Dear Archives LIST, We VERY MUCH APPRECIATE all the responses to my question and I am going to now proceed to all the websites suggested. Our committee has a big job on its hands. I will write the list with info I discover for the others who wanted answers to the same questions. Again, THANK YOU ALL. Joyce Barr On Monday, March 6, 2006, at 09:53 AM, Karen Morgan wrote: > Joyce, most of us don't keep our stuff in vaults. We try to have space > that is secure, with stable temperature and humidity, and reasonable > fire protection, and work from there. Have you contacted your state > archives:( http://www.mainemuseums.org/index.htm,) or your state > archival association for assistance? > Maine Archives & Museums (http://www.mainemuseums.org/index.htm) > Karen Morgan, University Archives, University of Michigan-Dearborn, > Dearborn, MI > > Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S., Curator of Historical Collections wrote: > >>> Our small Historical Soc. needs to build a vault for our >>> documents, etc. and for the Town's records. Could any of you direct >>> us to sources for architectural plans? >>> Any ideas, thoughts, 'definitely don't do's ' , etc. would also be >>> helpful. >>> We are a small town (approx 800 ) in coastal Maine. I know that >>> we can spend many thousands of $ for such a vault. Our society >>> doesn't have a large budget and no endowments as yet. We were >>> formed in 2000 and so are just beginning. Our goal has been to >>> begin carefully and slowly and do things as correctly as possible >>> from the start. >>> The possibilities for grants are something we need to explore >>> also, if anyone has ideas on that. >> >> >> Joyce, a good vault must be all of the following: >> >> 1. Fireproof, i.e., not made of wood. >> 2. Dark and windowless. >> 3. On a middle floor. >> 4. Temperature controlled, always less than 68 degrees F. >> 5. Humidity controlled, always about 45% RH. >> 6. Positive-pressured and filtered through a closed system HVAC, to >> prevent dust buildup. >> >> I hope this helps! >> >> Eric >> >> Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. >> Curator of Historical Collections, Health Sciences Library >> Lecturer, Center for Bioethics and Humanities >> SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210 >> <http://www.upstate.edu/library/history/> -- 315-464-4585 >> Owner, Gegensatz Press <http://www.gegensatzpress.com/> >> >> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by >> the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. >> For the terms of participation, please refer to >> http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to >> [log in to unmask] >> In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname >> *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES >> To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] >> >> Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at >> http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html >> >> Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by > the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>