Introduction: Shifting currents / Heather MacNeil pt. 1. Foundations A contested realm : the nature of archives and the orientation of archival science / Terry Eastwood Origins : evolving ideas about the principle of provenance / Jennifer Douglas pt. 2. Functions On or off the record? : notions of value in the archive / Ciaran B. Trace Preserving records of enduring value / Michèle V. Cloonan Debates about description / Geoffrey Yeo Archival mediation / Wendy M. Duff pt. 3. Models and metaphors Life cycle and continuum : a view of recordkeeping models from the postwar era / Glenn Dingwall Archives and collective memory : more than a metaphor, less than an analogy / Margaret Hedstrom Archives as arsenals of accountability / Livia Iacovino Reenvisioning the personal : reframing traces of individual life / Catherine Hobbs
