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I agree with Grant's observations. The Bodleian Library has accumulated large collections of 'association' items over the last 400 years, and while some of these are of first rate historical interest, others are of no intrinsic value or interest and really just take up storage space. Guy Fawke's lantern was passed on to the Ashmolean many decades ago, and 'Joseph's coat' made from the skin of the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary seems to have disintegrated at some point before 1700. And that's as good an excuse to eat the biscuits as you will get. Mike Webb Western MSS. Bodleian Library On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 10:02:09 -0000 "Grant E. L. Buttars" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was recently at a conference on digital preservation and the > preservation of foodstuffs was used as an analogy. The case was put > that needs preserved is not the foodstuff itself but the recipe. Of > course this would not be possible in this case but surely the evidential > value would be in the packaging, assuming there was some. > > Some 'food for thought' perhaps (my apologies). > > --------------------------------- > Grant E. L. Buttars > Deputy University Archivist > Special Collections > Edinburgh University Library > George Square > Edinburgh > EH8 9LJ > http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/speccoll/eua.shtml > tel: 0131 651 3852 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karen Waite > Sent: 25 November 2005 09:42 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Biscuits! > > > Hi Karen > > I am new to the list, and this newly created post, and so have been > quietly listening in a corner with interest but I am compelled to ask > for this most intersting question you posed - why?? What are your > intentions or thoughts? Are you wanting them kept forever or so they > can be opened xx number of years later and taste tested to a new > generation? > > As it is perishable would it not be easier to keep a programme or menu > or something? I am probably missing something very fundamental here so > please feel free to correct me. > > We had a royal visit last year and I had to escort him around but of all > the things we archived food did not occur to me. I am most fascinated > by your query and what results you come up! Please let us know. > > All the best > Karen > > Karen Waite > Corporate Records Manager for Cornwall & Isles of Scilly NHS > Megashed > Royal Cornwall Hospital > Truro. Cornwall. TR1 3HD > > Ph: 01872 256443 > Fax: 01872 256442 > email: [log in to unmask] > > > >>> KBMorgan <[log in to unmask]> 11/24/05 12:12 pm >>> > > > Hello everyone > > Believe it or not, this is a serious question about the best way to > store chocolate biscuits! > > We had a Royal Visit this week, and received Duchy original chocolate > thins to mark the occasion. I would like to keep one or two for > posterity - but how??? > > Short of taking it to a friendly shopkeeper and asking him to vacuum > pack them - or perhaps that is the best answer? > > Any other ideas please? > > Many thanks > > Karen Morgan, NLCS > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------------------- > The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential > and is intended for the attention and use of the named > addressee(s). It must not be disclosed to any other person > without our authority. If you are not the intended recipient, or a > person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient or > are aware that this e-mail has been sent to you in error, you are > not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or > retain this message or any part of it. > > We sweep all outgoing messages for the presence of computer > viruses. However, we cannot accept any responsibility for any > loss or damage to your systems due to viruses or malicious code > not detected. > > The statements and opinions expressed in this message are > those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the > organisations within the Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Health > Community. > > This email may be disclosed under the Freedom of Information > Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------- > > Michael Webb Head of Cataloguing, Western Manuscripts Department of Special Collections and Western MSS. Bodleian Library