Processing historical files in the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, as exemplified by the collection of the Historical Commission of the Jan Kasprowicz Poznań-Wilda District of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association Cover Image

Postępowanie z aktami historycznymi w Związku Harcerstwa Polskiego na przykładzie zbioru Komisji Historycznej Hufca ZHP Poznań-Wilda im. Jana Kasprowicza
Processing historical files in the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, as exemplified by the collection of the Historical Commission of the Jan Kasprowicz Poznań-Wilda District of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association

Author(s): Marta Włodarczyk-Rybacka
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Library and Information Science, Archiving, Other
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: scouting; Historical Commission; association archives; Polish Scouting and Guiding Association

Summary/Abstract: The article investigates the registry and archival processes employed in the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association. The article analyses registry and archival rules of conduct of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, as well as the functions and character of its Historical Commissions, with particular emphasis on the activity of the Historical Commission operating at the Jan Kasprowicz Poznań-Wilda District of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association. Presenting the contents of the fond and the promotional activities undertaken by the Historical Commission warrants the thesis that the Commission is a specific type of social archive in the registry and archival structure of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association, whose main task is curating grade A historical memorabilia.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 253 - 264
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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