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Leading Off: The First Years Of The Sporting News Archives, Steven P. Gietschier
Leading Off: The First Years Of The Sporting News Archives, Steven P. Gietschier
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Since Roots helped Americans discover an interest in genealogy, archival work has changed in many ways. · One of these is the definition of what constitutes basic archival research. When most archival patrons were scholars, archivists tended to assume that they would ask the traditional historical questions: Why did the North win the Civil War?, for example, or Was General Longstreet a good strategist? Genealogists began to ask simpler, more -fundamental questions--not Why did the North win the Civil War, but Did my great-grandfather fight in the Civil War? And they did so by the busload, forcing archivists to rewire …
Review Essay: Evangelical Religious Institutions Consider Their Archival Needs: A Review Of The 1988 Evangelical Archives Conference Proceedings, Richard J. Cox
Review Essay: Evangelical Religious Institutions Consider Their Archival Needs: A Review Of The 1988 Evangelical Archives Conference Proceedings, Richard J. Cox
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Jimmy Carter And The Presidential Library System, Richard Dees Funderburke
Jimmy Carter And The Presidential Library System, Richard Dees Funderburke
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Ralph Waldo Emerson felt that the study of history was significant to the individual for what it revealed about his own life. The monuments of other ages should be studied until the student "lives along the whole line of temples and sphinxes and catacombs, passes through them all with satisfaction, and they live again to the mind, or are now." The interest with which he might have viewed his own nation's monuments in the form of presidential libraries can only be surmised. He might have been appalled that the simple democratic nation he knew in the 1840s had come …
Short Subjects: Foxes Guarding The Hen House: Archivists In Special Collections, William L. Joyce
Short Subjects: Foxes Guarding The Hen House: Archivists In Special Collections, William L. Joyce
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
While deciding on a title for this presentation, I selected one that was less provocative than that which initially occurred to me, the first iteration being: "Foxes Guarding the Hen House: The Coming Archival Takeover of Special Collections." I decided against this title for two reasons: first, it overstates the current situation and likely future condition of research IIbraries· generally, and special collections units in particular; and, second, it. only exacerbates the attitudinal problem that I believe all of us need to acknowledge.
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Where Are They Now?, Jane Powers Weldon
Where Are They Now?, Jane Powers Weldon
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Several months ago, SGA appealed by newsletter and by letter to founding and pioneer members of the society, in hopes of getting reminiscences and anecdotes on SGA's early days, reporting on their present activities, and obtaining their evaluation's of SGA's contributions to their professional lives.
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Present At Creation: The Founding Of The Society Of Georgia Archivists, Lee Alexander, James Morton, Edward Weldon, Carroll Hart
Present At Creation: The Founding Of The Society Of Georgia Archivists, Lee Alexander, James Morton, Edward Weldon, Carroll Hart
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
As we envisioned this session, our panel would discuss what brought them together, why they felt the ·need to organize; what they envisioned for SGA as a professional organization; how did they view its development; how they have viewed its development over the last few years; and what they would like to see for its future. Then, we thought that following some discussion about our beginning, it would be a very valuable exercise for those of us here to have a forum to explore development for SGA and what we, as a group, would like to have come from our …
Declassification Of Presidential Papers: The Eisenhower Library's Experience, David Haight
Declassification Of Presidential Papers: The Eisenhower Library's Experience, David Haight
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
In 1972, eleven years after Dwight D. Eisenhower left the White House, archivists at the Eisenhower Library began processing his high-level presidential papers. The library submitted its first mandatory declassification review request to United States government agencies in 1973; sixteen years later this declassification process continues with no completion date in sight. The Eisenhower Library's experience demonstrates that declassifying recent presidential papers is difficult, expensive, and often frustrating both for the requestor and the library.
