Hudson's Bay Case

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An acquisition policy is the instrument which provides the archival institution with the direction for making appraisal and acquisition decisions and allocating resources. It’s the backbone around which the archival institution can acquire comprehensive holdings in a planned coordinated and systematic manner. It delineates the parameters of what archival records the institution is permitted to acquire or required to preserve and becomes foundation for the development of more detailed acquisition plans and strategies, appraisal criteria and the related producers. The acquisition policy becomes a reference for staff when assessing potential acquisition and for donors looking for a suitable repository for their records on local, regional and national …show more content…
The corporate records received from the Hudson’s Bay Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries are those determined by a Committee, the members of which are listed on Section II of the agreement dated July 31st 1973.
Records having a bearing of the history of the Hudson’s Bay Company may also be acquired from private sources by gift, bequest, loan, trade or purchase. Acquisition from these sources will be approved by the Private Sector Acquisition Committee.

Limitations on Scope:
Notwithstanding intrinsic or informational values of records, acquisitions of records will take account of the authorized acquisition mandates of the other archival institutions, resources to make the material available for research purposes in a reasonable period of time, the extent and terms of any restriction, the legal rights of the donor to place the records in the Archives, their relationships to the strengths and weaknesses in the existing holdings, the availability of appropriate storage facilities and the physical condition of the records in relation to the probability of being able to conserve them for a reasonable period of