About methodology of archive studies and archival theory. General overview of a fifty-year research

In an orderly and, in many cases, personal argument the Author presents an overview of his methodological and theoretic achievements, not avoiding summaries and evaluations, also those from a critical perspective. In particular, the Author focuses on writing three monographs published between 1972 and 1994: Archiwistyka – przedmiot, zakres, podział (studia nad problemem) from 1972, Problemy i metody badawcze archiwistyki from 1985 oraz Problemy komputeryzacji archiwów from 1994.