Educational archives and the local community...

An educational archive with sufficient resources could also collect records of significant buildings and natural landscape features in the area adjacent to the parent institution's campus. These records would provide researchers with information about the physical development of the area surrounding the campus. This would permit changes to buildings, vegetation, transport routes and methods of transport as well as the implementation of power sources such as gas lighting and electricity.

Educational archives and local community records...

An educational archive with sufficient resources may be able to collect and preserve records related to other educational institutions in the local community. Records of earlier private venture, corporate and government educational institutions could be preserved in order to provide an overview of the evolution of the local educational landscape in a particular area.