SAA’s new Dictionary of Archives Terminology has superseded this Glossary as of 4/29/2020.

Glossary search

Home

The writer is not a clerk or a secretary, because these individuals are not 'persons' with regard to the documents they compile: they are not competent for the articulation of the discourse within the documents, unless they have delegated authority for i

Reference: 
p. 86
Citation Text: 

The writer is not a clerk or a secretary, because these individuals are not 'persons' with regard to the documents they compile: they are not competent for the articulation of the discourse within the documents, unless they have delegated authority for it (a clerk may be competent for writing the entries in a register, but usually the responsibility belongs to an officer . . .).

Citation Source: 
Duranti 1998

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology