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...Harley P. Holden, the curator of Harvard'sarchives, says that the 50-year rule is necessaryto preserve history. If administrators feel thattheir decisions will be evaluated much earlier,they may not commit their thoughts to writing, andhistory will be less complete, Holden says...
...Harley Holden, the dedicated and thoughtful curator of the University archives, acknowledges the relationship between his office and the Porcellian but doesn't see a problem...
...Holden says the access to the Porcellian records is not as important to him as having the records in the archives. "The Porcellian won't let us show anything recent," he says. "Their records are treated like University records. But if the restrictions were longer, that would be okay...
...What Holden ignores is that the presence of the book in the archives is a clear violation of Harvard's "sever all ties" policy. But to be fair, one should note that the rule puts Holden and the archives in a pinch...
...Holden's job, after all, is to preserve as much of Harvard's history as he can. To the end of a preserving a historical record of students' social life, Holden should be trying to secure and maintain as many records from student groups as possible...