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Deposit agreements

Owners and/or custodians of archival collections occasionally deposit their papers with record repositories instead of transferring them permanently

We offer impartial advice to owners and custodians holding all types of manuscript records on where and how to deposit their collections in the wide variety of record repositories in the United Kingdom. If you require advice on records in your custody that you wish to deposit please contact the National Advisory Services

If loan agreements are to be entered into by repositories and private owners it is important that this process is properly documented. We have produced guidance to support archivists with this process:

• Guidance note for record repositories: terms of loan (deposit) for privately owned archives (PDF, 84.53kb)

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