Vuković, Bernard.
(2018).
Selected writings of Sir Hilary Jenkinson.
Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Information Science.
[mentor Stančić, Hrvoje and Ivanović, Jozo].
Abstract
Sir Hilary Jenkinson, was the one man who, in almost fifty years of writing and publishing in the field of archive administration and allied subjects, left a deep and significant influence on the archive profession as it now is. His writings are one of the most influential in the English-speaking world. Sir Hilary dealing with a wide range of topics, such as tallies, diplomatic, palaeography, arranging records, seals, wartime measures and so on. At the other hand, Sir Hilary Jenkinson and Theodore R. Schellenberg, held different opinions on the subject of the appraisal of archival records. This paper examines their views on the nature of archival records, the reasons for their retention, and the role of the archivist in the appraisal process. It then traces the progrss of their ideas through the subsequent archival discourse on appraisal in order to identify their continued relevance and lasting contribution.
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