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2. ‘Watch out for the fellow who
talks about putting things in
order! Putting things in order
always means getting other
people under your control.’
-Denis Diderot-
1796
3.
4. Objectives
• To givean overview in arranging and
describing archives.
• To givesomeguidelines in
arranging and describing archives.
5. Introduction
Arrangement supportsthegoal of
preservation by achieving physical and
intellectual control of archives, while
arrangement and description support thetask
of making archivesavailableby organizing,
identifying and explaining thecontent, context
and structureof archives.
7. Archival levelsof arrangement
Thefondsor group
Consistsof thewholeof abody of
documents, regardlessof form or medium,
created or accumulated by aparticular
individual, family, corporatebody or other
agency aspart of lifeand work and
retained because thosematerialshave
ongoing archival valueasevidenceof
thosefunctionsand activities.
8. Archival levelsof arrangement
Theseriesand sub-series
Isthelevel of arrangement that responsesthose
aggregationsof filesor other recordswithin the
larger group that relateto thesameprocessor
that areevidenceof a common form, purpose
or use.
A body of documentswithin aseriesthat can
bereadily distinguished from thelarger series
by filing arrangement, type, form or content.
9. Archival levelsof arrangement
Thefile
Organized assembly of documentswithin aseries,
brought together according to aparticular topic,
activity or event in oneseveral folders.
Physical entity : oneor morecardboard or paper
foldersor bindersholding anumber of individual
documents.
10. Archival levelsof arrangement
Theitem
Basic physical unit within afile.
A six-pageletter from theAnnandalecompany to a
client may beoneitem, and a20-pagemarketing
plan for AnnandaleEnterprisesfor 1977 would be
another item.
12. Archival levelsof arrangement
Arranging corporateor organizational
archives
Thesmaller and moreself-contained the
creating agency, theeasier it isto structure
thearchivesproduced by that agency.
13. Archival levelsof arrangement
Gapsin arrangement
Any level of arrangement may beabsent
from agiven hierarchy, depending on the
natureof thearchivesand thecircumstances
in which they werecreated and used.
14. Archival levelsof arrangement
Arranging corporateor organizational
archives
Thesmaller and moreself-contained the
creating agency, theeasier it isto structure
thearchivesproduced by that agency.
16. Archival levelsof arrangement
Arrangement and organizational change
Arranging archivescan also berelatively
straightforward if thearchivistsisworking
with archival documentscreated by a
businessor government that hasestablished
effectiverecordsmanagement systems.
17. Thepracticalitiesof arrangement
Arrangement isan intellectual and physical
task.
Thearchivist needsto think through and
devisealogical order and then sheneedsto
imposethat order on theactual materials,
whether they arephysical piecesof paper or
digital bitsof information in acomputer file.
18. Thepracticalitiesof arrangement
Thearchivist may chooseonly to createan
intellectual order, mapping that structureto the
materialsbut not physically rearranging files
or items, or shemay takeapart boxesand
foldersand reorganizematerialsto reflect the
chosen arrangement.
19. Describing Archives
Thepurposeof description isto create
representation of thearchives- an explanation
of thecontent, structureand context of the
fo nds or group- so that thematerialscan be
located and used by anyone, for any purpose,
whilestill remaining authentic evidenceof the
work and lifeof thecreator.
20. Describing Archives
Theprocessof archival description
involvesthreesteps:
First step isto research and writean account
of thenatureand scopeof thearchivesand
thelifeand work of theperson, family,
organization or business responsiblefor
their creation.
21. Describing Archives
Second step – isto present that information
in variousdescriptivetools- finding aids-
that allow usersto understand thecontent
and natureof thearchives.
Third step – isto createaccesspointsor
intellectual pointsof entry into thearchives,
such asnames, subjects, datesor events, to
help researchersdeterminewhich archives
arerelevant to their research.
22. Describing content, structureand context
Thesearethequestionsto beanswer:
Who created therecords?
When and Why?
How and when did thearchivescometo the
archival institution?
What happened to therecordsbeforeand
after they cameinto archival custody?
23. Datacontent standards
It helpsarchivist createconsistent
archival descriptivetools, so that usersdo
not haveto adjust to different descriptive
systemsevery timethey accessanew
repository.
Thestandardsalso foster homogeneity
and support information sharing across
archival institutions.
24. Theprocessof capturing content
Archivist should capturecoreinformation
about thearchival materialsthey are
describing, such asatitlefor thearchives,
theinclusivedatesof materialstheir
physical extent and medium, whether any
further accrualsareexpected, whether
thereareany restrictionson reproduction
or access, and what languagethe
materialsarein.
25. Repository identification
Information about therepository housing
thearchivesincludesthenameof the
repository and, if possible, arepository
codeidentifying thespecific repository.
Thereferencecodeor identification
number for thespecific archival fondsor
group should also beincluded.
28. Extent and physical description of
thearchives
Theextent of thematerialsbeing
described includesthephysical or logical
units(100cubic feet, 16 containers, 6
linear meters) and themedium of the
materials(textual records, graphic
material, photographs, audio cassettes.).
29. Administrativehistory of
biography
Themain purposeisto contextualizethe
archivesin hand, allowing theresearcher
to connect thearchiveswith thefunctions
and activitiesthat led to their creation and
use.
Identifiesand explainsthelifeand work
of thecreator or creatorsof thearchives
being described.
30. Scopeand content of thearchives
Thiselement providesasummary of the
archivesthemselves: scoperefersto
general information about functions
performed by thecreator of thearchives,
and thedocumentary formsfound within
thematerials.
31. Archival or custodial history
Explainshow archivesweremanaged
from thetimethey werecreated to the
timethey cameinto archival custody.
It allowsthearchivist to explain what is
not in thearchives, particularly if the
surviving materialsreflect only asmall
portion of thelifeand work of thecreator.
34. Archivesdatabasesand networks
National Register of Archives and
Manuscripts or Te Rarangi Puranga,
Tuhinga Ake o te Motu:
www.nram.org.nz
National Union Catalog of Manuscript
collections (NUCMC):
www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc
Scottish Archive Network:
www.scan.org.uk