Spring Cleaning? Appraisal and Weeding records
Part of the role of an Archivist is to appraise, weed and sort collections of records before they are listed or catalogued and made accessible to the public. This can be both cathartic and a little intimidating, depending on the volume of material you're working with! Are you looking to spring clean the paperwork in your house and feeling overwhelmed? Here are some images of our processes and some tips, if you need them! The records shown in this blog are from the legal firm Cochran & MacPherson, the collection of which is held at our Old Aberdeen House site, reference DD5. Please note, this collection is in the process of being appraised and is not fully accessible. Descriptions of the catalogued parts of the collection can be viewed here: DD5 . The records we're appraising from this collection are in tin deed boxes or trunks that have not been a priority to work on until recently. The tin trunks are inappropriate as storage for these records, so we're looking to remo
