V nastoyashchiy sbornik voshli ranee ne publikovavshiesya v pechatnykh izdaniyakh ili sushchestvenno dopolnennye i dorabotannye nauchnye i nauchno-metodicheskie issledovaniya avtora, posvyashchennye problemam istorii arkhivnogo dela, izucheniyu sovremennykh istoricheskikh terminov; krome togo, v sbornik vklyucheny personalii, posvyashchennye vidnym deyatelyam istorii, nauki i tekhniki - B.A.Mirenskomu, R.R.Shrederu, S.N.Yurenevu, A.A.Golovanovu; a takzhe materialy po istorii kul'tury, nauchnykh izobreteniy i otkrytiy, politicheskikh partiy i obshchestvennykh organizatsiy, preimushchestvenno...