Workbook on Digital Private Papers > Arranging and cataloguing digital and hybrid archives > Arranging and cataloguing emails
Arranging and cataloguing emails
Practical issues
Ascertaining identities of correspondents
Email archives often include emails from individuals, which are not signed and where the correspondent information amounts to an email address only. In these circumstances, some cross-referencing with other emails, searching for email addresses, or contact with the depositor may be necessary.
It may be useful for Encoded Archival Context/National Name Authority Files (NNAF) to include address histories for individuals. These addresses could be physical (perhaps work and home) and virtual (email and web addresses); such information would have to be managed appropriately according to the Data Protection Act.
