Research Catalog

Title

Canadian archival studies and the rediscovery of provenance / Tom Nesmith, editor.

Publication

Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nesmith, Tom.
• Society of American Archivists.
• Association of Canadian Archivists.

Description

viii, 513 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Archives > Canada > Administration
• Archives > Processing > History. > Canada
• Archives > history
• Archives > Processing
• Archives > Administration
• Archivverwaltung
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Provenance
• Archiefwezen
• Archives > Canada > Administration
• Canada
• Kanada

Genre/Form

• Collected Work
• History

Note

• Published in association with Society of American Archivists and Association of Canadian Archivists.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Introduction: Archival Studies in English-speaking Canada and the North American Rediscovery of Provenance / Tom Nesmith -- The Odyssey of Records Managers / Luciana Duranti -- "A Noble Dream": The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada / Ian E. Wilson -- The Origins of the Public Archives Records Centre, 1897-1956 / Jay Atherton -- R.E. Gosnell, E.O.S. Scholefield, and the Founding of the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1894-1916 / Terry Eastwood -- "Total Archives": The Canadian Experience / Wilfred I. Smith -- The Compleat Archivist / Gordon Dodds -- Archives from the Bottom Up: Social History and Archival Scholarship / Tom Nesmith -- Information Ecology and the Archives of the 1980s / Hugh A. Taylor -- From Information to Knowledge: An Intellectual Paradigm for Archives / Terry Cook -- Transformation in the Archives: Technological Adjustment or Paradigm Shift? / Hugh A. Taylor.
• "My Very Act and Deed": Some Reflections on the Role of Textual Records in the Conduct of Affairs / Hugh A. Taylor -- Paper Trails: A Study in Northern Records and Northern Administration, 1898-1958 / Terry Cook -- The White Man's Paper Burden: Aspects of Records Keeping in the Department of Indian Affairs, 1860-1914 / Bill Russell -- A Reconstruction of the World: George R. Parkin's British Empire Map of 1893 / Terry Cook -- The Military Artist and the Documentary Art Record / Jim Burant -- Private Realms of Light: Canadian Amateur Photography, 1839-1940. pt. 1. From Acquisition to Exhibition / Andrew Birrell. pt. 2. On View: The Evolution of Amateur Photography / Andrew Birrell, Peter Robertson, Lily Koltun, Andrew Rodger and Joan Schwartz -- From Life Cycle to Continuum: Some Thoughts on the Records Management -- Archives Relationship / Jay Atherton -- The Tyranny of the Medium: A Comment on "Total Archives" / Terry Cook -- The Tyranny of Tradition / Andrew Birrell.
• Archival Theory and Electronic Records / Catherine Bailey -- From Paper Archives to People Archives: Public Programming in the Management of Archives / Gabrielle Blais and David Enns -- The Reclamation of Archival Description: The Canadian Perspective / Wendy M. Duff and Kent M. Haworth -- Nurturing Archival Education in the University / Terry Eastwood.

ISBN

• 0810826607
• 9780810826601

LCCN

93012379

OCLC

• ocm27642627
• 27642627
• SCSB-1994605

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library