n.a record of ephemeral value that can be destroyed immediately or after a short time periodNorton 1942, 26Temporary records are excluded from the archives building, but they would have to be considered in case of emergency evacuation.Lethbridge 1948, 84These instructions provide for the disposal of 98% of all Naval records after a specified period of time by the destruction of temporary records no longer needed, by the transfer to a Naval Records Management Center of semi-active records, and by the transfer to the National Archives of permanently valuable records.Brown 1953, 43Through records inventories in each department, schedules will be established for the regular destruction of records no longer useful, and filing procedures will be developed to segregate temporary records from those having permanent value.Angel 1968, 10When temporary records are eligible for disposal, he carefully reviews the boxes and their contents as they move on to the wastepaper dealer or to incineration or pulping often performed under his supervision.Allen and Baumann 1991, 99, fn. 13Temporary records refers to records identified for disposal, either immediately or after a specified retention period.
