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Re: HELP! Adventures in Starting a New Archive!



Matt Rauscher wrote:
>
> The budget will cover supplies only.  What will i need other than boxes,
> folders and other basics?  ....  Until
> then i have to stash parts of the collection in offices and closets around
> the library.  ......

Matt, take care of "your" stuff! If you are truly stashing here, there
and everywhere be sure you color-code or in some other way label all
your items so that everyone including you can tell at a glance that it
belongs to the archive.
  Now is your opportunity to make the archive a "presence" in the
library and to cover minor security issues at the same time.  If huge
identifiable amounts of your stuff starts mounting up in "the big guy's"
closet, they will have to take you seriously.
   Also keep a location list of every doc box, index card and awards
plaque(!) you process.  This will be your rudimentary catalog/finding
aid.

Cynthia Ogorek
Matteson Historical Museum
Matteson, IL
LRMATHIS@LINCOLNNET.NET

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