Arhivski vjesnik, No. 38, 1995.
Professional paper
Evaluation of the Archives in the Personal Papers
Marina Štambuk-Škalić
Abstract
Personal fonds preserved in Archives and archive departments in the Republic of Croatia represent very rich and valuable sources for research of different areas of the human activities and understanding of the historical processes in its entirely. In many cases they are fulfiling the dates which have been existing in the fonds of the government organisations and institutions and they are unavoidable for the historical research.
In the archival terminology different terms are used for personal fonds (papers, private papers, private collection) which don't indicate clearly the difference between fonds and collection. For the personal fonds, as well as for the fonds of the official administration, characteristic is the organic connection of all documents whose provenience is in the activity of the creator of the fond, that collection doesn't possess. The evaluation of the archive in the personal fonds is realised throught the evaluation of the person - creator of the fonds and it depends on the fact of how much it offers as source for researching of the historical, juridical, economical, administrative and other social processes in state and society.
In the process of classification of the fond is evaluated each single document and grouped into the record series as personal papers, correspondence, diaries, documents created and accumulated in the course of creators activity, related material and unconventional archives.
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Hrčak ID:
65454
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Publication date:
30.11.1995.
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