1. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, Historian

2. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, Historian Why are archives important? Historians rely mostly on written sources History is only written about information we have stored somewhere = archives No archives, no traces ► nothing to tell about women’s initiatives

5. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, Historian As things of the archives are now  Draft inventory of 50% of the archives is done  Gramophone records (41) are being digitized and inventoried

6. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, Historian Plans for 2015  Finishing the draft inventory of the archives  Selection of the photographs for digitizing  Decision what parts of the archives should be made accessible online

7. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, Historian 10 principles for storing archives of bpw federations or clubs 1.Where do you store the archival material? Conditions: dry place, no danger of flooding, stable temperature in summer and winter, guard the sources from sunlight

8. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Principles to professional archives 2. What to do before storing the material? Take away all metallic and plastic devices, keep the bundles together with acid free paper strips

10. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 3. What to do with faxes? Make xerocopies of faxes, otherwise the content will totally fade away.

11. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 4. How to keep sources? Put the sources in acid free boxes. folders that belong together go into an acid free folder.

12. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 5.-7. What to do with pictures, oral sources, delicate paper? Scan pictures and store them in digitized form Complete the photos with names, the event and date Digitize tapes or gramophone records that are worth keeping

17. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 8. Who takes care of proper treatment of archival sources? Each Federation, each club should define an “Archives’ Chair” who takes the task of keeping the sources seriously and works, if necessary, with archivists.

18. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 9. Who takes care of the proper treatment of archival sources? Each Federation, each club should appoint an intern or a volunteer to write the inventory of the archives (introduction by a professional archivist might be necessary).

19. Annette Mevis, archivist at Atria Archives in Amsterdam, responsible for the BPW International fund

20. BPW International Archives Chair: Prof. Dr. Catherine Bosshart, historian 10 Rules to professional BPW archives 10. How to use the archives? Plan on the occasion of jubilees to write or have written a history of your club, your federation. Hand the history to new members – initiatives of the past help to empower new young members. Historians might use the material for research.