This
website is arranged to facilitate greater access to Dr. Crake’s
fonds for the researcher and to provide contextual information that
would assist the uninitiated to understand his legacy and his
historical importance in the context of Mount Allison University and
the Town of Sackville. The papers reside at Mount Allison University
principally because of Crake’s long teaching career at the
institution between 1946 and 1976.
The arrangement of this
website provides introductory information about Dr. Crake by
supplying biographical details, family photographs, and records and
objects taken from his papers which help to illuminate his life and
create an outline of his activities and various involvements.
The
other component of this website is strictly archival and relates to
the process of arrangement and description of all the records that
appear in his personal papers). This process is based on a
multi-level approach that moves from the whole to its component
parts. This begins at the fonds level which is defined as
follows.
The
whole of the documents, regardless of form or medium, automatically
and organically created and/or accumulated and used by a particular
individual, family or corporate body in the course of that creator's
activities and functions.
From
the fonds level, the records are then divided and arranged into
series or files which reflect functions and activities in which the
creator of the fonds was involved. This allows the researcher
greater access to and a further understanding of the component parts
of the respective groupings in order that the researcher can decide
whether the materials relate to their interests and needs.
The
website provides descriptions for one accession and includes a copy
of a transcription of an interview conducted with Dr. Crake from
another group of papers. Traditionally, accessions are groups of
materials that are donated and received by an archives at the same
time. The accession numbers can be used to locate and retrieve the
actual documents.
The aim of this website is to provide
evidence of Dr. Crake’s legacy to researchers in a clear and
concise manner. The arrangement of the records attempts to reflect
this while at the same time incorporating the principles which guide
the archival profession. Should further clarification of any of these
or related points be required, researchers should consult directly
with the Mount
Allison University Archives
