This is a really interesting article about the Roseau stone that was thought to be lost, but has been found. What happened? It was left sitting around on a historian’s desk while the question of what to officially do with it was unanswered, and was there for many years until the historian’s death. What happened then? All of the contents of his office were diligently archived without loss. Yes, indeed in the midst of the University of Minnesota’s history department, worker’s desk contents are archived in totality without fail, unlike the rest of the business world that would have swiftly thrown everything away. So, as soon as modern historians were able to trace this chain of custody history up to this point, they were able to consult the archival location of the historian’s desk contents and the Roseau stone was found once again.
20200417/https://www.continuum.umn.edu/2020/02/the-roseau-stone/