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

paradigms created by European theorists. The theoretical
framework preserves the archival nature of the records, maintains
the objective perspective of the appraisal, and preserves records
with historical value for the research community.
The second review proposed by the Grigg Report acts as a
final check to ensure the preservation of historically valuable
records. In effect, it is also a final check for the research
community. It is to be done by each department's record officer
in conjunction with the Inspecting Officer, who acts as a
representative of the Public Records Department.77 Its purpose
is to review all the records that survived the first review, and
destroy "those considered to be of no further administrative or
historical importance. . ."78 Because of the reduced bulk of the
records and the expertise of the staff of the Public Records
Department, "it should be possible for the historical criterion
to be exercised directly in relation to these papers. Thus the
criteria for preservation at the Second Review will be both
administrative and historical. . ."79 In 1961, Jenkinson
commented, with a note of resignation, "I incline myself to think
(for what my opinion is worth) that . . . this ultimate intrusion
of selection based on the interests of research is inevitable."80
Ensuring government commitment to the needs of the research
77 Ibid, 38, paragraph 87.
78 Ibid, 80, paragraph 240.
79 Ibid, 38, paragraph 87.
80 Jenkinson, "Roots," 136-37.
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