Report of the Public Archives for the Year 1929

This article describes the history and the holdings of the Picture Division of the Public Archives of Canada, with especial reference to their use as documents in the history of Canada. Visual records are often the most abused and misunderstood of all archival documents because researchers do not attempt to learn more about the context of their creation or their creators. Various examples are cited to buttress this contention, and attention is paid to some books where visual records form an integral part of the subject posited. A brief listing of useful resource publications in the study of Canadian visual records are given, as well as an explanation of how to gain access to the Picture Division's collections.

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A history of bovine tuberculosis eradication policy in Northern Ireland

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268815000291 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 143 (15) ◽

pp. 3182-3195 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

P. A. ROBINSON

Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

Bovine Tuberculosis ◽

Animal Health ◽

Historical Analysis ◽

Eradication Programme ◽

Agricultural Industry ◽

The Public ◽

History Of ◽

The Uk ◽

Public Archives

SUMMARYDespite many years of state-sponsored efforts to eradicate the disease from cattle through testing and slaughter, bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is still regarded as the most important and complex of animal health challenges facing the British livestock agricultural industry. This paper provides a historical analysis of the ongoing bTB statutory eradication programme in one part of the UK – Northern Ireland (NI) – which began in 1949 as a voluntary scheme, but between 1959 and 1960 became compulsory for all cattle herd-owners. Tracing bTB back through time sets the eradication efforts of the present day within a deeper context, and provides signposts for what developed in subsequent decades. The findings are based primarily on empirical research using historical published reports of the Ministry of Agriculture and state documents held in the public archives in NI, and they emphasize the need to consider the economic, social and political contexts of disease eradication efforts and their influences on both the past and the present.

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An analysis of the public archives infrastructure in Uganda

Comma ◽

10.3828/comma.2012.1.07 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2012 (1) ◽

pp. 67-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David Luyombya ◽

Sylivester Sennabulya

Keyword(s):

The Public ◽

Public Archives

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