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Thingamajig: The Mystery Scissors

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant The past few months have brought us several donations that were heavier on artifacts than they were on paper.  That’s a little unusual for an archive but not necessarily a bad thing.  Honestly, artifact donations are often very entertaining.  The heirs of a Fort Worth-area nurse named Senorita (that was… Continue Reading Thingamajig: The Mystery Scissors […]

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by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu We haven’t had a Thingamajig in awhile but, luckily, we just got a new donation, and new donations often mean new mystery objects.  We can thank the estates of Drs. Robert G. McCorkle, junior and senior, for the following: There are two of them, left and right.  They’re about… Continue Reading Thingamajig […]

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Thingamajig – The mystery returns

by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu Well, to borrow a sound bite from “Car Talk“, this chump is stumped[2]. The problem with identifying unidentified objects is that it’s very difficult to research them if you don’t know what they are.  It’s a little bit like asking how a word is spelled and being told to… Continue Reading Thingamajig – The mystery returns […]

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by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu Thingamajigs often make for short posts because I don’t want to give too much away.  This one will be an especially short post because, in all honesty, I have no idea what it is.  (I guess that solves the “give too much away” problem, doesn’t it?  I can’t give… Continue Reading Thingamajig […]

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by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant We’re back with the answer to last week’s Thingamajig! Here it is, to refresh your memory: We got several suggestions about what this might be, including a snail race track (complete with “escargot”–car go–pun), a snake warmer, and, more seriously, a giant electrophoresis apparatus. Actually, the snake warmer guess wasn’t… Continue Reading Thingamajig […]

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by Alethea Drexler, archives assistant mcgovern@exch.library.tmc.edu We’ve gotten some new donations, which have included new Thingamajig fodder. The following came from the estate of Thomas Matney, M.D. (1928-2010). It’s almost three feet long and, although it’s made of aluminum, it’s pretty much cast solid and probably weighs fifty or sixty pounds. Phil commented that it… Continue Reading Thingamjig […]

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by Alethea Drexler archives assistant Hey, it’s the Thingamajig!   Remember the Thingamajig?  I almost didn’t, either! This edition of Thingamajig features an object that has been hanging out at the McGovern Research Center for a long time but was only recently identified (yes, I will be able to post an answer for you next week).… Continue Reading Thingamajig […]

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