Many companies take excellent care of their historic records because
it is in their commercial interest to do so - nostalgia sells. This
includes the records of companies they have taken over because of the
importance of brand values. And a nationalised company will often be
privatised again. This happened in my sphere, the motor industry and
is, we are told, the aspiration for the banks once they are
sufficiently recovered. Would we want to engage in the horrendous task
of splitting 'public' records from 'private'? Would this be a
productive exercise anyway in terms of the continuity of the history
of an organisation? As someone who has had to wrestle with the
incredible complexity of British Leyland's history of merger,
nationalisation and privatisation I would not recommend it. Far better
to promote the idea of the value of records management throughout the
business world as alluded to by Maria Sienkiewicz.
Gillian Bardsley
BMIHT Archivist
Heritage Motor Centre
Banbury Road
Gaydon, Warwick
CV35 0BJ
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