The Document as a Mirror of Cultural Tradition (After M.P. Ilyushenko’s Academic Papers)

M.P. Ilyushenko’s scholarly views on the document cultural function are considered. Her conclusions about traditions, customs, lifestyle, norms of behavior, and value systems as reflected in the documents of each epoch, which can be traced both in the general form of the document and in its individual elements, are analyzed. M.P. Ilyushenko’s approaches to the understanding of the term “culture” in relation to the phenomenon of the document are highlighted.

document, department of document science and organization of public records management, cultural function, M.P. Ilyushenko, value system, tradition