>Dorothy Day-Catholic Worker Collection

GUIDELINES FOR CATHOLIC WORKER RECORD KEEPING AND ARCHIVING 

                                                                        COMMUNITY RECORDS

Some records have enduring value and should be preserved; others have only temporary or current value and should not be saved after they are no longer useful.

Records of enduring value include:

·        Correspondence regarding issues, policies, procedures, and other matters of significance

·        Summary financial records, such as budgets

·        Log books

·        Manuscripts (if unpublished)

·        Photographs (Name[s], date, location, and event, if known, should be noted on the back, near the upper edge, using a pilot pen or #2 pencil)

·        Press clippings (Photocopy on acid-free paper if possible; otherwise save the originals)

·        Publications (one copy of each newsletter issue, leaflet, etc.)

·        Recordings of interviews of community members, meetings, etc.

Records of current or temporary value include:

·        Circulation and mailing lists

·        Duplicates

·        Canceled checks

·        Correspondence concerning inquiries, requests, and other routine matters

·        Receipts

·        Reference files of clippings, pamphlets, etc.

·        Working papers for publications (drafts, galleys, etc.)

                                                                        PERSONAL PAPERS

Records of enduring value include: 

·        Manuscripts  (if unpublished)

·        Private correspondence (excluding brief notes, Christmas cards, and the like)

·        Diaries

·        Photographs ("action shots" preferred)

·        Articles and books by and about the person in question

·        Recordings of events, interviews, etc, in which the person participated 

Confidential records may be closed to researchers for an appropriate period, such as 25 years or the lifetime of the author. 

It is best to make planned, periodic donations of “inactive” records (at least every five years).  Please box the files in their present order (if such exists) and ship the records to:

                Phil Runkel

                Marquette University Archives 

               1355 W. Wisconsin Ave.

                PO Box 3141

                Milwaukee, WI 53201-3141

                Telephone: (414) 288-5903
                Fax: (414) 288-6709

                Phil.Runkel@marquette.edu

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