A Manual of Archive Administration¶
Jenkinson, H. (1922). A Manual of Archive Administration. Clarendon Press.
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Primes¶
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Jenkinson (1922) gives the canonical formulation in his theory of archives: the archivist's duty is the impartial preservation of authentic primary records so that any later interpretive use can be audited against unaltered originals.
This sourceFoundational archival-science text establishing the principle that unbroken custody is the basis of archival authenticity, and that any single break in the custody chain compromises the evidentiary value of the entire record.
- Jenkinson (1922) gives the canonical formulation in his theory of archives: the archivist's duty is the impartial preservation of authentic primary records so that any later interpretive use can be audited against unaltered originals.
- Provenance
- This brittleness makes provenance expensive and sometimes impossible for long historical chains, a fragility Jenkinson (1922) anticipated in his foundational manual on archive administration and the principle of unbroken custody.
This sourceFoundational archival-science text establishing the principle that unbroken custody is the basis of archival authenticity, and that any single break in the custody chain compromises the evidentiary value of the entire record.
- This brittleness makes provenance expensive and sometimes impossible for long historical chains, a fragility Jenkinson (1922) anticipated in his foundational manual on archive administration and the principle of unbroken custody.
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