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archives in the diocese
In the page I've put together for the archives of the Episcopal Diocese of
Western New York (
http://buffalolore.buffalonet.org/episcopal/episcopalarchives.htm) I
included a general how to put together a parish archive which includes most
of what is in the post below as well as the canonical records etc. Also the
National Archives of the Episcopal Church has a section on managing parish
records http://episcopalarchives.org/records.html . I have run into the
situation where the rector doesn't want to save anything including the
parish newsletters which give that day-to-day-week-to-week history or
someone sees all that "old stuff" and throws it out without asking what it
is or why it is being saved--.
Nancy Piatkowski
Archivist, Epsicopal Diocese of Western New York
> The difficulty is that people in the church or parish are often confused
as to what constitutes
> the "archives" ... I often have to produce lists of the kinds of items
> that are important -- worship bulletins, church newsletters, minutes
> of the Session/Governing Board, minutes of church committees,
> and the like. These are important primary materials, but there are
> also others. For example, posters of special events, visiting choirs,
> photographs taken by our youth on tours, etc. Some of these latter
> are not so much archival as they are of great interest to church
> members when we're doing "year in review" or anniversaries.
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