You have to love the British:  a flashlight is a torch, an elevator is a
left--and a keeper is a curator--for the person keeps the collection
organized and protected.

So, let's have a pint in salute of our British colleagues!

Brian Buff
Public History Program
Department of History
University at Albany

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Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:02 PM
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Subject: what is a keeper?


This might sound elementary.
I am helping a friend with her resume. She speaks very little English, and
she tells me that in Egypt, she was the keeper at a museum. I do not know
how to translate this. Could anyone tell me the American counterpart to a
Keeper?
Thank you

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