Week 1: Introduction to HIS9806, Understanding Archives and the Archival Profession: History, Types, and Archival Culture



 

Introduction

  • Using the Course Web-Site: http://publish.uwo.ca/~dspanner/index506.htm
  • Institutional Outreach Evaluation: Archives Are Accessible: Search the Map - a work in progress

       


    Lecture

  • The Joy and Power of Archives
  • What Archives Do: Millar on Evidence, etc.
  • A Brief History of Archives

    • Active knowledge vs. passive knowledge
    • The genesis of writing (Black Robe, 1991)
    • The monopolization of information (elitism)
    • The democratization of information (public)
  • Growth of Digital Content
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  • Types of Archives:

  • Public Archives or Public Records (Federal, state/provincial, local)
  • Library and Archives Canada (National Archives)
  • Archives of Ontario
  • Peterborough Centennial Museum and Archives
  • Institutional or Organizational Archives (often semi-public)
  • Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections (York University)
  • The Arquives (formerly Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives)
  • United Church Archives
  • Business Archives
  • Hudson's Bay Company Archives
  • Scotiabank Archives
  • Family and personal archives

  • The Archival Profession - Breaking the Stereotype

  • The Role of Archivists in the Post Modern World: Baudrillard, Market-driven economies, and political interference

     

    A Review of Key Terminology


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