Archival Services Case Studies

Preserving the History of National Park Service Sites

Many National Park Service (NPS) sites maintain archival collections that support their resource and cultural management activities. These collections contain important historical and operational records about the sites, but many are unprocessed and largely inaccessible. Our archive services team helped process and organize eleven different NPS sites since 2001. 

Read about our archives preservation work for NPS

Archival Services for Southern California Edison

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California EdisonIn late 2004 Southern California Edison (SCE) made the decision to donate a century of its photographs and historical print records to the Henry E. Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. Our archive services team performed a records survey, provided recommendations, and then prepared these historical records for transfer to the Huntington Library. SCE received public relations and cost saving benefits, while the community received access to thousands of high quality images and print records documenting the development of Southern California. 

Read about our role in the creation of this corporate archive

Helping the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office of History (CEHO) Plan for Disasters

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responds to emergencies across America, but the historians in charge of documenting those responses lacked a comprehensive plan to protect the Corps’ historical materials in the event of a disaster. The History Associates archive team produced a detailed disaster recovery and salvage plan and then reinforced these procedures by conducting an onsite training session.

Read how we developed a disaster recovery plan for the Corps’ archives

Get a Free Custom Archival Services Proposal

Getting started is easy, just contact History Associates Archival Services, even if you’re just looking for a records survey. Call us at (301) 279-9697, or (714) 529-3953 on the West coast, or contact History Associates for a customized proposal.