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ARC 102: Organizing Your Historical Records Workshop

Making government historical records available to the public involves more than just dragging them out of storage. Researchers need to know something about the records - how they were created, who created them, how they are organized, and what kind of information they contain. This workshop will present the basic steps for organizing your historical government records and making them useful to the wide variety of potential researchers who might benefit from their contents. This workshop is typically offered in the fall.

Handouts

Workshop workbook (PDF) - coming soon

Related publications

#81 Historical Records and the Local Government Historian

• Publication #81 PDF
• Publication #81 HTML
  

SP02 Guidelines for Arrangement and Description of Archives and Manuscripts: A Manual for Historical Records Programs in New York State

• Order SP02 by email at ARCHTRAIN@mail.nysed.gov
  

Our related webpages

• Managing Historical Records
• Organizing Your Records

Related workshops

• Preservation of Historical Records
• Providing Access to Your Records

Registration

To register, check our schedule first. To request that we offer this workshop at another time, please contact the training unit at ARCHTRAIN@mail.nysed.gov.

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Questions?

Consult our collected list of frequently asked questions (FAQs) or contact the Archives' training unit at ARCHTRAIN@mail.nysed.gov.