What are archives?
Archives are documents in any medium that have been created by an individual, family, business or organisation during its existence and have been chosen to be kept permanently because they are considered to be of continuing value. These documents are unique and irreplaceable.
Archives are not just written documents on paper or parchment, such as wills, diaries and letters. They may be photographs; audio-visual material like sound recordings and films; maps, plans and drawings; printed matter such as an organisation´s minutes or accounts and information held in electronic form such as word processed documents, databases and web pages.
