Organizations have legacies to protect. Principle business activities, interactions with other organizations and the public, key policies, and important documents and publications are all worth preserving. Here are some commonly archived items:
Institution and Business Collections
Institution and Business Collection
- Correspondence (including substantive email) between colleagues, professional associations, etc.
- Meeting minutes
- Research files and notebooks
- Reports (formal reports, technical reports)
- Group and departmental communications
- Committee minutes and supporting documents
- Teaching materials, lecture notes, institute, colloquium materials, presentations
- Biographical materials
- Journals, serials runs, monographs, and monographic series published by your organization
- Ephemeral descriptive materials (brochures, pamphlets, maps, directories, etc.)
- Architectural drawings and plans
- Audio-visual materials (print photographs, negatives, slides, video, film, DVDs, recordings)
- Scrapbooks, news clippings, awards
- Oral history tapes and transcripts
- Posters and other promotional materials
- Microforms
- Artifacts
- Publications, including websites and social media