Diplomatic records, archival description, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920s
dc.contributor.author | Shumilak, Anna E. | |
dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Bidzinski, Heather (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) Bak, Gregory (History) Ferguson, Barry (History) | en_US |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Nesmith, Thomas (History) | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-04-09T16:40:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-04-09T16:40:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-04-09 | |
dc.degree.discipline | History | en_US |
dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (M.A.) | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines records created through diplomatic activities and considers approaches to their archival description, using those created by the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920s as a case study. The objective of the thesis is to explore the history of this record genre with a focus on how archivists can provide users with access to more authentic and meaningful diplomatic records. Chapter One will provide a broad overview history of the diplomatic genre as well as the place of such contextual knowledge about the creation and characteristics of these records. Chapter Two will introduce a key strategy that archives can implement to more effectively relay contextual knowledge to archival users through the function of description. Chapter Three will then introduce a case study, building upon the approach identified in Chapter Two, and based on Canada’s Department of External Affairs in the 1920s. | en_US |
dc.description.note | May 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5276 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.rights | open access | en_US |
dc.subject | diplomacy | en_US |
dc.subject | archives | en_US |
dc.subject | Canadian | en_US |
dc.subject | external affairs | en_US |
dc.subject | recordkeeping | en_US |
dc.subject | description | en_US |
dc.subject | foreign affairs | en_US |
dc.subject | history | en_US |
dc.title | Diplomatic records, archival description, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920s | en_US |
dc.type | master thesis | en_US |