This presentation was created to explain archival methods to students at Qatar Academy. The presentation is designed to help students understand how decisions are made regarding the permanent retention of objects and information applying the concept of intrinsic value through the collections of NARA.

1. the Past in the Present for the Future

6.  Detail View: Qatarchive-1: Dagger, Sheath, and Belt (Khanjar, Ghimd,
and Hizam)
 Collection:
 Qatarchive-1
 Identifier:
 HN130903cc_0033
 Title:
 Dagger, Sheath, and Belt (Khanjar, Ghimd, and Hizam)
 Subject:
 weapons
 Subject:
 daggers
 Subject:
 sheaths
 Subject:
 belts
 Description:
 Dagger, sheath, and belt made of rhino horn, gold, silver, wood, steel,
metallicthread, cotton, linen, velvet, and leather. Length:27.8cm;
Width:4.6cm.
 Publisher:
 QatarUnified Imaging Project
 Contributor:
 .
 Contributor:
 National Museum of Qatar
 Contributor:
 The National Council for Culture, Arts and Heritage
 Date:
 Circa 1940
 Type:
 Still Image
 Format:
 TIF 36 MB
 Source:
 Najla Ismail al-Izzi al-Wahabi
 Language:
 -
 Relation:
 ExhibitionGarments and Gold: Qatari costume and jewellery. Held at the
Sheraton Doha Hotel 2-13 March 2003
 Coverage:
 Ad-Dawhah

7.  DigitalObjects
 Data life-cycle
 PhysicalObjects
 Inherent vice

9.  “Intrinsic value is the archival term that is
applied to permanently valuable records that
have qualities and characteristics that make
the records in their original physical form the
only acceptable form for preservation.”
http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/archives-resources/archival-material-intrinsic-value.html

21.  Case 1
- RG 33, Records of the Federal Extension
Service. Farm Labor Program. Prisoner-of-
War Program. 1943-46. 1ft. Arranged
alphabetically by State.

24.  Case 2
 RG 49, Records of the Bureau of Land
Management. Public Land Disposals. Abandoned
Military Reservations. 1818-1945. 60 ft. Arranged
chronologically by date of initial disposition or
activity on the reservation land.

33.  Case 3
 RG 341, Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
AirTechnical Intelligence Center,Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio. Aerial Phenomena Branch.
Three related series of audiovisual records
composed of photographs (7,280), sound
recordings (23), and motion pictures (20) from
"Project Blue Book." 1950-67. 7,323 items.
Arranged by case number.

37.  https://archive.org/details/ProjectBlueBookGuide
 http://ufologie.patrickgross.org/htm/vidblu.htm
 http://www.bluebookarchive.org/

38.  Case 3
 RG 341, Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force.
AirTechnical Intelligence Center,Wright-
Patterson AFB, Ohio. Aerial Phenomena Branch.
Three related series of audiovisual records
composed of photographs (7,280), sound
recordings (23), and motion pictures (20) from
"Project Blue Book." 1950-67. 7,323 items.
Arranged by case number.

39.  Assessment – knowing the object and
identifying threats to the object
 Action – to maintain physical stability and
prolong the existence of the information
 Storage
 Handling
 Monitoring
 Reformatting
 Documentation for access
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