In this and all entries drawn from Bene Gessent material the reader should keep in mind that B G institutions have politely but firmly rejected invitations to join the Library Confraternity Collation of Rakis material with B G material has proceeded, when allowed subject to restrictions imposed by their order (as is, of course, their right) Nevertheless the reader should weigh carefully all claims made in such entries -Ed The Archives (officially, the Archivae), as distinct from the Bene Gessent Library and the Chronicles of the Chapter House, is a private collection of the Sisterhood's records, files, papers, and literary collections, so private that only a select group of Reverend Mothers has access to it The Archivae is located on Wdllach IX, under the main Chapter House building in three levels of subterranean vaults In order to enter the Archivae, one must traverse a series of mazelike tunnels connected by shafts with lifts-obviously once powered by machinery but now traversed by one's own muscles In order to facilitate the Dar-es-Balat research work, the Bene Gessent has opened a portion of the Archivae to Ahna Judehic, linguistic historian, whose work is associated with that of R M Cassius Ida Treac Supervising and directing the translation work is R M Marcellus Irulan Moiam Only those sections of the Archivae containing documents pertaining to me history of the Atreides family and the more public aspects of the history of the Sisterhood have been made available for study The three levels, each consisting of thirty-three rooms, are arranged by subject matter and by chronology The lowest level contains material collected before the Butlenan Jihad, some of it supposedly of Terran ongm The files, opened only briefly to the researchers, contained sheets of transparent film upon which are printed images of "book" pages reduced to microscopic size so that an entire volume is often contained on a single sheet All of these records need magnifying machines to be read, but no such machinery seems to be present The second level contains records from the Butlenan Jihad through Leto II Much of this level was opened for research, but since most of the records were in Bene Gessent codes translation is done only under R M Moiam's supervision The first, and highest, level contains a complex of reference rooms, a general reading room, a senes of work rooms, and twenty rooms of BENE GESSERIT ARCHIVES 111 BENE GESSERIT ARCHIVES files These files purportedly contain only records from the time of the Starvation and the Scattering, but activity and continual evidence of recent filing indicate that these might be open files The materials made available for research on level two were toe Atreides Collection, the Bene Gessent Private Files containing agent reports for the period of Elrood DC through Leto IT, and the official documents of the Bene Gessent from the Impenum era, documents which the order regards as historical rather than active The Bene Gessent files and documents are primarily transcriptions from mimmic film, shigawire, and im-pnnts on nduhan crystals The Agent fifes were particularly interesting, with much information available through Bene Gessents such as Anuril Comno, Margot Fennng, R M Gams Helen Mohiam, Irulan Atreides-Comno, and Wensicia Comno There are also annual reports filed by Jessica Atreides, ending abruptly in 10175, and extensive reports, summaries, histories and evalua tions (some four hundred folios) by Irulan Atreides, including her famous breeding report, "The Atreides Problem" Reports are also available from the second and third millennia of Leto's reign The Chenoeh Reports, The Syaska Reports The Anteac Reports, and Tne Moiam Reports to name a few As a generous courtesy, the Sisterhood has also opened the Jehanne Butler collection to schol ars specializing in the Butlenan Jihad At Judhic's request, R M Moaim has opened the R M Gams Helen Mohiam Collection Her memoirs reports, letters, and treatises are extensive, although incomplete, and seem uncensored, in sharp contrast to what is left of her papers in the Chronicles of the Chapter House Of particular interest in the Atreides Collection ate the following documents The Book of the Voices The Collected Works of Paul Muad'Dib The Preacher at Arrakeen " The.