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2. What are Business Archives?
Business archives are the
historical records of for profit
businesses, business-related
bodies and businessmen and
women.
Why are they important?
As Scotland’s businesses and
industries were and are crucial in
shaping its economic and social
development, so business
archives naturally have a wider
value to society. They can be
found in most archive repositories.
4. Records and archives are a business tool
They provide:
• Information value
• Evidence and proof of business transactions
• Support for legal requirements and to defend intellectual property
• A work tool to managing resources and staff
• Inspiration and documentation of product innovations
• Confidence in a brand and customer loyalty
By keeping archives, businesses capture
today’s experience, knowledge and business
know-how for future use.
6. Users of business archives
Internal
Legal
Marketing
PR
Corporate Social Responsibility
Design & production
External
Researchers
•Corporate histories
•Social histories
•Economic histories
Family historians
Local historians
Press
Design inspiration
7. Types of records found in business archives
Corporate Records
• Memoranda and Articles of Association
• Minute books
• Share registers
• Letter books
Financial Records
• Annual reports and accounts
• Balance sheets
• Account books
• Ledgers
Production Records
• Technical plans/drawings
• Models/prototypes
Employee Records
• Staff files
• Accident books
• In-house magazines
Marketing & Sales Records
• Advertisements
• Sales ledgers
• Packaging
9. Online resources
All of these links are available at
http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/businessarchives
Online catalogues
• www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra is now discovery
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
• www.nas.gov.uk/
• www.archiveshub.ac.uk
• www.scan.org.uk (Scotland)
• www.a2a.org.uk (England & Wales)
• http://ssa.nls.uk/ (film archives)
• www.rcahms.ac.uk
Guides
• http://www.abh-net.org/archives.html
• http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/business-history.
htm
• http://www.neha.nl/w3vl/unitedkingdom.html
10. Using archive catalogues
• Different types for levels of description
• Collection level descriptions
– Collection guides
– Subject based source lists and guides
• Item or piece level descriptions
– Catalogues (online, word lists, paper copies)
11. Arrangement
• Records only make sense in context of the archive as a
whole and in context of the objects and activities of creating
organization
• Arrangement - to reveal the structure of the archive -
provenance and original order
• Not always possible - sometimes classification is necessary
12. Description
Provides user and manager of archives with information on:
• Context of records
• Physical characteristics
• Intellectual content
Offers access points for the archives
Description is a surrogate for the original record
Archives description is hierarchical and goes from general to
specific (macro to micro)
• Information given at highest level possible
• Descriptive levels
• Fonds (collection)
• Series (class)
• File (basic unit of handling)
• Item (piece)
19. Remember: things to consider
Context
• Individual records cannot be viewed in isolation
• Always look at the archive catalogue for similar or related material and
secondary sources
• What organisation/business created this record?
• Why was it created? Is it a true record of the facts?
Format
• We make assumptions about documents without thinking
• Format points to the type of information held within the record: printed hand-written
or annotated
Content
• Legible or illegible?
• Why was this document created? By whom and for whom?
• What is the informational content?
20. Business Archives on Twitter
See how business archives and other archives promote themselves:
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@Design_Archives = Eighteen archives of British and international industrial and communication design at
the Faculty of Arts University of Brighton
@the_abh = Tweets for the Association of Business Historians dont necessarily reflect the views of the
council or membership. RTs = interesting not endorsement #bizhis
@POHeritage = P&O Heritage Collection exists to preserve and celebrate the maritime history and
collections of one of the best known shipping companies in the world.
@CoopArchive = Co-operative Archive : Archive repository based in Manchester, UK for the records of the
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@coke_archives = The Coke Archives' Twitter feed updated by our Archivists. Ask us history, pop culture, or
collectors questions
@RBS_Archives = History and heritage information from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group's Archives team.
They also run @JohnoftheBank Tweets from John Campbell an18th century banker tweeting events of
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List of business archives on twitter here https://twitter.com/i/#!/BallastTrust/business-archives
21. Get in touch
Business Archives Council of Scotland
www.gla.ac.uk/archives/bacs/
Email: Kiara.King@glasgow.ac.uk
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Editor's Notes
The records of Scottish businesses, business-related bodies and industrialists provide crucial commentary not only on Scotland’s economic, political and social development, but also on that of the UK and many countries around the world.
Business Assets
Records are a business asset. They contain information vital for business continuity and are necessary to meet both short and long-term legal obligations. They provide internal information relating to an organisation’s successes and failures which are used to inform the thinking of current business leaders. They can drive competitive advantage and support and inspire business and product development. They can also aid marketing and decision making as well as providing evidence for legal and brand protection.
Cultural Assets
Socially and culturally, business is inclusive; it drives and funds national and local economies,
touching the lives of all citizens whether they are business employees or consumers. Business success and failure defines communities – economically and physically - and consequently the people of those communities. It is critical for social cohesion and cultural identity that the business legacy is neither forgotten, nor captured only in transient human memory.
Advantages:
Can pre-date statutory records
More frequent
Wealth of information
Issues:
Using records for a purpose for which they were not designed
A fraction of companies records exist
Vary in detail and scope
Access restrictions
For example Scottish Screen has categories like Employment, industry and industrial relations, Construction and engineering & Ships and shipbuilding,
See GUAS website for business collections
Many collections are old and were first catalogued
Provenance and original order important
Provenance proves truth of documents - an audit trail
Description enough to identify and select record - to decide whether you want to see it or not
Increasingly more description for web based resources
Whether you start broad or with a specific company, the National Register of Archives website is the best one to use as your starting point.
Search for a name, like McGregor.