{"id":227,"date":"2012-10-23T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmcldev.wpengine.com\/mcgovern\/2012\/10\/23\/trials-of-trowels\/"},"modified":"2019-08-30T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T17:59:56","slug":"trials-of-trowels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2012\/10\/23\/trials-of-trowels\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials of Trowels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>by Philip Montgomery, archivist<\/strong><br \/>\nOne of our volunteers found two trowels in a cabinet. The trowels are in excellent shape and relatively unused. I suppose they were used for the laying of a cornerstone or some masonry project related to a new construction.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\" class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_883\" class=\"wp-caption  alignleft\" style=\"width:160px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-883\" title=\"Trowels at the HRC October 23, 2012\" alt=\"Trowels discovered in the HRC\" src=\"http:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012.jpg?w=150\" height=\"112\" width=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2012\/10\/trowels-at-the-hrc-october-23-2012-1024x765.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">These trowels reside in the TMC Library&#8217;s McGovern Historical Collections without historical context.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is no story related to these objects. No record. No names. Just two trowels. Flotsam subject to archival drift.<br \/>\nArchival drift is a term I just invented to describe objects that are gathered into archives for no apparent reason and then stay. There are several objects that seem to have drifted permanently into the archives, including a three-pronged knife, a Sigmund Freud action figure, and a stuffed fish.<br \/>\nI suppose at sometime a prominent individual wielded these trowels, but his or her identity remains a mystery. For trowel aficionados, the bottom tool was manufactured by the W. Rose company and is well made.<br \/>\nOne final thought. It occurred to me that archival drift can also be applied to people, which may explain something about me. I may have to chew on that thought for awhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Philip Montgomery, archivist One of our volunteers found two trowels in a cabinet. The trowels are in excellent shape and relatively unused. I suppose they were used for the laying of a cornerstone or some masonry project related to a new construction. These trowels reside in the TMC Library&#8217;s McGovern Historical Collections without historical [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/2012\/10\/23\/trials-of-trowels\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artifacts"],"authors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.tmc.edu\/mcgovern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}