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 Title:  Fourteenth annual report on historical collections, University of Virginia Library, for the year 1943-44  
 Published:  2006 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Modern English collection | UVA-LIB-Text 
 Description: WHEN an institution preserves historical records according to plan, we generally assume that they will be used sooner or later in research. Their usefulness depends to a large degree, of course, upon their accessibility. However slightly some custodians may feel their responsibility on this score, certain rudimentary controls and procedures can be established without great difficulty. The system need not be complicated—in fact, experience in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Division of the University of Virginia Library has shown that simplicity of arrangement, along with observance of a few sound archival principles, makes the records available in good order with a minimum of delay.1 1.Thirteenth Annual Report on Historical Collections, University of Virginia Library, for the Year 1942-43 (University, Va., 1943), pages 1-14. Once the records are within the walls of the library, they are readily susceptible to some control; but what is to be said about "system" and "control" while they are still outside?
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