Case files, modernism and archival decolonization: the past, current and future management of case files by archives

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dc.contributor.authorMartin, Brynne
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeJones, Esyllt (History)
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeEyford, Ryan (History)
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHurford, Sarah (Library and Archives Canada)
dc.contributor.supervisorBak, Greg
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-31T18:07:27Z
dc.date.available2023-08-31T18:07:27Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-02
dc.date.submitted2023-08-02T20:02:35Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineHistoryen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)
dc.description.abstractBy using three case studies, this thesis explores the past and current practices, systems, and methods that archivists developed to manage, destroy, select, and make available case file records, as well as how current innovations are influencing a change in the management of case files today and into the future. I examine of the destruction of case files pertaining to the eugenics program of Alberta, the management of eHealth case files in Canada, and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation archive’s creation of “virtual case files.” I provide an overview of past and current practices utilized by archivists to manage case files from the mid-twentieth century to the early 2000s by discussing the archival literature surrounding the management of case files. I also outline the way that historians have used case files and why case files are important to historians. I explore the use of databases to manage case file records and the challenges that come with preserving these complex, interactive digital systems. I discuss the development of third order archival interface systems which would allow users to easily arrange archival digital records into as many different aggregations they need, as well as allow archivists to further contextualize and decolonize the records by placing the perspectives and needs of marginalized communities first in all archival decisions. Lastly, I argue that the concepts of imagined records, affect, and radical empathy should influence the decisions regarding the management of case files such as appraisal, retention, arrangement, description, preservation, and access.
dc.description.noteOctober 2023
dc.description.sponsorshipDr. James Burns Award in History, 44707, https://ui-webapps.ad.umanitoba.ca/searchableAwards/searchForm/awardDetails/44707.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/37532
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectcase file
dc.subjecteHealth
dc.subjectNational Centre for Truth and Reconcilation
dc.subjectmacroappraisal
dc.subjectradical empathy
dc.subjectaffect
dc.subjecteugenics
dc.subjectimagined records
dc.subjectdatabase
dc.subjectdigital
dc.subjectdecolonization
dc.subjectpreservation
dc.titleCase files, modernism and archival decolonization: the past, current and future management of case files by archives
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayes
oaire.awardNumber47266
oaire.awardTitleThe Winnipeg Foundation Fellowship for Masters Studies in Canadian History
oaire.awardURIhttps://ui-webapps.ad.umanitoba.ca/searchableAwards/searchForm/awardDetails/47266
project.funder.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13039/100010318
project.funder.nameUniversity of Manitoba
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