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Provenance Xiii, Robert C. Dinwiddie Jan 1995

Provenance Xiii, Robert C. Dinwiddie

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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"Pricing" The Corporate Memory: User Fees And Revenue Generation In A Public Archives, Gabrielle Blais Jan 1995

"Pricing" The Corporate Memory: User Fees And Revenue Generation In A Public Archives, Gabrielle Blais

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In their current bestseller, Reinventing Government, David Osborne and Ted Gaebler have attempted to provide a "map" of entrepreneurial government by suggesting new ways of delivering public services. One of their basic principles, entitled "Enterprising Government: Earning Rather Than Spending," argues that a profit oriented mentality can translate into more efficient and client-driven services. They provide several examples of successful government competition with the private sector, development deals, and the introduction of user fees. Not surprisingly, their arguments are similar to those presented in recent years by archivists when they debate funding issues. This author wonders how far we have …

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A Hint Of Scandal: Problems In Acquiring The Papers Of U.S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge - A Case Study, Pam Hackbart-Dean Jan 1995

A Hint Of Scandal: Problems In Acquiring The Papers Of U.S. Senator Herman E. Talmadge - A Case Study, Pam Hackbart-Dean

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

On May 30, 1994, Roll Call, a weekly newspaper for Capitol Hill, boasted an emphatic headline on its front page that read, "Congress Has Strictest Ethics Rules in World, According to a New CRS Study of 24 Nations." But the ethics of Congress proved less scandalous than the headline for the Thursday edition that same week which announced in heavy bold type, "Rosty Indicted on 17 Counts." These telling words condemned Representative Dan Rostenkowski, Democrat of Chicago and chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, for his graft charges.

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Back Matter, Robert C. Dinwiddie Jan 1995

Back Matter, Robert C. Dinwiddie

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Front Matter, Robert C. Dinwiddie Jan 1995

Front Matter, Robert C. Dinwiddie

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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The Future Of Archival History, James O'Toole Jan 1995

The Future Of Archival History, James O'Toole

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

More than a dozen years ago, the archival educator and writer Richard Cox outlined the development of American archival history and offered some suggestions for the work that still needed to be done in that field. Drawing on a range of publications, from the obscure to the well-known, he surveyed a century of writing in this country on the history of the archives profession, its people, and its institutions, as that history had appeared in monographs and in scholarly journals of state, regional, and national circulation. For all the output, however, Cox concluded that the coverage was uneven in terms …

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Oral History: Provenance And Intellectual Access, David S. Miller Jan 1994

Oral History: Provenance And Intellectual Access, David S. Miller

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In the second half of the twentieth century, resea·rchers in all fields of study have become more sensitive to documentary gaps, especially the paucity of materials by and about social non-elites. With increasing frequency, oral history projects have been carried out to add these forgotten voices to the historical record and thereby create what may be termed new historical evidence. In the words of one public historian, "a new and integrative paradigm" is crafted out of such initiatives, whereby the oral testimonies of the heretofore ignored are synthesized with the documentation of the powerful. The result is, at least in …

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Front Matter, Richard J. Cox Jan 1994

Front Matter, Richard J. Cox

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Studying The Weathervane: Use As A Factor In Appraisal Criteria, Wendy Duff Jan 1994

Studying The Weathervane: Use As A Factor In Appraisal Criteria, Wendy Duff

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In his 1974 Society of American Archivists presidential address, Gerald F. Ham cautioned archivists against becoming "too closely tied to the vogue of the academic marketplace" otherwise ''the archivist will remain at best nothing more than a weathervane moved by the changing winds of historiography." These wise words of advice reflected concern over collecting activities that responded to the latest research interests rather than a broad knowledge of ''the scope, quality, and direction of research in an open-ended future." But how can archivists predict the future trends of research, especially those in an openended future? Should they even try? Timothy …

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Dancing: Archival Education And Student Research, Richard J. Cox Jan 1994

Dancing: Archival Education And Student Research, Richard J. Cox

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

John Mellencamp's song "Dance Naked" might seem an inappropriate way of introducing four student essays on archival topics, but it happened to be what I was listening to as I put the finishing touches to this essay. As with most popular song lyrics (and I am not repeating Mellencamp's words so as not to offend anyone), these words can be interpreted on a number of levels. Yet, I know that when students work on such essays in their archives courses that they both feel naked in their lack of security about their own knowledge of archival science while sensing a …

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Privacy Issues Affecting Lesbian And Gay Archival Collections, Diane Shannon Jan 1994

Privacy Issues Affecting Lesbian And Gay Archival Collections, Diane Shannon

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Originally, I planned to discuss more broadly in this paper issues of access in lesbian and gay archives. Not only did I intend to research and write about the issues surrounding the confidentiality of information contained in those archives, but also the benefits and losses associated with cooperative agreements between those archives and local community groups, and between the archives themselves. Additionally, I planned to discuss the ways in which a lack of funding at smaller lesbian and gay archives affects their operation (hours of operation, the materials and expertise they use, climate control, etc.). My mechanisms for analyzing all …

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Questioning Aesthetics: Are Archivists Qualified To Make Appraisal Or Reappraisal Decisions Based On Aesthetic Judgments?, Kimberly J. Barata Jan 1994

