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An American Political Archives Reader
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2009
Summary
The personal papers of former members of Congress, which constitute at least half of the documentation of the legislative branch of government, are held in over 500 different institutions. An American Political Archives Reader performs the vital task of making these collections more accessible by presenting the best and most recent scholarship on congressional collections.
The articles contained in this volume guide archivists through the challenges of dealing with these voluminous, complex collections. For institutions developing their political documentary resources and working toward greater accessibility of political archives, this book provides much needed information and is a welcome handbook on the appraisal and preservation of political collections.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-6746-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-6747-5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
478
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1. Reflections on the Modern History of Congressional History No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter 2. Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Marjorie S. Holt No access
Chapter 3. A Repository Archivist on Capitol Hill No access
Chapter 4. Collection Policies at State Archives for Legislators' Papers No access
Chapter 5. A Hint of Scandal: Problems in Acquiring the Papers of Herman E. Talmadge No access
Chapter 6. The Documentation of Congress: Summary Report and Recommendations No access
Chapter 7. Congressional Papers and Committee Records: Private vs. Public Ownership No access
Chapter 8. Congressional Papers: Collection Development Policies No access
Chapter 9. Oral History as a Documentation Strategy for Political Collections No access
Chapter 10. Electronic Record Systems on Capitol Hill: Finding and Obtaining What You Want No access
Chapter 11. Appraising Modern Congressional Collections No access
Chapter 12. Appraising the Papers of State Legislators No access
Chapter 13. Appraisal of Congressional Records at the Minnesota Historical Society No access
Chapter 14. Appraisal of John J. Williams Papers No access
Chapter 15. Campaign Buttons in a Black Box: Appraisal Standards for Strom Thurmond Memorabilia No access
Chapter 16. Adventures in the Third Dimension: Reenvisioning the Place of Artifacts in Archives No access
Chapter 17. Taking a Byte out of the Senate: Reconsidering the Research Use of Correspondence and Casework Files No access
Chapter 18. Processing Political Collections No access
Chapter 19. Describing Congressional Papers Collections: A Progression of Access Tools No access
Chapter 20. Classified: What to Do If National Security Officials Visit No access
Chapter 21. An Embarrassment of Riches: Access and the Politics of Processing Congressional Collections No access
Chapter 22. Raising Private Monies to Support Archival Programs No access
Chapter 23. Creating the Howard Baker Center No access
Chapter 24. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies: An Evolutionary Model No access
Chapter 25. Trends in Scholarship on Congress: A Historian's View No access
Chapter 26. Congressional Archives and Policy History No access
Chapter 27. Dataheads: What Archivists Need to Know About Political Scientists No access
Chapter 28. Congressional Collections: Where the Mundane Becomes Compelling No access
Chapter 29. Recovering History and Discovering Data in the Archives: An Alternative Mode of Research for Congress Scholars No access
Appendix: Chronology of Advances in Preserving the Documentation of Congress No access Pages 441 - 446
Index No access Pages 447 - 470
About the Authors and Contributors No access Pages 471 - 478
