A Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators, and Records Managers

abbreviation ACCESS acid ACQUISITION action activities addition ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY American Archivists and/or archival materials ARCHIVES Archives and Manuscripts Archivists ARRANGEMENT Basic body Book called CAMERA changes Chicago COLLECTION concept containing CONTENT CONTROL COPY created DATES definitions described DESCRIPTION DIRECT DISPOSITION DOCU DOCUMENT ENTRY fields FILE FILM FINDING FORMAT FUNCTIONS glossary GUIDE hand HEADING HISTORY HOLDINGS identifying IMAGE INDEX individual issued ITEM LETTER Library Manual MANUSCRIPT MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORY materials meaning MEDIUM MENTS MICROFILM NOTE OFFICE organization ORIGINAL person photographic physical PLAN PRESERVATION PRINCIPLE printed produced PROVENANCE reader RECORD GROUP RECORDS CENTER RECORDS MANAGEMENT RECORDS SCHEDULE RECORDS/ARCHIVES REFERENCE relating RESTRICTED RETRIEVAL script SECURITY SERIES sheet shelving signed Society of American sources specific standard storage TAPE terminology tion TRANSFER unit usually VALUE volume written