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This week's term: original order
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original order

n. ~ the organization and sequence of records established by the creator of the records
 
Related Terms
aggregated records
arrangement
context
provenance
registry principle
 
Categories

ARRANGEMENT
BASIC ARCHIVAL SCIENCE
THEORY AND PRINCIPLES


Cited In
Boles, Frank, "Disrespecting Original Order," American Archivist 45:1 (Winter 1982): 26.
 
Posner, Ernst, "Some Aspects of Archival Development Since the French Revolution," American Archivist 3:3 (July 1940): 169.
 
Schellenberg, T.R., "Archival Principles of Arrangement," American Archivist 24:1 (January 1961): 20.
 
Stielow, Frederick J., "Archival Theory and the Preservation of Electronic Media: Opportunities and Standards Below the Cutting Edge," American Archivist 55:2 (Spring 1992): 334.
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