Institutional History Division
Remote Off-Site Storage Project
Appendixes
A. SIA Organizational Chart for FY 1999
B. Volume of Holdings Summary
C. Chart of Volume Growth
D. Sources of Holdings
E. Records Center Services
F. Reference Service Statistics
G. "Research in Progress" Lecture Series
H. Publications of SIA Staff and Associates
I. Publications Using SIA Holdings
| Archives | 1998 Total | Added 1999 | Discarded 1999 | 1999 TOTAL |
| Smithsonian Records | 16,794.50 | 465.42 | 25.14 | 17,234.78 |
| Oral/Videohistory | 31.41 | 2.77 | 0.00 | 34.18 |
| Professional Society Records(2) | 1,800.24 | 65.50 | 6.96 | 1,858.78 |
| Donated Personal Papers(3) | 3,058.71 | 25.68 | 4.70 | 3,079.69 |
| Total Archives | 21,684.86 | 559.37 | 36.80 | 22,207.43 |
| Records Center | 1998 Total (Corrected)(4) | Added 1999 | Discarded 1999 | 1999 TOTAL |
| Courtesy Storage(5) | 72.07 | 0.00 | 37.07 | 35.00 |
| For Appraisal(6) | 67.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 67.00 |
| For Disposal(7) | 1,497.82 | 364.00 | 272.57 | 1589.25 |
| Total Records Center | 1,636.89 | 364.00 | 309.64 | 1691.25 |
| TOTAL HOLDINGS | 23,321.75(8) | 923.37 | 346.44 | 23,898.68 |
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 principal Smithsonian staff and research associates.
4. A final FY1999 shelf read at the records center revealed inaccuracies in each of the categories recorded for FY1998. New, corrected numbers for FY1998 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 to satisfy statutory and other regulatory requirements.
8. This is a revised total volume of holdings for SI Archives for FY1998
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