Legal Benefits
Hi Kelly,
I just linked your page under my "See Also" section thanks to a pod-member's advice. This is a really interesting topic and I'm excited to see how you progress with it. I'm sure you just haven't gotten to it, however I hope that you plan to include some pictures and links to outside pages that provide more detail about the different faiths you mention.
I was wondering if there is any sort of legal benefits that faith based archives could bring to users? I know in the early modern period Jews often preserved their records for this reason, but is this still applicable to today's archives? Also, if it would be of any help to you, I do discuss Christian and Jewish archives briefly on my page and cite a source for Jewish archives that discusses in detail archives from the 20th century.
Hi Morgan,
Thanks for the feedback. I do have some pictures for the wiki page. I should have those up once I figure out the correct copyright tag. As far as legal uses go, many modern faith-based archives do keep records for legal reasons although it is not usually one of the reasons they discuss. Most of the discussion is in academic literature. I've lumped "legal" in with administrative right now but I might separate them out later. I do plan to link to your page (as well as several others) once I figure out where to put them. I'm planning to include a brief history of religious record keeping and might put them there or in the "See also" sections. Any thoughts on this are welcome.
Kelly