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Re: 1 box = ? linear feet



I've heard a great deal of variation in how the storage volume of boxes is
calculated. I call a letter-size manuscript .33 (1/3 cu. ft.), and a
legal-size manuscript box is .4. Three manuscript boxes = 1 cubic foot.

Considering the varying degree of fullness and density of records stored in
boxes, the calculation of volume on a large scale is largely an educated
guess, anyhow. The best method is to use a reasonably accurate, but round,
basic value for each storage unit.


Thomas J. Wood
Archivist
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
University of Illinois at Springfield
P.O. Box 19243
Springfield IL 62794-9243
217-206-6520 | wood@uis.edu | http://www.uis.edu/library/lib-arch


-----Original Message-----
From: Georgen Gilliam [mailto:GeoGil@NGW.LIB.USU.EDU]
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 10:16 AM
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
Subject: 1 box = ? linear feet


Forgive this pretty basic question, but I was always taught
that one clamshell manuscript box is .4 linear feet, and a
half-box would be .2 linear feet. So a collection of 3 full
size boxes would be 1.2 linear feet; a collection with 2
full size boxes and 1 half-box would be 1 linear feet.

Is this the accepted measurement in other repositories? Are
there other measurements used?

thanx.

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