Abstract This article offers a test of the records continuum model. As a case study I use the Foreign and Commonwealth Office “Migrated Archives”, those records first made known to the public in 2011 during the court case against the British government. Through this case, records from over 30 former colonies were found to have been stored away by the FCO, since the colonies had become independent. While testing the continuum model with this case, I simultaneously use the records continuum model to tell the history of the Migrated Archives. My research finds that by highlighting the hidden moments—the shadows of the continuum—the Migrated Archives reveals that the continuum model can be too dependent on pluralization and a culture of openness and accessibility. Using the term “shadow continuum,” I attempt to rectify this situation by allowing for continuum model processes to continue, albeit in the shadows.

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在连续体的阴影下：通过外交和联邦办公室“迁移档案”测试记录连续体模型

摘要本文提供了对记录连续性模型的测试。作为案例研究，我使用了外交和联邦事务部的“迁移档案”，这些记录于2011年在英国政府提起诉讼期间首次向公众公开。通过此案，由于殖民地已成为独立国家，FCO发现了来自30多个先前殖民地的记录。在用这种情况测试连续模型时，我同时使用记录连续模型来讲述迁移档案的历史。我的研究发现，通过突出显示隐藏的时刻（即连续体的阴影），《迁移档案》揭示了连续体模型可能过于依赖多元化以及开放性和可及性的文化。使用“阴影连续体”一词，