Why study archival theory? -- Contexts -- Consolidation : the Dutch manual -- Confirmation and reinforcement : Sir Hilary Jenkinson's Manual of archive administration -- Modern records : T.R. Schellenberg and modern archives -- Questioning archives : contemporary records, contemporary discourses -- From Polders to postmodernism.
Summary:
"A history of the conception and development of the theories that have guided archivists in their work from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries"--Provided by publisher.
