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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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