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European Bahá'í
Archives Workshop
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Bahá'í National Centre
Frankfurt, Germany
1-3 June 2001

 

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Please note that all of these documents are in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). A free PDF viewer compatible with most computer systems can be downloaded over the Internet from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

 Lecture Notes:

Session I The Nature and Purpose of Archives
Session II Basic Functions of the Archivist
Session III Fundamentals of Working with Bahá'í Archives
Session IV Archives in the Local Community
 
Handouts:
Intro - 1Quotations on the Importance of Bahá'í Archives
Intro - 2Important Contacts
Intro - 3Helpful Websites for Archivists
I - 1Categories of Archival Materials
I - 2Questionnaire for Institutional Self-Evaluation
II - 1Storage and Preservation of Archives
II - 2Mandate for National Bahá'í Archives Committee
II - 3Separation Record
II - 4Records Retention and Disposition Schedule
II - 5Receipt for Transfer of Organizational Records
II - 6Accession Sheet
II - 7Deed of Gift
II - 8Archives Processing Card
II - 9Archives Budget
II - 10Sample Job Descriptions
II - 11Archives as a Career
II - 12Archives Schools in Europe
II - 13Access Policy
II - 14Records Request Slip
II - 15Copyright Statement
II - 16Statement of Conduct and Ethics
II - 17Canadian Bahá'í Archives Policy Statement
III - 1Guidelines for the Protection of Archival Materials
III - 2Sources of Archival Supplies
III - 3Sample Inventory for a Manuscript Collection
IV - 1Biographical Questionnaire
IV - 2Guidelines for Bahá'í Book Collectors and Researchers about Personal Papers and Items
IV - 3Information Packet for Auxiliary Board Members
IV - 4Application for Research
IV - 5National Bahá'í Archives Reading Room Rules
IV - 6Information for Researchers Inquiring about the National Bahá'í Archives
IV - 7Local Bahá'í Archives Questionnaire
IV - 8Archival Standards for Spiritual Assembly Archives
IV - 9Spiritual Assembly Records in Local Bahá'í Archives
IV - 10Personal Papers in Local Bahá'í Archives
IV - 11Sample Bahá'í Marriage, Birth, Death, and Enrollment Registers
IV - 12Donating Papers to the National Bahá'í Archives
IV - 13Oral History Guidelines
IV - 14Archival Standards for Bahá'í Schools and Institutes
IV - 15Questions to Consider When Researching and Writing History of Local Communities

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