Diplomatic records, archival description, and the Canadian Department of External Affairs in the 1920s
Loading...
Date
2012-04-09
Authors
Shumilak, Anna E.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
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.
Description
Keywords
diplomacy, archives, Canadian, external affairs, recordkeeping, description, foreign affairs, history