A system for processing paper documents and electronic documents, said paper documents including original paper documents and computer generated paper documents, said electronic documents including electronic image documents and electronic work documents, said paper documents and said electronic documents including corresponding pairs of original paper documents and resulting electronic images, said system comprising:
- (a) a scanner for producing said resulting electronic images from said original paper documents to provide said pairs in an arbitrary real time sequence;
- (b) each pair being automatically specified by a unique date/time identifier;
- (c) a physical storage for containing at least one physical collection of said paper documents substantially in said real time sequence;
- (d) each of said paper documents in said physical collection being logically classified by said date/time identifier with the date/time identifiers of the other paper documents in said physical collection;
- (e) said paper documents in said physical collection being logically classified by other identifiers into restricted virtual groups;
- (f) paper documents of different ones of said restricted virtual groups being intermingled physically throughout said physical collection;
- (g) an electronic storage for containing at least one electronic collection of said electronic images;
- (h) each of said electronic images in said electronic collection being logically classified by said date/time identifier with the date/time identifiers of the other electronic images in said electronic collection;
- (i) said electronic images in said electronic collection being logically classified by said other identifiers into restricted image groups;
- (j) digital processing means for recording said date/time sequence and for presenting said restricted image groups;
- (k) said physical storage having a plurality of physical containers for holding said paper documents substantially in said real time sequence;
- (l) said physical containers being uniquely marked with visual media designating ranges of said date/time identifiers;
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- (m) paper documents of different ones of said restricted virtual groups being intermingled physically throughout said physical containers.