Journal Editors, 1972-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Journal Editors, 1972-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Officers, 1969-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Officers, 1969-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Twenty Years Of Sga Meetings, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Twenty Years Of Sga Meetings, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
An Sga Timeline, 1969-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
An Sga Timeline, 1969-1989, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
The Abcs Of Sga: Or 'Committee Work At Its Best', Virginia J.H. Cain
The Abcs Of Sga: Or 'Committee Work At Its Best', Virginia J.H. Cain
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Constitution And Bylaws, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Constitution And Bylaws, Society Of Georgia Archivists
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
The Society Of Georgia Archivists: Twenty Years Of Meeting Archival Needs In Georgia, Sheryl B. Vogt
The Society Of Georgia Archivists: Twenty Years Of Meeting Archival Needs In Georgia, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Three years after the Society of American Archivists (SAA) held their thirtieth annual meeting in Atlanta in 1966 and three years after the establishment of the Georgia Archives Institute, twenty-one archivists gathered in Atlanta. This meeting on 25 July 1969 marked the first meeting of what would become the Society of Georgia Archivists (SGA)-the third state or regional archival group formed in the United States. The forefathers of SGA stated that its purpose was "to bring about a closer communication among people in archives, manuscripts, special libraries, and other historically oriented professions; to increase knowledge in the theories and practices …
The Georgia Archives Institute And The Training Of Archivists, 1967-1989, Linda M. Matthews
The Georgia Archives Institute And The Training Of Archivists, 1967-1989, Linda M. Matthews
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
When Carroll Hart, director of the Georgia Department of Archives and History, began to formulate the idea of an archives training program at her institution in 1965, she was confronting a recurring and fundamental problem. There were few training programs for archivists in the United States, and only one course, a semester course in an undergraduate college, in the entire South. The oldest short-term training program at the National Archives in Washington, which in 1965 had just reduced its schedule from four weeks to two, could not provide a feasible training program for institutions whose personnel at all levels required …
Provenance Vii, Issue 3, Special Issue On Sga 20 Years, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance Vii, Issue 3, Special Issue On Sga 20 Years, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
The Very Model Of A Modern Major General: Documentation Strategy And The Center For Popular Music, Ellen Garrison
The Very Model Of A Modern Major General: Documentation Strategy And The Center For Popular Music, Ellen Garrison
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
In the last two decades much has been written defining, defending, and extolling an approach to the traditional archival goal of "identification and retention of records of enduring value" called by its supporters documentation strategy. The term itself is relatively new; nowhere, for example, does it appear in Frank Evans's 1974 "A Basic Glossary for Archivists, Manuscript Curators, and Records Managers". But the concept can be found in American archival literature as early as the writings of T.R. Schellenberg, and as this article will demonstrate, many special subject repositories like the Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University …
Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, David Moltke-Hansen, Harvey H. Jackson, Diana Lachatanere, Faye Phillips
Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, David Moltke-Hansen, Harvey H. Jackson, Diana Lachatanere, Faye Phillips
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Current Copyright Law And The Archivist, Suzanne Flandreau Steel
Current Copyright Law And The Archivist, Suzanne Flandreau Steel
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
When the Copyright Law of 1976 (Title 17, U.S. Code) was passed, archivists welcomed it as a reform that would remove the distinctions and uncertainties of common law copyright and apply the provisions of the statute equally to manuscripts and published materials. Recent developments in the courts, however, and opinions expressed in two five-year reports of the Copyright Office, have indicated that the end of common law copyright may not have led to an equal treatment of published and unpublished materials in law, even though statutory copyright now applies to both. Recent legal interpretations have maintained old distinctions between published …
Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Provenance Vii, Issue 1, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance Vii, Issue 1, Sheryl B. Vogt
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
New Appraisal Techniques: The Effect Of Theory On Practice, Margaret Hedstrom
New Appraisal Techniques: The Effect Of Theory On Practice, Margaret Hedstrom
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Archivists are acutely aware of the need for a better framework and new methods to guide the selection of records with enduring value. Whether appraising the current records of government agencies, corporations, colleges or universities, or social organizations, archivists confront a gargantuan task with meager tools. Appraisal theory provides general principles based on a few broad generalizations: the distinction between primary and secondary uses for records; the need to evaluate their evidential and informational values; the notion that organizations ought to preserve a record of their significant policies, procedures, functions, and activities; and the premise that certain levels of the …
Short Subjects: When Archivist Meets Architect, Donald B. Schewe
Short Subjects: When Archivist Meets Architect, Donald B. Schewe
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
Most archivists are better prepared to file and retrieve blueprints than to read them, more comfortable with COM (Computer Output Microfiche) than CAD (Computer Assisted Design), and better prepared to discuss linear feet of documents than square feet of floor space. Yet archival repositories do not spring up full-blown, and if the space an archival facility is to occupy is going to be utilitarian and provide for the various specialized needs of an archives, the archivist must become involved with the design process. In practical fact this means working with an architect either to design new space or to refurbish …
Short Subjects: News Reels, Glen Mcaninch
Short Subjects: News Reels, Glen Mcaninch
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
Reviews, Robert C. Mcmath Jr., Laurel Bowen, Marice Wolfe, Christopher Ann Paton, Margery N. Sly, Juli G. Stewart, Glen Mcaninch
Reviews, Robert C. Mcmath Jr., Laurel Bowen, Marice Wolfe, Christopher Ann Paton, Margery N. Sly, Juli G. Stewart, Glen Mcaninch
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
No abstract provided.
The Provenance Of Provenance In Germanic Areas, Maynard Brichford
The Provenance Of Provenance In Germanic Areas, Maynard Brichford
Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists
The conventional story is that the principle of provenance was "formulated at the French National Archives" in the 1820s and adopted gradually in nineteenth century Europe as a response to the necessity to organize archival material for scholarly research. Based on the 1841 French statement concerning respect des fonds in departmental archives, the Prussian edict of 1881, the publication of the classical and neutral formulation by Muller, Feith, and Fruin in 1898, and the international ratification at the Brussels Conference in 1910, the principle of provenance became a governing factor in archival arrangement.