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Re: Archival statistics - not the usual reference kind



Another thought: take a look at...


                              Title:
                                   Historical records of Washington State
:
                                   private records and papers not held in
archival
                                   custody : a publication of the
Washington State
                                   Historical Records Advisory Board /
                         Publication:
                                   [S.l.] : The Board,
                              Year:
                                   1984

They also did a guide to state archives and other repositories in
Washington.

   ---Terry

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Terry Abraham   Special Collections, University of Idaho
<http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/>


On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Melissa Mannon wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am looking for statistics related to accessing and caring for historical
> records.  Specifically, I would like to know how much of our country's
> archival material is estimated to be sitting in attics and basements in need
> of a persistent archivist's help - How much personal material, corporate
> records, government records?  How much valuable archival material is
> estimated to have been destroyed over our country's history?  How much time
> do researchers or caretakers of historical records spend looking for
> materials in a disorganized storage setting as opposed to an organized
> archives?  I'm not sure anyone has gathered these kinds of statistics and
> realize some are pretty obscure.  I didn't find any info. in the Archives
> List archives.  I've also searched Library Lit. and the Web.
>
> As a consultant, I am working toward convincing the powers that be of the
> need to devote more monetary resources and attention to archives.  I'd like
> to get some hard and fast statistics to assist with an article that I'm
> writing on the subject.
>
> Thanks as always for your assistance!
> Melissa
>
> Melissa Mannon
> Archivist
> Archives and Information Consulting Services
> www.mannon.org/archives
>
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