A STUDY OF THE THEORY OF APPRAISAL FOR SELECTION By ...

theoretical framework.^In this manner, the areas that need
reevaluation will become apparent.
Chapter two focuses on traditions of appraisal in western,
continental Europe. It will analyze the few available published
quotations and translations of the writings of archival
theorists, including Friedrich Meinecke, Hans Meissner, Marcel
Baudot, Johannes Papritz, Elio Lodolini and Hans Booms. The
discussion will concentrate on the theoretical division between
content analysis and structural analysis in the identification of
value. Several of these theorists also expose two important
issues that require clarification if a coherent theory of
Appraisal is to be developed: the impartial perspective of the
archivist, and the relativity of value.
Chapter three focuses on British traditions of appraisal as
seen in the writings of Sir Hilary Jenkinson and Sir James Grigg.
The discussion will analyze Jenkinson's thoery of the nature of
archives, and will relate it to Grigg's attempt to combine
historical and administrative value in such a w ay as to preserve
the archival and probative nature of archives.
Chapter four will focus on the North American traditions of
appraisal as seen primarily in the writings of Philip Brooks and
Theodore Schellenberg. Their influential concepts of evidential
value and informational value reflect a practical strategy that
equates use with value, and deflect the intellectual resolution
of theoretical problems.
The conclusion will summarize accepted notions about the
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