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Commonly Deaccessioned Materials

These materials are often deaccessioned from collections during processing:

  • PII documents with Social Security numbers, Driver’s Licenses, Student IDs, Insurance cards
  • Personal financial records unrelated to collection topic (taxes, bank statements, credit card bills and receipts) this does not include research or travel grants unless PII present
  • Medical records
  • Personal legal records: adoption, divorce, wills/trusts/mineral deeds particularly if recent or unrelated to research opportunities in the collection
  • Student grades, attendance records, enrollment records, class rosters, unpublished works such as papers, tests, never-finished- theses/dissertation drafts