These are historical item so you must keep them. But on the other hand, you
should consider a retention schedule. My company can help you develop one.

Thank you.

Stephen Page

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Debbie Wolf <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I would be interested in responses to this question as well.  I work for
> a design firm that is over 40 years old.  I am purging files that are
> 15-40 years old which have never been purged, as no record retention
> policy existed until last month.
>
> For now I have put aside what I consider to be either valuable local
> history, or interesting corporate history.  Our marketing department has
> kept some of the corporate information all along, but of course what I
> find is infinitely more interesting!
>
> So far I have two correspondence size boxes tucked away.  Items vary
> from photos, sketches, notebooks, hand-written notes, and so on.  I know
> these items may seem minor to those of you who deal with very old items
> and address complex preservation issues each day.  Still, it would be
> nice to know how to start to identify, catalog and store the items in  a
> way that will make sense to someone who will come after me....
>
> Thanks for any help.  I find this list to be an invaluable source of
> information!
>
> Deborah K. Wolf
> Records Manager
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> mere scrap of paper permits justice to prevail...As a rule the papers of
> a given generation are seldom required after their reception and primary
> use; but when all personal touch with that period has ceased, then these
> records assume a startling importance, for they replace hands that have
> vanished and lips that are sealed." - Arthur G. Doughty, 1924
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