Diplomatic records, archival description, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920s

dc.contributor.authorShumilak, Anna E.
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBidzinski, Heather (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) Bak, Gregory (History) Ferguson, Barry (History)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorNesmith, Thomas (History)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-09T16:40:11Z
dc.date.available2012-04-09T16:40:11Z
dc.date.issued2012-04-09
dc.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.noteMay 2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/5276
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectdiplomacyen_US
dc.subjectarchivesen_US
dc.subjectCanadianen_US
dc.subjectexternal affairsen_US
dc.subjectrecordkeepingen_US
dc.subjectdescriptionen_US
dc.subjectforeign affairsen_US
dc.subjecthistoryen_US
dc.titleDiplomatic records, archival description, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920sen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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