Archive organization

Learn how to organize important documents in a binder that you can grab and go, fit in a carry on, store in a small safe, and move easily.

After filing your taxes, these are the documents you’ll need to keep in a safe place.

While some mothers get the urge to scrub baseboards and wash cabinets, my nesting usually comes in the form of keepsake obsession. It’s probably driven by my own mother, as she impeccably saved it all…

This is one of those blog posts that I know is important, but I kept putting off. Just like the actual task – we all know how important it is to have our important documents organized, but it just seems like more fun to organize our pantries instead. Since this was one of my personal goals this year – to get my documents in order – I figured I'd share my process, and maybe it'll motivate you too!Let's keep it simple: I'll explain the two ways to organize your important docs – your physical…

Who says you have to get a flat drying rack for you screen printed posters? Make your own....

By Christina Amato, Book Conservator, Gladys Brooks Book & Paper Conservation Laboratory How simple is a box? It is often overlooked, but creating appropriate enclosures, or housing, for collec…

figure 1: Emily Dickinson Boxes at the Amherst College Library, Archives & Special Collections. Photo credit: Margaret M. Dakin.[i] MSS Index (“Lord Letters”) Emily Dickinson Collection Finding Aid (Amherst College Archives & Special Collections) The archive is not the desk; that is, the manuscripts (and, in the case of the virtual archive, the digital surrogates of

When two museums merged to form one museum to tell a complete story of the Civil War it required storage and display solutions to accommodate both museums. Check out how we were able to make unique solutions for this special project.

Photo about Old dusty stack of papers, files, documents on the shelves of archive room. Image of dark, archive, folders - 81633992