Funds of personal origin as an object of archival storage
Personal documents are an invaluable source of historical research, in connection with which one of the main tasks of state archives is to identify significant personal archives and include them in the Archival Fund of the Russian Federation in the form of funds of personal origin or as part of archival collections. A comparative analysis of technologies for working with funds of personal origin and funds formed by legal entities made it possible to identify the specifics at each stage of work with documents of personal origin. The most difficult are the stages of acquisition and examination of the value of documents, which determine which documents and funds are of the greatest historical significance and should be permanently stored. It was found that the general rules for organizing documents can also be applied to funds of personal origin only partially. The variety of types of documents and media on which they can be presented impose special requirements both on the description and on ensuring the safety of documents. It was also found that the use of documents of personal origin was subject to legal restrictions. It is concluded that it is necessary to take into account existing legal acts, to involve the opinion of experts and the experience of state archives in working with these funds.