During the month of April the NCAR Archives will be offering a glimpse of what an archivist does behind the scenes with boxes of records. Check back often for new posts!

Arrangement

To sort or not to sort . . that is the question!  Do you preserve original order of the papers, or rearrange everything so as to bring order out of chaos?.  Well, that depends on what you have.  If your box of papers contains neat file folders according to an existing filing system, then the best advice is not to disturb the arrangement.