n.synonym for ProvenienzprinzipEvans, Harrison, and Thompson 1974, 429REGISTRY PRINCIPLE. The basic archival principle, sometimes referred to as the Principle of Sanctity of the Original Order, respect pour l’ordre primitif, or Registratur Prinzip, which maintains that archives should be retained in their original organizational pattern or structure and in their original filing arrangement in order to preserve all relationships. See also PROVENANCE.Berner 1983, 3Unlike the French system, wherein the records were classified by subject within the records of a given agency, the Prussian system observed the original order imposed by the registry office, the Registraturprinzip.Schellenberg 1996, 174In paragraph 4 of the [Prussian] regulations of July 1, 1881, a new principle called Registraturprinzip, was developed, which provided that the records of every agency should be maintained in the archival institution in the order given them by the registry office of the agency and should not be reorganized by subject-matter groups.
