How about Rentacrates as the Greek god of archive storage?
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> From: Patricia Sleeman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 04 August 2000 14:25
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> Subject: RE: patron saint?
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> I don't know of any specific to England but a catholic patron saint
> would seem to be St. Lawrence/Lorenzo , venerated by some as the
> patron saint of archivists because he was the first martyr for the
> cause of donor restrictions... his mummified head may also be in the
> Secret Archives of the Vatican...
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> Katherine of Alexandria is another. I also read recently that after
> St.
> Sunniva's (a tenth-century Irish princess(?)) death, the Benedictine
> monks who protected her shrine became noted for their record-
> keeping
> and their creation of a massive archives, so the Benedictines have
> obviously got a reputation for good record keeping!
>
> Patricia Sleeman
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> On 4 Aug 2000, at 13:12, Garmendia, Jone wrote:
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> > Dear all,
> >
> > I didn't think I had been born in a particularly 're-constructed'
> > country but I must say that, in Spain, archivists are 'archiveros'
> > or 'archiveras' (sometimes having male and female nouns comes in
> > handy...) without any equivalents for love, boi, cont, darling,
> > dear, pet... Cardigans are also common in some repositories and I
> > heard of a monk trying to relocate some records underneath his
> > habit.
> >
> > I think that the profession was perceived as a female one in Spain.
> > I'd say more, information managers and records managers tend to be
> > male (the IT connexion, I'm afraid...) whilst there are more women
> > archivists.
> >
> > I do remember a sort of joke... Some years ago a group of colleagues
> > in Spain used to called the profession 'La Cuerpa' ('The Body of
> > Archivists using the female suffix, insted of the generic but male
> > suffix 'El Cuerpo').
> >
> > One question on another summer subject... do you have a patron saint
> > for the archivist profession here in the UK? I recently learnt
> > from 'Arxiforum', distribution list for Spanish speaking archivists,
> > that Saint Benedict (11 or 12 July) was our patron...
> >
> > Well, this thread has finally made me come out. I should have sent a
> > more serious first e-mail to the list but...
> >
> > Jone Garmendia
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> >
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> > > From: Roberts Gomer ADH/ECL[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Reply To: Roberts Gomer ADH/ECL Sent: 04
> August 2000 12:21 To:
> > > [log in to unmask] Subject: gender again...
> > >
> > > Locals in Caernarfon will address each other as 'boi' (boy)
> > > as in 'Ti'n iawn boi?' (Are you ok boy).
> > > Again non gender specific.
> > > However the most disconcerting to visitors is the term 'cont' -
> > > no, not the offensive English version with a u, but used in the
> > > same manner as above - 'Ti'n iawn cont' Both 'boi' and 'cont' are
> > > used whilst speaking both Welsh and English! I have been asked
> > > questions by 70 year olds followed by the word 'cont' which can be
> > > very very odd when coming from a dear old lady - again sorry to be
> > > so ageist and sexist - blame it on my chapel upbringing! Back to
> > > work now... Gomer Roberts Document Processing Unit Cyngor Gwynedd
> > > Council 01286 682829
> > >
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