The Past History Commission is a National Commission established for the purpose of past settlement and related activities based on the law. This Sstudy focused on the commission on which the activity ended is named as the commission on the past histo...
The Past History Commission is a National Commission established for the purpose of past settlement and related activities based on the law. This Sstudy focused on the commission on which the activity ended is named as the commission on the past history related abolition. The purpose of this study is to find ways to improve the utilization of these abolished past history commission records. Furthermore this study tried to purpose a way to organize a collection of abolished commission of past history. The research was conducted through the following process.
First, this study summarizes current state of the past history commissions that existed to present, and describes the characteristics of the records produced by the commissions. In addition, this study examines the concept of collection and the collection description.
Second, this study investigates the records management status of the National Archives of Korea. This is done through searching the web site of the National Archives of Korea and conducting literature reviews. This study focused on the 5 abolished commission of past history which national Archives of Korea has. According to the results of data analyzes, it was confirmed that there were a problems to use the related records.
Third, this study conducts some case studies of archival arrangement and description of collection. International cases, examples of Japan and China were selected. In Japan, the Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR) organizes collection by original record holding institution. In China, the collection was organized by period. In classifying records, China's historical record technology guide reflects the characteristics of historical records. In Korea, National Archives of Korea organizes 12 collections. Each of these collections has a separate classification system and search system. All of these case have the common features consider use of records.
Fourth, this study proposes organizing a collection of records of abolished past history commission And setting up arrangement levels. It is well structured so that the context of the commission's activities can be well understood. Next, this study proposes the description of collection. It is based on the "Archival Description Rules" currently used by the National Archives of Korea. This study proposes the part to be supplemented when reflecting the characteristics of the history committee records. Finally, this study suggests how to construct contents in order to serve collections on web site of National Archives of Korea.
Past liquidation refers not only to the identification of past facts, but also to efforts to reflect on the past and to heal it at the social level. Such past liquidation will continue even after the commission's activities are over. Therefore, there is a need for the records produced by the commission to be well managed and utilized. In this respect, this study can be an opportunity to encourage the interest in the management of the records of the abolished past history commission and to review the current management system. Although, there are limitations in the application of the proposed collection organization. However, this study can be meaningful as an example to enhance the utilization of abolished past history commission records. Hopefully the more research on the utilization of the records of the abolished past history commission will be actively carried out in the future.