Hi,
Help! I¹m a librarian with only a couple of archives courses under my belt
(12 yrs ago!). I¹m hoping someone on this list might help me with a question
I have re: arrangement and provenance.

My great-uncle was a Canadian pilot serving with the RAF during WWII. I am
the lucky recipient of his Œblue trunk¹ of war memorabilia and would like to
organize the information in proper archival format. The trunk includes:
--diaries, letters, photos, vital records
--ephemera such as ticket stubs, receipts, program guides
--large maps of routings to specified bombing areas
--paper and coin currency, incl Allied Military currency
--a large bag of all the letters he received from his then-girlfriend (now
wife)
--badges, brooches, medals and parts of his uniform

I want to organize the collection in a manner that would be useful to future
researchers, however, there is the issue of Œprovenance¹. For example, some
of the ticket stubs and receipts are located within the pages of the
diaries; my historian background says to put them all together in a file of
Œephemera¹. What to do?

I look at the collection and become overwhelmed! Can anyone give me some
insight as to how to arrange this collection? You may contact me on or
off-list.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jennifer Marcoux, B.A., M.L.I.S.
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St. Catharines, ON