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In the early years of modern archival agencies – prior to World War II – preservation2 simply meant collecting. The sheer act of pulling a collection of manuscripts from a barn, a basement, or a parking garage and placing it intact in a dry building with

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In the early years of modern archival agencies – prior to World War II – preservation² simply meant collecting. The sheer act of pulling a collection of manuscripts from a barn, a basement, or a parking garage and placing it intact in a dry building with locks on the door fulfilled the fundamental preservation mandate of the institution.

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Conway 2000

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In the early years of modern archival agencies – prior to World War II – preservation2 simply meant collecting. The sheer act of pulling a collection of manuscripts from a barn, a basement, or a parking garage and placing it intact in a dry building with

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