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Up to 2014, BSH had no corporate archive of its own. Due to BSH’s close links with the two mother companies, many of the documents relating to its history landed up in either the Bosch or Siemens archive. The result was that the Bosch and Siemens corporative archives were the first ports of call for those researching into the history of BSH and its products. Although BSH was an independent company, it didn’t have an internal archive that took care of archiving tasks. | Up to 2014, BSH had no corporate archive of its own. Due to BSH’s close links with the two mother companies, many of the documents relating to its history landed up in either the Bosch or Siemens archive. The result was that the Bosch and Siemens corporative archives were the first ports of call for those researching into the history of BSH and its products. Although BSH was an independent company, it didn’t have an internal archive that took care of archiving tasks. | ||
[[file:C02-P0004 1971.jpg|thumb|523x523px|Siemens, | [[file:C02-P0004 1971.jpg|thumb|523x523px|Siemens, 1985 (Source: BSH Corporate Archives, C02-P0004)]] | ||
The upshot of this was that there were large gaps in the historical records. Because it was becoming ever more difficult for the personnel in the Bosch and Siemens corporate archives to cope with requests for information about BSH and home appliances in addition to their own work, the idea of creating a separate BSH Corporate Archive began to gain popularity. | The upshot of this was that there were large gaps in the historical records. Because it was becoming ever more difficult for the personnel in the Bosch and Siemens corporate archives to cope with requests for information about BSH and home appliances in addition to their own work, the idea of creating a separate BSH Corporate Archive began to gain popularity. | ||