RECORD OFFICES AND RECORD SERVICES IN ENGLAND

Abstract

It has been observed that during their existence records pass through three stages: the current stage, the dormant stage, and the final stage when they are either destroyed as of no further value, or are set aside for permanent preservation. The records of business houses follow this course no less than others. The papers we have heard so far today have been concerned primarily with the earlier stages, and it will be my task, speaking as an archivist, to deal with the latter stages, with the problems which they pose and with the solutions which may (perhaps unexpectedly), be at hand.

Citation

ELLIS, R. (1958), "RECORD OFFICES AND RECORD SERVICES IN ENGLAND", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 10 No. 10, pp. 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb049671