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Archives and Records Management Department fonds
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Archives and Records Management Department fonds

  • F-51
  • Fonds
  • 1963 - 1999

The fonds consists of records arising from the activities of the University Archives. Fonds includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, classification and description records, Archives and Records Management Advisory Committee records, and materials arising from special projects and conferences.

Archives and Records Management Department

Municipal records deaccession

When the University Archives was established, a policy was formulated for collecting the records of local municipalities including Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, and Mission. In 1993, the decision was made to return these materials to their respective municipalities. Series consists of records arising from the University Archives original accessions and subsequent deaccessions of various municipal records. Series includes correspondence, memoranda, notes, copies of agreements, research papers, articles, lists, and inventories.

Arrangement and description

Early records classification and description practices at the University Archives resulted in the establishment of a record group system of arrangement for university records, and a manuscript group system for records from private sources. This system is no longer in place, and the Archives is currently undertaking the redescription of its holdings. Series consists of records arising from the development of records classification schemes and descriptive practices at the University Archives. Series includes drafts and revised lists of records groups, and copies of early descriptions of records held at the University Archives.

Correspondence and memoranda

Subseries consists of correspondence and memoranda of the University Archivist. Subseries includes letters and memoranda received, and copies of letters and memoranda sent. Correspondents include the University President, other University officers, external organizations and individuals, and members of the archival community. Subseries also includes some accompanying reports.

Reports

Subseries consists of reports compiled by the University Archivist. Reports include information summarizing the activities of the University Archives. Most reports are monthly. The individuals to whom the reports are directed change according to the place of the Archives within the organizational structure of the university. For instance, when the Archives was a function of the University Library, all reports were directed to the University Librarian.

Projects, conferences, and workshops

Series consists of records arising from special projects which the Archives completed, and records from workshops and conferences in which Archives staff participated. Series includes records of an oral history conference held at SFU (including programmes and papers), records from a records management workshop, and records of an Archives survey of university committees (including lists of committees and committee members).

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