not PC(USA)'s
![“We are really working, trying to prioritize bringing objects to
the community to get the language, to get the history of the
objects, to make sure our record is as complete as possible.
When we get new photos, we take them over to the senior
centerandtry togetnamesandhistories and information for
the people in those photos.”
The museum’s ability to build its archive—including document-
ing community members’ memories while still possible--de-
pends on space and staff it does not yet have. Collections are
arriving faster than they can be housed, a vulnerability that
recently came into sharp relief:
“We need to double or triple our space. We just received
thousands of objects that we’re still working to bring into
our building. We had them stored off site — and that off-site
storage caught fire. We were very fortunate [the damage was
limited]. And of course, we also need two, three more staff people to do this work](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qcudgamsj37e7ubmfl666eay/bafkreie45lrtly6rdogms33ukiflktf6ifl2hdfw65i7qrrgxto55i22u4)
