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Focuses on the specification that applications for archive posts should have a history degree as a requirement for jobs which will cover the whole spectrum of archival activity. Training in local repositories and limited instruction; Contributions of scholarly archivists; Benefits of personal experience of historical research to archivists; Need of all types of researchers.

Presents a brief survey of politicians' attitudes towards archives over the last centuries. Necessity to devise a method to keep records in offices; Monetary rewards for men who kept public records for preservation; Preserving records for scholarly, governmental and legal purposes.