Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” have been the stuff of political legend ever since the former Massachusetts governor uttered the phrase during 2012’s the second presidential debate in response to a question about workplace inequality. “We [made] a concerted effort to find women that could be qualified to become members of our cabinet,” he said. “I went to a number of women’s groups and said, ‘Can you help us find folks?’ and they brought us whole binders full of women.”

And although some took the phrase to be a metaphor, apparently Romney meant it literally. Almost a decade later, the Boston Globe has unearthed said binders (there are two), which weigh in at 15 pounds, 6 ounces and are “packed with nearly 200 cover letters and résumés, along with a few handwritten notations.”

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