Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science

The article discusses some particularities of personal archives, focusing archival science principles as a whole. Personal archives, due to the fact of being more susceptible to have their custody interrupted by the heirs and due to being constituted by materials related to personal interests of the...

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Main Author: André Porto Ancona Lopez
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal Fluminense 2005-12-01
Series:Gragoatá
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Online Access:http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/626
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description The article discusses some particularities of personal archives, focusing archival science principles as a whole. Personal archives, due to the fact of being more susceptible to have their custody interrupted by the heirs and due to being constituted by materials related to personal interests of their owners, which mean that they cannot be generalized, require the adequacy of the archival science theoretical principles. The loss of contextual data of the record production could compromise the extraction of meaning from the documents. The general issue is illustrated with some detached examples.
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spelling doaj.art-bf713755da7a49e58500557f44ce3f952022-12-22T02:54:26ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseGragoatá1413-90732358-41142005-12-01815454Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival scienceAndré Porto Ancona Lopez0Universidade Estadual MaringáThe article discusses some particularities of personal archives, focusing archival science principles as a whole. Personal archives, due to the fact of being more susceptible to have their custody interrupted by the heirs and due to being constituted by materials related to personal interests of their owners, which mean that they cannot be generalized, require the adequacy of the archival science theoretical principles. The loss of contextual data of the record production could compromise the extraction of meaning from the documents. The general issue is illustrated with some detached examples.http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/626arquivos pessoais, documentos de arquivo, princípios arquivísticos.
spellingShingle André Porto Ancona Lopez
Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
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arquivos pessoais, documentos de arquivo, princípios arquivísticos.
title Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
title_full Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
title_fullStr Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
title_full_unstemmed Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
title_short Personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
title_sort personal archives and the boundaries of the archival science
topic arquivos pessoais, documentos de arquivo, princípios arquivísticos.
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