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Records Management and the “Paperwork Age”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

Arthur Barcan
Arthur Barcan
Affiliation:
Senior Vice President, National Records Management Council
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Abstract

In order to utilize the new science of records management, historians need detailed, specific information on the various techniques which have been worked out. The Controlled Record Keeping program of the National Records Management Council, developed by historically oriented specialists, offers three basic tools which are equally useful to businessmen and scholars in helping to win the “Battle of the Bulk.”

Type
Research Article
Information
Business History Review , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , September 1955 , pp. 218 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © The President and Fellows of Harvard College 1955

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References

a Records such as correspondence, reports and manuals apply to all areas of required information — whether formally listed or not. See “time capsule index” for locating unique and policy material.

b The items here refer particularly to the operations of a manufacturing company. Slight modifications would be necessary to adapt the list to the operations of an enterprise in the transportation, distribution, financial, or service industries.