Types of archives

The physical type or medium of the relevant archives is given in the information category or paragraph TYPE. On certain databases the Afrikaans terms are used uniformly throughout as a standard to facilitate retrieval. The listing below indicates the terms used, their meanings and translations.

The types used regarding public records are:

Leer (correspondence file)
Ander Argiewe (archives other than correspondence files, e.g. minute books, financial records and registers)
Ampt Pubs (Official Publications). N.B. This term appears in the information category SOURCE.

The types regarding non-public records are:

Aanwins (accession), manuskrip (manuscript), private versameling (private collection). These terms are synonymous and all refer to papers of private individuals or institutions in the custody of repositories participating in the National Register of Manuscripts (NAREM).

Foto (photo). These terms refer to photographs in the custody of institutions participating in the National Register of Photographs (NAREF).

Kaart (map). These terms refer to cartographic material in the custody of national and provincial archives repositories.

Boek (book), tesis (thesis), pamflet (pamphlet). These terms refer to library material in the custody of national and provincial archives repositories.

Mikrofilm (microfilm). These terms refer to micrographic material in the custody of national and provincial archives repositories. 

The types regarding audio-visual material are as follows:

Plaat (gramophone record): These terms refer to gramophone records in the custody of repositories that participate in the National Register of Audio-Visual Material.

Film: This term refers to motion pictures in the custody of repositories that participate in the National Register of Audio-Visual Material.

Klankkasset (audio cassette): These terms refer to audio cassettes in the custody of repositories that participate in the National Register of Audio-Visual Material.

Kompakskyf (compact disk): These terms refer to compact disks in the custody of repositories that participate in the National Register of Audio-Visual Material.

Video: This terms refers to videos in the custody of repositories that participate in the National Register of Audio-Visual Material.

 

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