Young people might be interested to learn that this was once a standard practice for organizational archivists. My late partner Lenny was active in New York City’s nonprofit theater world, and some of our friends were producers or staff, who often kept clippings just like this — of reviews and articles about the company or a current production.

The HIV/AIDS service organization I worked for did the same thing. Our executive director’s assistant looked through the newspapers every day and did a clipping whenever we were mentioned.

Ah, the world before digital!