Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian Archival Education, and the First International Congress of Archivists, Brussels, 1910
Year: 1983
Type: article
Abstract: Archivists quite naturally settled upon Brussels, a city of high European culture, a guardian of archival treasures, for their first International Congress in the year 19 10.It was there that one of the most sacred axioms of the profession was first enunciated in the mid-nineteenth century.As the present ~r c h i v i s t of Belgium has written, "As for the principle of 'Respect des Fonds', it was already clearly defined by Gachard and taken up in an 'ArretC Royal', (Order in Council), of 171 121 1851, holding regulations for the State Archives in the Provinces."'Therefore, when the First International Congress of Archivists met in Brussels, and ratified, as it did, the adoption of the corresponding "Principe de la Provenance," or source principle, as the basis for the arrangement and description of archives, it was in keeping with the archival traditions of Belgium which had been accepted throughout Europe, traditions which in 1898 were given credence in the publication by the Dutch archivists, S. Muller, J.A. Feith, and R. Fruin, of Handleiding Voor Het Ordenen En Beschrijven Van Archieven.This volume, first published in Groningen, quickly became the "bible for modern archivists," in Schellenberg's words.Two of the three famous Dutch archivists were present at the Brussels Congress.Dr. Robert Fruin, State Archivist of the Netherlands at Middleburg, was in attendance.Also was the redoubtable Dr. Samuel Muller
Source: Archivaria
Author: Lawrence D. Geller
Language: English
Subfield: Conservation
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1580937235