No innocent deposits forming archives by rethinking appraisal
The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do not just happen, but are consciously shaped (an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD
Scarecrow Press
2004
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Add Tag | Summary: | The public increase of interest in the past has not necessarily brought with it a greater understanding about how archives are formed. To this end, Richard Cox takes a serious look at archival repositories and collections. Cox suggests that archives do not just happen, but are consciously shaped (and sometimes distorted) by archivists, the creators of records, and other individuals and institutions. In this series of essays, Cox offers archivists rare insight into the fundamentals of appraisal, and historians and other users of archives the opportunity to appreciate the collections they all too often take for granted. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 303 pages 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780810848962 0810848961 |
Archival appraisal theory and practice