7.3 Custodial History

At the highest level of description give the custodial history of the unit being described as a whole. At each subsequent level of description give the custodial history that pertains to the part being described. The custodial history should be appropriate to the level of description of the unit being described.

Give the history of the custody of the unit being described, i.e., the successive transfers of ownership and custody or control of the material, along with the dates thereof, insofar as it can be ascertained ¹.

When describing the custodial history of a reproduction, include, if ascertainable, information relating to the original material if it is relevant to the creation of the reproduction. If the custodial history is unknown, record that information. When the unit being described is acquired directly from the creator, record this information in the Note Area (see 1.8B12).

Les documents de ce fonds ont été réunis par l’aînée des petits-enfants de Joseph Leduc, Hélène Jobin. Ils ont été légués aux Archives en 1941 par le frère de cette dernière, Arthur Jobin

The Ocean Falls Corporation records remained in the custody of Pacific Mills Ltd., and its successor companies, until the mill and townsite were taken over by the B.C. provincial government in 1973. In 1976 the records were transferred to the Ocean Falls Public Library, which began the rearrangement of the records in their current form. The project was never completed, however, due to lack of funding and the collection lay in basement storage of the library until the Crown Corporation, B.C. Cellulose, announced the closing of the mill in 1980. Abandoned over a period of several years, the records were moved from one temporary storage location to another as buildings were demolished, and suffered extensive losses and water damage due to neglect. When the final dismantling of the Ocean Falls facility was announced in 1986, a team of curators from the Royal British Columbia Museum retrieved what remained of the records from the townsite. These were transferred to the Provincial Archives in late 1986

Après son décès, les documents de cette pionnière du mouvement féministe furent dispersés parmi les membres de sa famille et les associations dont elle avait été l’âme dirigeante. C’est à la suite de nombreuses interventions des archives que le fonds a pu enfin être reconstitué, puis acquis en 1990

Eastern Kings Unitarian Universalist Fellowship records were sent to the Universalist Unitarian Church in Halifax for safekeeping in 1980 and transferred to the Public Archives of Nova Scotia with the Universalist Unitarian Church of Halifax records

7.3A. Records on microform

Give the history of the custody of the unit being described as it existed in its original² form before its copying to microform, the details of its copying to microform, and the custody of the microform thereafter. If the originals were destroyed, record the date and authority for their destruction, insofar as they can be ascertained.

Letterpress copies were microfilmed in 1958. The original letterpress copies were destroyed due to their illegibility

Microfilmed by the Department. Originals were destroyed by the National Archives in accordance with the Department’s approved Appraisal and Disposition Schedule in 1982

Revisions Note

This section incorporates rules from the following sections of RAD 2008: General rules for description (1.7) and Records on microform (10.7)