Morgue file

[citation needed] In modern usage, its scope has expanded to cover many post-production materials for use of reference, or an inactive job file.

The term is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats.

[3][4][5][6] The newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst forbade his papers from keeping a morgue file on him.

[7] Artist Doug Wildey was known for his huge morgue file of photo references.

He became so adept at depicting actual people, that it becomes an ancillary enjoyment trying to identify the celebrities' cameo appearances in his artwork.