[Lady Lamonia's papers are, at best, halfway sorted before someone demands that Betrys and Wysteria relocate from the library floor proper to one of the smaller ancillary study rooms so that the poorly muffled gasps and giggling might be less of a distraction to anyone requiring a more peaceable environment for their work. And so here they are, amidst a great sea of journals and bundles of letters and the occasional keepsake card stock invitation to parties long past.]
As I was saying before we were so ungraciously relocated, I have been debating with myself which would be the best way to catalog everything. My first instinct is to see it done chronologically, but there would be benefit - I think - to curating it instead based on the relationships of the correspondence as I believe that is likely far more useful to anyone who might investigate the collection after us.
[ With all of Lady Lamonia's documents spread out, the extent to which she'd documented her social entanglements truly becomes clear. It's such an incredible wealth of information--such an incredible wealth of utterly silly information.
Is this really the sum total of the life of a Marcher woman of quality? Something about looking at all of these social entanglements, turned from murmured intrigue to dusty papers, leaves Betrys disquieted. Fortunately, Wysteria's question is suitable distraction. ]
Perhaps we could do both? [ The merits of both options seem clear enough. ] Sort them by relationship and create a list of every item in chronological order. Someday, we might need to know who she associated with in a given month or year.
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As I was saying before we were so ungraciously relocated, I have been debating with myself which would be the best way to catalog everything. My first instinct is to see it done chronologically, but there would be benefit - I think - to curating it instead based on the relationships of the correspondence as I believe that is likely far more useful to anyone who might investigate the collection after us.
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Is this really the sum total of the life of a Marcher woman of quality? Something about looking at all of these social entanglements, turned from murmured intrigue to dusty papers, leaves Betrys disquieted. Fortunately, Wysteria's question is suitable distraction. ]
Perhaps we could do both? [ The merits of both options seem clear enough. ] Sort them by relationship and create a list of every item in chronological order. Someday, we might need to know who she associated with in a given month or year.