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How do you read company archives and business correspondence?

wondarchive transcribes business mail, contracts and minutes as typewritten or printed, then translates and files them by shelfmark.

Typewritten, with the layout kept

Columned tables, letterheads and signatures are respected in the transcription.

Company names, recorded

Every company and person named is indexed with its spellings, to be found across the whole fonds.

A record for every page

Document type, dates mentioned, printed reference: noted on reading, correctable if needed.

From contracts to board minutes

  • Agency and commercial representation contracts
  • Correspondence between trading houses and their agents
  • Board meeting minutes
  • Accounting tables and sales records
  • Printed catalogues and price lists
  • Factory reports and internal memos
Typewritten letter in Catalan from the Ajuntament de Barcelona to Felip Pedrell, Barcelona, 9 December 1920 · Biblioteca de Catalunya, Fons Felip Pedrell (M 964), Public Domain Mark 1.0
Typewritten, 1920 — Biblioteca de Catalunya

The account takes a minute to open, a hundred pages free for a year.

Is a numerical table transcribed as is?

Yes, column by column; totals and percentages are kept as printed.

Are companies and people named indexed?

Yes, with their various spellings, so you can find them by name instead of reopening every file.

What if the fonds mixes several languages?

Each page is transcribed in its own language then translated into your language; a page already in your language isn’t translated.

What does a mid-sized fonds cost?

From €39.99 incl. VAT a year for 5,000 credits, i.e. 1,666 pages transcribed and translated; 3,000 pages transcribed and translated need 9,000 credits, i.e. Standard at €69.99 incl. VAT. The simulator helps choose.

See it on your own pages

A hundred pages transcribed and translated, for a year, no card required.