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For those unfamiliar with the methods and the
language of archival description, the following definitions are
provided:
Archives: the noncurrent records
of an individual or organization that are kept for their legal,
financial and/or enduring research value.
Collection: an artificial accumulation
of documents of any provenance (origin) brought together on the
basis of some common characteristic (e.g. subject, medium, type
of document, etc.)
Fonds: From the French term "fonds
d'archives" meaning the whole of the records, regardless
of medium or form, automatically created and/or accumulated and
used by a particular individual, family or corporate body in
the course of that creator's activities or function.
Record: A document in any form
or medium, created or received and maintained by an organization
or person in the transaction of business or conduct of affairs.
For Archival material that resides in repositories
other than the Mount Allison University Archives, only the item
level description has been provided when used in this virtual
exhibition.
Visitors to this virtual exhibition should note that only selected
documents have been digitized for this exhibition. for complete
finding aids (inventories) of all documents included in the fonds
or collection from which these documents are taken, it is recommended
that researchers contact the repository identified as owner of
the document(s).
For further information about the archival material
reflected in this virtual exhibition please contact the Mount
Allison University Archives.
For information on this virtual exhibition and the archival documents featured in it please contact:
Cheryl Ennals, University Archivist
Mount Allison University Archives
Ralph Pickard Bell Library
49 York Street
Sackville New Brunswick E4L 1C6
Canada
Telephone : (506) 364-2563
Fax : (506) 364-2617
Email : cennals@mta.ca |
