Anonymous Patron writes “Officials from archives in nine Southeastern states and New Jersey met Wednesday at The Georgia Archives to brainstorm ways to improve their emergency plan
if a storm like Katrina strikes again.
“We have learned it is time for state archives to set itself up as an agency of response,” said Hank Holmes, director of the Mississippi Department of
Archives and History.
Katrina devastated public archives charged with protecting important documents – not only historic treaties and photographs, but many more mundane yet
critical modern documents such as birth and death certificates and car titles.
The archivists hope to have a plan in place at their agencies by August, and that it can serve as a national model.”
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