Types of Archival Documentation Collected
| Personal Papers | Organizational Records | ||
| Biographical materials
(genealogies, resumés, obits, tributes) Education materials (diplomas, theses, articles) Recognition (awards, certificates) Diaries Correspondence (professional, personal, invitations, greeting cards) Legal documents (agreements, contracts, abstracts, deeds, mortgages, wills, inventories) Financial records (ledgers, journals, banking records, bills, receipts, notes, tax returns) Writings, publications Speeches Subject files
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Histories
Recognition (awards, certificates) Legal documents (articles of incorporation, constitutions, bylaws, charters, agreements) Organizational charts Financial records (budgets, statements, ledgers, banking records, bills, receipts, notes, tax returns) Handbooks Directories, membership lists Memoranda Minutes of meetings Reports of officers & committees Correspondence Programs Publicity (press releases, advertising) Pamphlets, brochures, fliers Newsletters & other serials Subject files Clippings Scrapbooks Photographs Audiovisual materials (tapes, transcripts, slides, films, videos, etc.) Oversize materials Artifacts (plaques, trophies, objects associated with the group, etc.) |
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