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		<title>Newspaper Clippings: Can They Be Saved?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Lisa Louise Cooke and I had an interesting chat about how to preserve newspaper clippings. You get to listen in our conversation because we recorded it for Lisa&#8217;s Genealogy Gems podcast. Yay!
Episode 83 is ready and waiting for you. Below are my notes from that talk.
Before we begin our examination of old clippings, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Respect Scarcity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier post about how to organize photos, I talked about respecting age.
The older the photograph, the harder you should try to find another home for it if you don&#8217;t want to keep it yourself. Part of the reason why you should respect age is because age goes hand in hand with scarcity.
What makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Respect Age</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.

I realize that my advice about tossing photos (&#8220;lose the dreck!&#8221;) can make some folks nervous.
If you are one of those people, I want to reassure you that I do not suggest anyone toss out ancestor photos willy-nilly. No way.
Respect Age (when you toss photo clutter)

&#8220;Respect Age&#8221; &#8211; means just that. The older a photo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Presentation is Only the Icing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scrapbooking is a very popular hobby here in the United States. Surely you&#8217;ve seen stunning examples in your own family or group of friends. And who wouldn&#8217;t appreciate a personalized scrapbook made for them by someone they love? What a beautiful, thoughtful gift! Scrapbookers are creative artists who have collectively raised the bar on what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/howto-organize-photos-icing-last/</link>
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		<title>Organizing Photos: Can Photographs Be Clutter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our favorite photographs are valuable beyond measure. Many folks name a photo or album of photos as the possession they would grab first if they ever had to flee. Just last month, I heard a story about a woman who escaped her burning office tower on September 11th&#8230;only to rush back inside to retrieve the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There appears to be some interest in how to organize photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a pretty unsubtle hint about what The Practical Archivist will be gabbing about in the coming weeks.

Well, that and joy.
Stay tuned&#8230;
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		<title>Do you twitter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re on The Twitter, here&#8217;s a visual representation of what my tweets are about:
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		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/do-you-twitter/</link>
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		<title>A Crazy Rant About Local Eggs (with *important* information about archival photo boxes)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes? You have to carry your anger around with you for a looong time before you have a chance to write it down. I&#8217;ve literally been holding onto an empty egg carton because the icky marketing tactics reminded me so much of the way archival photo boxes are sold. It&#8217;s an important lesson for anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Little. Yellow. Dangerous.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post-It notes are only temporary. Is it safe to put then on photographs?]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalarchivist.com/sticky-notes-not-archival/</link>
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		<title>You know you&#8217;ve been gone a long time when&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;this kind of idiotic spam shows up in the comments:
If you are looking for reliable security guards who can act as doorkeepers for your company with devotion and effectiveness, then without further delay, come in touch with [our security company]. Just approach servel security online and find the right security guard.
::rolly eyes::
Although archival institutions do, [...]]]></description>
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