Old Memo Books Make Digital Transition

By Beth Beavers
Published on December 6, 2012
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Aaron's memo book collection is stored in about 20 drawers just like this one.
Aaron's memo book collection is stored in about 20 drawers just like this one.
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Aaron Draplin
Aaron Draplin
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Aaron has spent countless hours organizing, scanning and cropping his memo books for a detailed digital archive.
Aaron has spent countless hours organizing, scanning and cropping his memo books for a detailed digital archive.
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The inside of a memo book, showing an advertisement for Agrico fertilizer.
The inside of a memo book, showing an advertisement for Agrico fertilizer.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection is stored in about 20 drawers just like this one.
Aaron's memo book collection is stored in about 20 drawers just like this one.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's collection stands at more than 1,000 memo books with goals of adding 100 books every month.
Aaron's collection stands at more than 1,000 memo books with goals of adding 100 books every month.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
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Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.
Aaron's memo book collection spans more than 100 years.

The next time you find yourself at an antique store or yard sale, go
ahead, dig through that old box of random items. With any luck, you’ll find
some treasures; not the least of which could be a stack of memo books.

Pocket-sized memo books were
given out by all sorts of companies as promotional items starting at the turn
of the 20th century. Sometimes referred to as pocket ledgers, memo books came

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