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In the vernacular, the word archives has come to mean anything that is old or established. . . . A true archives is a contextually based organic body of evidence, not a collection of miscellaneous information. . . . The documents constituting a formal a

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In the vernacular, the word archives has come to mean anything that is old or established. . . . A true archives is a contextually based organic body of evidence, not a collection of miscellaneous information. . . . The documents constituting a formal archives are further distinguished by the fact that they have to have been officially produced or received by an administrative body. Such documents become records. . . .

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Hirtle 2000

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In the vernacular, the word archives has come to mean anything that is old or established. . . . A true archives is a contextually based organic body of evidence, not a collection of miscellaneous information. . . . The documents constituting a formal a

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology