Archives Box Request

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

This form is for requesting free records storage boxes from University Archives and Records Management. 

These boxes must only be used for transferring records to the University Archives/Records Center.

For important additional information about the types of boxes you can request, including information about acquiring boxes for other uses, please see our separate page regarding records storage boxes.

 

We typically deliver boxes to WWU Bellingham campus locations only (see note below for additional information).  Please give a building name and room/office number.

EXAMPLE: "Archives Building 226"

Note about non-Bellingham requests: UARM might be able to coordinate delivery of boxes to non-Bellingham campus locations. This depends on the requesting office coordinating both the transport of the boxes to their site and the transfer of records back to UARM once the boxes have been filled.

 

Box Usage Affirmation

By clicking above, the requestor affirms that the boxes will be used only to send records to the University Archives/Records Center for storage and preservation. 

UARM does not make boxes available for uses other than sending records to University Archives/Records Center (such as for moving or for storing records in an office).

For offices or staff who are seeking boxes for uses other than sending records to the University Archives/Records Center, please see below.
 

If offices need boxes for storing records in their office, for moving records between offices, or for uses other than sending records to the University Archives/Records Center, they will need to acquire boxes from another source, such as through Western Marketplace.

Please see our separate page regarding records storage boxes.
Box types needed

Plan for three standard storage boxes per legal-size file drawer and two boxes per each letter-size drawer. 

Standard archive boxes are by far the most common box we use at WWU. This box measures 10.5"h x 12"w x 15"d. Because WWU receives these boxes from the Washington State Archives, the boxes usually have branding for the Washington State Archives (a division of the Office of the Secretary of State of Washington).

 

Half-height records storage boxes are rarely used at WWU, except in specific use cases for smaller-format records. This box measures 5"h x 12"w x 15"d -- the same width and depth as the standard full box, but half the height.