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List Of Archives In Canada
This is a list of archives in Canada. These archives, for the purposes of this list, are entities in Canada that work to acquire, preserve, and make available material as documentary evidence about a person, community, business, government, municipality, etc., for future generations. The types of archives categories—Business, Community, Cultural, Educational, Healthcare, Human Rights, Government, Military, Regional, Professional association, Religious, University/College, Sport, Arts—have been adapted from those used in the Archives Association of Ontario's Archeion. Archives that exist only in digital form are not included. Archives in Canada See also * List of archives * List of Archives Associations specific to Canadian territories * List of genealogical societies in Canada * List of libraries in Canada * List of museums in Canada * Culture of Canada * Open access in Canada to scholarly communication References * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{North America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archives
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost alway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
