Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Business (For Profit) Archives

Archives located in for-profit institutions are usually those owned by a private business.

Examples of prominent business archives in the United States include Coca-Cola (which also owns the separate museum World of Coca-Cola), Proctor and Gamble, Motorola Heritage Services and Archives, and Levi Strauss & Co..

These corporate archives maintain historic documents and items related to the history of their companies.

Business archives serve the purpose of helping their corporations maintain control over their brand by retaining memories of the company's past.

These archives are typically not open to the public and only used by workers of the owner company, although some will allow approved visitors by appointment.

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