I do not believe that it should be up to the archivist to "sanitize" 
anything.  The record is a witness of the originator who created it and, 
therefore, the archivist may or may not be qualified to "interpret" the 
intent of the creator.  If that were true, many things about history could 
have been destroyed in the pursuit of "political correctness" without anyone 
truly taking the time to understand the circumstances or context under which 
they were created.

When I have come across such things in my cataloging of the history of the 
creation of the second largest railway in the United States, I have marked 
the items as "Private" and have forwarded them for review.  Initial review 
is done by the Law Department and, if they feel it necessary, they can 
request an ad hoc committee to meet comprised of Law, Compliance, Risk 
Management, Public Relations, and a member of Senior Management.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Wilkins" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 1:16 PM
Subject: RM Appraisal and Ethics


> Hi all,
>
> Someone who is not on the list and wishes to remain anonymous asked 
> whether
> I knew of anyone else who has written about RM appraisal vulnerabilities. 
> I
> believe from this referenced article
>
> http://saarmrt.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/archivesrm-ethics-co-opting-and-digital-fireplaces/
>
> that the vulnerability is an ethical one wherein RMs might appraise stuff
> as being more risky and therefore more important to destroy where the
> records in question might demonstrate bad behavior - in other words
> "sanitizing the record" as was done in the examples in the article.
>
> Any thoughts I can pass along?
>
> -- 
> Regards from frigid CO,
>
> Jesse Wilkins, CIP, CRM, IGP
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