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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Matt,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Strictly speaking, containers are not elements/levels of archival description, and really don’t belong in a components list with other levels of description (series, collection, file, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Boxes are included in instances in AS, where they indicate the physical location. If you created an instance with a box number in ArchivesSpace, you would see it showing up to the right side of the component list. It doesn’t look like you have instances for boxes and folders in your AS resource.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I think Maureen Callahan of Yale encapsulated many of my feelings about containers and archival description in a blog post almost a year ago:</span> <span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://icantiemyownshoes.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/on-containers/">https://icantiemyownshoes.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/on-containers/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Patrick Galligan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Rockefeller Archive Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Assistant Digital Archivist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>914-366-6386<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org [mailto:archivesspace_users_group-bounces@lyralists.lyrasis.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew J Gorzalski<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Archivesspace Users Group<br><b>Subject:</b> [Archivesspace_Users_Group] where are the boxes?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Pardon my ignorance, but s ArchivesSpace supposed to include boxes as a part of the container (components?) list? These screen shots show the difference between the ASpace admin/public view of a container list, which only lists only files. The other screen shot shows the Archon equivalent of the same collection, noting boxes in which the folders reside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>MATT GORZALSKI<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>University Archivist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>MORRIS LIBRARY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>MAIL CODE 6632<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>605 AGRICULTURE DR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>CARBONDALE, IL 62901<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:mgorzalski@lib.siu.edu">mgorzalski@lib.siu.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>P: 618/453-2225<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>F: 618/453-3440<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#660000'>lib.siu.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>