Archival value
- Creighton Barrett
Owned by Creighton Barrett
Definition
The ongoing usefulness or significance of records, based on the administrative, legal, fiscal, evidential, or historical information they contain, justifying their continued preservation.
Introduction
Archival value refers to the enduring administrative, historical, legal, fiscal, evidential, informational, intrinsic, or other value that justifies preserving and maintaining records as part of the Archives Permanent Collection.