New York Times Morgue

Here's an interesting article from the New York Observer about the New York Times morgue -- the clipping file used by reporters for many years:

The Times Morgue Packs Up and Ships Out, by Michael Calderone

As an aside, these were the folks that helped clear up the mystery of of why our Proquest subscription did not include include any articles from January 2, 1863 (the day after Abraham Lincloln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It turns out the NYT staff used to get New Years Day off, so there no paper on January 2.