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The Business Archivist: Problems and Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2012

Joseph W. Ernst
Joseph W. Ernst
Affiliation:
Archivist, Rockefeller Family & Associates
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Abstract

A leading business archivist provides insights into the difficulties of selecting, organizing, and preserving corporate records. Dr. Ernst reflects on the future needs and responsibilities of the business archivist in a changing economic and social environment.

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Lagniappe
Information
Business History Review , Volume 44 , Issue 4 , Winter 1970 , pp. 536 - 546
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1970

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