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Annual Report Fiscal Year 1997 Director's View
Overview Institutional History Division
Appendices E: Reference Service Statistics G: Publications of OSIA Staff & Associates H: Publications Using OSIA Holdings
Return to Smithsonian Institution Archives Institutional History Division
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APPENDIX A:Volume of Holdings Summary |
| Archives | ||||
| Smithsonian Records | 15,656.78 | 506.20 | 17.00 | 16,145.98 |
| Oral/Videohistory | 30.47 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 30.93 |
| Professional Society Records2 | 1,692.32 | 49.17 | 0.00 | 1,7413.49 |
| Donated Personal Papers3 | 2,884.28 | 103.46 | 0.00 | 2,987.74 |
| Total Archives | 20,263.85 | 659.29 | 17.00 | 20,906.14 |
| Records Center | ||||
| Courtesy Storage5 | 168.50 | 7.00 | 91.00 | 84.50 |
| For Appraisal6 | 239.5 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 230.5 |
| For Disposal7 | 1,598.10 | 445.00 | 692.00 | 1,351.10 |
| Total Records Center | 2,006.10 | 452.00 | 792.00 | 1666.10 |
| TOTAL HOLDINGS | 22,269.958 | 1,111.29 | 809.00 | 22,572.24 |
1. For approximate linear shelf meters, divide cubic feet by 2.44.
2. Official records of scholarly and professional societies that have designated the Smithsonian Archives as their official repository.
3. Personal papers of principle Smithsonian staff and research associates.
4. An extensive FY1997 shelf read at the records center revealed inaccuracies in each of the categories recorded for FY1996. New, corrected numbers for FY1996 appear in this report.
5. Materials held in temporary custody as a courtesy to other Smithsonian units.
6. Materials awaiting determination of potential archival value.
7. Inactive Smithsonian records that are not of permanent value, but that must be retained for a time tosatisfy statutory and other regulatory requirements.
8. This is a revised total volume of holdings for SI Archives for FY1996.