Private archives serve little purpose, by their nature they're closed, and never go public. They just sit there collecting dust until they're accidentally trash

Private archives serve little purpose, by their nature they're closed, and never go public. They just sit there collecting dust until they're accidentally trashed or destroyed in a natural disaster (https://www.infodocket.com/2017/10/30/report-hewlett-packard-historical-archives-destroyed-in-santa-rosa-fires/ https://www.infodocket.com/2017/10/30/report-hewlett-packard...). Maybe someone at the company pulls one or two faded photographs from them to make some PR puff piece for the company's 50th or 100th birthday. But that's about it.