Examples of terms not found in any #findingaid audited? "Trans," "illegals," or "codger." Indicative of the age of the collection? The cataloger? Institutional biases? The #harmfullanguage audit posed almost as many questions as it answered. #reparativedescription

"Colored," which occurred 3664 times, refers not only to people, but prints, slides, drawings, etc. An example of how critical #reparativedescription is given the context of a collection. #harmfullanguage

Words of aggrandizement - "important," "wealthy," "genius" - occurred 16050 times. And that doesn't count recent usage on X, just the finding aids. #harmfullanguage #reparativedescription

The word "negro" occurs 3585 times, as in "Hans Albrecht's visit to the US in 1926...sections of the report include topics such as, "factory farms and workers questions"...& "the negro problem."" buff.ly/BbKLWF7 #harmfullanguage #reparativedescription

Continuing gendered invisibility, here are other terms/frequencies: Wife/7658, Daughter/5863, Sister/4831, Miss/4202. Signed JL's wife, Wayne's daughter, T&T's sister, Miss Behaving. #HarmfulLanguage #ReparativeDescription

With thanks to @archivists_org Foundation, PACSCL will conduct a geographic audit of #harmfullanguage in the greater Philadelphia area. Read more at: pacscl.org/harmful-lang...