Preserving Ephemera of Recall Campaign

rteeter writes “The New York Times has this article on archivists rushing to preserve material from the California recall election. (Registration required)”

They say With just over a week before the election, their campaign bumper stickers, buttons, Web sites and in one case thong underwear are becoming treasured artifacts. Researchers, archivists and historians holed up in museum offices and library basements across the state — people who normally think in terms of years not days — are scurrying to preserve the stuff of this election.