Now for the hard part!  Today we started the process of sifting through all of the piles we created yesterday.  We began with the categories we thought would be easiest (published works, conferences, teaching).  Even though these categories were quite well organized to start, it still took us all day!  We looked through the contents of each folder carefully, removed items that weren’t supposed to be kept in the collection (e.g. old receipts, plane tickets, things that weren’t written by Schopler or his direct associates), swapped out paper clips for plastic clips, re-filed the contents into acid-free folders, and organized the folders by date.

So many folders!

After that, the organized folders were placed into acid-free storage boxes.  By the end of the day we had restored some order…

Organization makes Jenn happy!

…but there is still a lot of work to be done!

It might be time for a break…

Our best finds of the day?

Schopler’s ID card

Hmm…I really thought these pieces would go together…

And a sign of the challenges we face…

If Eric Schopler doesn’t know where this belongs…how are we supposed to know?