[MassHistPres] Blueprints Long Term Storage

[Penni Martorell]

Wondering what other city or state building/engineering departments do 
with old blueprints.
How do you store them, what is your records retention policy? How do you 
decide what to keep, what to discard?
We have over 3000 blueprints dating back to the early 1900s that are 
currently being scanned for long-term access and use.
Once they have been scanned we are trying to come up with a policy of 
which ones need to be retained.
The physical blue prints are in poor storage conditions now - rolled, not 
climate controlled, stacked up on each other, uncataloged.

Any insights, advice, comments?

Thanks

Penni Martorell
Curator & City Historian
Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs, Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. | Wed. 10:30 to 5 p.m. 
or by appointment


Wistariahurst Museum
238 Cabot Street 
Holyoke, MA 01040

413-322-5660 ext. 5169
martorellp at ci.holyoke.ma.us
www.wistariahurst.org
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