What is Housed Archival Materials

The study investigated a framework that archival institutions could follow in warranting cleanliness in the information housed in a repository for their end users. Archival materials are used by many researchers for different purposes, and some of these people write history books, some write manuscripts for reality movies, novels, and many other kinds of publications. The study used the literature review to investigate a framework that archival institutions may follow in warranting cleanliness in the information they inherit or kept. There are no means for archival institutions to address the authenticity of their records before they are adopted in custodies for permanent preservation. The study recommends that archival institutions come up with archival diplomatic strategies to authenticate the records before keeping for secondary users in the general public. The study also proposes a framework for authenticating archival materials.