In the partly published tape-recorded lecture at the colloquy on the occasion of the centenary of prof. dr. Milko Kos, the author, in his introduction, gave soma data on the activity of prof. Kos referring to Slovene arhcives and records, especially in connection with returning of historical records of Slovene provenience from Italy and Austria. The author continued with a survey of records registration, which has been done by profesor Kos in the archives and libraries of the neighbouring Friuli, as well as of Austria and Germany. The contribution is completed with some considerations on new technical possibilities of records publication.V delni objavi magnetograma predavanja na kolokviju ob stoletnici rojstva prof. dr. Milka Kosa je avtor uvodoma podal nekaj podatkov o dejavnosti prof. Kosa v zvezi s slovenskimi arhivi in arhivalijami, zlasti v zvezi z vračanjem zgodovinskega gradiva slovenske provenience in Avstrije in Italije. V nadaljevanju je podal pregled evidentiranja gradiva, ki ga je prof. Kos opravil v arhivih in bibliotekah sosednje Furlanije, pa tudi Avstrije in Nemčije. Sestavek zaključuje nekaj razmišljanj o novih tehničnih možnostih objavljanja gradiva