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Definition

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The entire body of archival records that have been acquired and selected for permanent retention by the Dalhousie University Archives, including certain .

Introduction

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The Archives Permanent Collection includes selected archival records of Dalhousie University and certain archival records related to current and former Dalhousie faculty, as well as Nova Scotia performing arts, literature, business, labour, medicine, shipping, and other areas of study. The Archives Permanent Collection collection includes analog physical records, digitized records, and born- digital recordsarchives.

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The Archives Permanent Collection is broadly organized into several fifteen "thematic" groups:

Manuscript group

Description

UA

University archives

MS-2

Personal papers

MS-3

Theatre

MS-4

Business

MS-5

Music

MS-6

William Inglis Morse Collection

MS-7

Kipling Collection

MS-8

Shipping

MS-9

Labour unions

MS-10

Labour activists

MS-11

Citizen action groups

MS-12

British shipping records

MS-13

Medicine

MS-14

Agriculture

MS-15

LGBTQ

Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors Archive

The Archives Collection Guide provides further information about these manuscript and other areas of research interest (e.g., photographs, historical maps, women's archives). Detailed procedures for managing the Archives Permanent Collection can be found in the APM.

Related terms

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Acquisition

Archival record

Archival value

Collection ID

Reference code

Selection

References

Dalhousie University Archives ISDIAH record.

Dalhousie University Archives website.

Council of Nova Scotia Archives Cooperative Acquisition Strategy.

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Learning resources

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The Archives Collection Guide provides general information about the Archives Permanent Collection.

See the Introduction to Dalhousie University Archives learning module for more information.

Dalhousie Libraries' documentation

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See the University Archives Procedure Manual.