On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Norah Shrubb wrote: > I've been asked to design a retrieval system for a document archive > which, though fairly extensive, has never been catalogued/registered/any- > thing else except added to! Does anyone have _any_ suggestions where I > should start to look for advice? (Caveat: I haven't done it myself, but)...the following references were mentioned at a "How to Archive" workshop and also found in the local university library: Starting an Archives by Elizabeth Yakel. Society of American Archivists. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994. OCLC 30076910 Keeping Archives edited by Ann Pederson. O'Connor ACT: Australian Society of Archivists, 1987. OCLC 17204010 Administration of Photographic Collections: An Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts by David Gracy. New York: Special Libraries Association, 1981. OCLC 7463089. The Society of American Archivists have an Archival Fundamental Series including "Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts" and "Understanding Archives and Manuscripts". Society of American Archivists 600 S Federal, Suite 504 Chicago IL 60605 312/922-0140 Hope this helps! Sally Baulch Anthropology/History Division Texas Memorial Museum (We're culling through the "museum archives" otherwise known as former directors' correspondence files for collections related documents, and get many smiles from the crazy "I'm sure your museum wants this" letters. BTW, one person found the Mississippi Purchase price in a cave and wanted our help getting it out.)