Ravensworth Archive

37 public entries

RA-57-104
The Bow of Ra
A gilt elongated object received by Ravensworth in 1957 in a cedar transit case lacking a reliable chain of custody. The name “The Bow of Ra” appears in early accession material but has never been reconciled with the object’s original inventory description. Current cataloging retains the title as a convenience while questions of orientation, provenance, and original function remain under review.
RA-PH-1932-018
Courtyard Drainage Survey Photograph
General view of the east courtyard made during scheduled drainage inspection.
RA-IR-1948-223
South Gallery Lamp Replacement Correspondence
Routine correspondence concerning replacement picture lamps in the former south gallery.
RA-IR-1961-042
North Reading Room Service Ledger
Daily record of requested volumes, table assignments, and routine reading-room maintenance. A reviewed selection concerning the October entries is available for reference.
RA-IR-1974-009
Adjustable Bronze Display Support
A reusable support fabricated for small-object displays in the west cases.
RA-CR-1986-031
Linen Hinge Adhesive Test Card
Comparative hinge samples prepared for an internal paper-mounting review.
RA-IR-1961-043
Brass Request Tray
A divided desk tray formerly used to route reading-room request slips and service counterparts. Withdrawn from ordinary service on 19 October 1961 under equipment receipt 43.
RA-IR-1961-044
North Reading Room Custody and Correspondence File
Equipment receipt, dispatch request, disposition cross-reference and later review concerning the North Reading Room service discrepancy.
RA-IR-1944-017
North Annex Custodial Undertaking and Schedules
Schedules, acceptance and circulation plan concerning a continuing custodial undertaking.
RA-IR-2026-002
General Reconciliation Proposal and Review
Proposal, rehearsal, audit, signed hold and disposition concerning a controlling register for unsettled accounts.
RA-IR-1961-042-R01
Release determination and enclosure schedule
The current release decision, its twelve-page inventory, and the distinction between released pages and a retained original enclosure.
RA-IR-1961-042-R02
North Reading Room service ledger extracts
Requested volumes, table assignments and maintenance entries surrounding two disputed service times.
RA-IR-1961-042-R03
Request counterfoil Q-61-118
The separately retained counterfoil records a request time eleven minutes after the first service entry.
RA-IR-1961-042-R04
Controlled duplication memorandum
A witnessed comparison of the brass-tray route and ordinary desk handling, recorded during Edith Vale's absence.
RA-IR-1961-042-R05
Personnel attribution review
A later review distinguishes a supported service discrepancy from an unsupported allegation against Edith Vale.
RA-IR-1961-042-R06
Reference-copy distribution instruction
Instructions for three copies, the independent reader, and the preservation of unresolved times.
RA-IR-1961-042-R07
Custody and Applied Studies memoranda
Two offices agree that the record must survive and disagree about the consequences of circulating a complete procedure.
RA-IR-1961-042-R08
Continuity routing slip
The contemporary routing description attached to the released comparison set.
RA-IR-1961-044-R01
Equipment receipt 43
The brass request tray was transferred; the receipt concerns equipment custody only.
RA-IR-1961-044-R02
Certified duplicate dispatch request
A certified copy was requested for the personnel file; no insertion acknowledgement is present.
RA-IR-1961-044-R03
Disposition cross-reference sheet
A closure notation used equipment receipt 43 against an unacknowledged personnel question.
RA-IR-1961-044-R04
Direction for independent reference circulation
Avery directed the independent release after the personnel review.
RA-IR-1961-044-R05
Retained carbon from Edith Vale
Vale asks that her first recorded time remain in the file.
RA-IR-1961-044-R06
Review of closure and circulation
The review separates equipment custody, personnel insertion and deliberate outside circulation.
RA-IR-1944-017-R01
Custody schedule, office copy
Schedule item 17 enters Ravensworth Archive, including the North Annex, in the deposited-subject column.
RA-IR-1944-017-R02
Duplicate schedule, acceptance copy
The duplicate retains the same item and column order; an attributed margin note clarifies the seal.
RA-IR-1944-017-R03
Countersigned acceptance of item 17
Both offices accept the institution named in item 17 and define the outside-copy rule.
RA-IR-1944-017-R04
Plan of record circulation
A circulation plan assigns one copy beyond the originating and custody offices.
RA-IR-1944-017-R05
Review of the schedule subject
The review confirms that the institution was deliberately named as the custodial subject.
RA-IR-1944-017-R06
Scope note on retained instruction
A 1961 note distinguishes storage of equipment from termination of an instruction.
RA-IR-2026-002-R01
General Reconciliation proposal
A records policy would treat certain unacknowledged outside accounts as eligible for supersession.
RA-IR-2026-002-R02
Record consolidation rehearsal
The condensed draft keeps the anomalous observation but loses the ordinary comparison and unresolved insertion.
RA-IR-2026-002-R03
Exceptions and acknowledgement audit
The audit rejects equipment acknowledgement as evidence of personnel insertion or outside-copy surrender.
RA-IR-2026-002-R04
Determination holding General Reconciliation
The policy is formally held; independent copies and personnel corrections remain separately accountable.
RA-IR-2026-002-R05
Collections & Custody reservation
A departmental objection warns that a copy may continue to carry a relationship after equipment withdrawal.
RA-IR-2026-002-R06
Disposition and outstanding accounts
A separate ledger enters the hold, the outside-account status and the retained Enclosure IX.
RA-MAN-01
The RA Manual
Observation, cataloguing, photography, transcription and comparison. Includes three worksheets.