As far as possible, a uniform scheme of arrangement and classification is applied to all accessions in the Centre. The main classes are :
/1 minutes (and related papers, such as agendas and reports)
/2 financial records (e.g. account books)
/3 correspondence (including subject files)
/4 publications of the institution or individual creating the archive
/5 other publications
/6 sub-groups within a deposit (e.g. the personal papers of a member of an organisation)
/7 miscellaneous (this category may be subdivided in a number of ways, e.g. by alphabetical suffixes : /7/LE legal papers; /7/ST staff records)
/8 diaries
/9 agreements
/10 press-cuttings
/11 reports
/12 photographs
/13 statistics
For example, the reference MSS.5/1/4 means that the archive is Accession 5, minutes series 1, volume 4; MSS.9/3/24 means Accession 9, correspondence, file 24.
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