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Archival Fonds are a collection of related records or documents created or collected and maintained by an individual or organization. "Archival materials are organized into separate groupings based on provenance - that is, the person, family or organization that created and / or accumulated the records in the course of that creator's activities and functions. These groupings are called fonds. Fonds may include records in any format - textual records, sound recordings, photographs, and other graphics; moving images (film, video); architectural drawings, databases; and in any medium - paper, electronic, microform". The organization of materials into categories according to a scheme that identifies, distinguishes, and relates the categories.