A few dozen Field Notes notebooks lined up in a metal drawer of a larger filing cabinet

The Deluxe Steelcase Field Notes Notebooks Archive 

This nearly indestructible black and gray powder-coated 20 gauge steel constructed 8 drawer cabinet with art deco flourishes has 36 linear feet of storage space for over 2,000 Field Notes notebooks.

This is enough space for over 83 years’ worth of subscription to the quarterly notebooks. Literally enough space for a lifetime of notes.

Staple Day, eat your heart out! We’re stalking down the elusive 4 Drawer Day!

Fully assembled Steelcase card index filing cabinet next to a bookcase

Eight empty drawers lined up on the floor in a 4x2 matrix makes it easy to see the storage capacity of the Steelcase card index.

Close up of the Steelcase nameplate and first drawer at the top of the filing cabinet.

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

4 thoughts on “The Deluxe Steelcase Field Notes Notebooks Archive ”

  1. That is brilliant. If I got one, I’d fill it up though. lol

    My dad had some similar ones he brought home from his job working on the IBM mainframe at MSU (or maybe Sparrow Hospital, before that?). When they scaled back their use of punch cards, they got rid of several of those sized cabinets. I think those cards were sized about 8 or 9 inches by 3.5″ or so.

    Definitely could have adapted them. But I’m not sure what happened to them? Probably got sold at the big garage sale, when they moved out of East Lansing to retire.

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