Questioning Aesthetics: Are Archivists Qualified To Make Appraisal Or Reappraisal Decisions Based On Aesthetic Judgments?, Kimberly J. Barata

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

During the appraisal or reappraisal process, an item may be either accessioned into or remain intact as part of a collection owing to its intrinsic value. Judgments regarding the intrinsic value of an item range from the purely subjective to the totally ambiguous. The concept of intrinsic value experienced growing interest from the National Archives and Records Service (NAAS) as they began to embark on a large-scale reformatting project in 1979. Planning for this project raised the issue of whether certain documents should be retained in their original format or be destroyed following reformatting. In response to this issue, NAAS …

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Back Matter, Richard J. Cox Jan 1994

Back Matter, Richard J. Cox

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Provenance Xii, Issues 1 & 2, Richard J. Cox Jan 1994

Provenance Xii, Issues 1 & 2, Richard J. Cox

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt Jan 1993

Back Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Code Of Ethics For Archivists And Commentary, Society Of American Archivists Jan 1993

Code Of Ethics For Archivists And Commentary, Society Of American Archivists

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The Code of Ethics for Archivists, from the Society of American Archivists.

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Observations On The Ethics Of Collecting Archives And Manuscripts, Thomas Wilsted Jan 1993

Observations On The Ethics Of Collecting Archives And Manuscripts, Thomas Wilsted

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archivists first began codifying their behavior during the 1950s when "The Archivist's Code" was written by Wayne C. Grover for use within the National Archives.1 Reflecting a government archives perspective, it deals with such issues as service to researchers, access to records, avoiding conflicts of interest, and selecting records which can be widely used by researchers. While this code did not deal with any issues relating to institutions collecting personal papers and manuscripts, it was the only document dealing with ethical issues and was widely accepted by archivists and disseminated by the Society of American Archivists. "The Archivist's Code" remained …

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The Ethics Of Processing, Virginia J.H. Cain Jan 1993

The Ethics Of Processing, Virginia J.H. Cain

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

There are a number of sections and phrases in the Society of American Archivists's 1992 "Code of Ethics for Archivists" which can help explain issues and try to answer questions related to ethical issues in arrangement and description. These are among the many professional considerations which must weigh into the way in which an archivist administers both processing and an overall archival program.

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Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt Jan 1993

Front Matter, Sheryl B. Vogt

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Introduction, Maynard Brichford Jan 1993

Introduction, Maynard Brichford

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Historically, ethics relate to moral principles or values and involve moral obligations or duties. According to Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1966), ethics also means those principles of conduct governing an individual or a profession. Associations have prescribed standards of behavior for their members. Despite contemporary meanings and practices, there are problems in equating standards of professional conduct with ethical decisions. Laws, institutional regulations, and the wide range of conditions in which archival practice is carried out may require decisions that are at variance with optimal conditions and practices.

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The Ethics Of Providing Access, Ronald L. Becker Jan 1993

The Ethics Of Providing Access, Ronald L. Becker

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Archivists today make some of the most difficult ethical and legal decisions at the public service desk. It has always been a difficult process to balance the archivist's legal and ethical obligations to the researcher, to the donors of collections, and to the institution served and, furthermore, to factor in obligations to those who often are not even aware that archives hold materials that impact on their lives. Balancing equality of access for all patrons with institutional needs and requirements is at least as difficult. Despite sincere efforts to limit the acquisition of restricted material, many important and potentially useful …

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Provenance Xi, Issues 1 & 2, Sheryl B. Vogt Jan 1993

Provenance Xi, Issues 1 & 2, Sheryl B. Vogt

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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"Neither Fish Nor Fowl": The Thurmond Collection As Both Repository And Records Center And Its Effect On The Appraisal Process, James Cross Jan 1992

"Neither Fish Nor Fowl": The Thurmond Collection As Both Repository And Records Center And Its Effect On The Appraisal Process, James Cross

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

An exhibition entitled "The Age of the Marvelous,"1 sought to explain the fascination of sixteenth and seventeenth century European culture with the unusual, rare, and exotic-whether natural or man-made. Among the paintings, natural specimens, rare books, maps, and manuscripts were displayed illustrations of wondrous animals. One common characteristic of these illustrations, whether of mythical or freshly discovered animals from the New World, was that the creature illustrated was often depicted as made up of parts from several different animals.

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Provenance X, Issues 1 & 2, Margery N. Sly Jan 1992

Provenance X, Issues 1 & 2, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Processing And Maintaining A Congressional Collection, Mary Boccaccio Jan 1992

Processing And Maintaining A Congressional Collection, Mary Boccaccio

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The Congressional Papers Roundtable of the Society of American Archivists was organized in 1984 and in recent years has maintained a membership of approximately one hundred individual members representing sixty-five federal and government repositories and private institutions, large, medium, and small in size. In 1990/91, the roundtable conducted a survey of its non-federal government members in order to determine the kinds of institutions that actively were collecting congressional papers and. the levels of processing that were currently being conducted. Thirty-nine percent of the roundtable members responded. The survey dealt specifically with post-World War II congressional papers. This cut-off period was …

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Review, Kaye Lanning Minchew Jan 1992

Review, Kaye Lanning Minchew

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Appraisal Of Senator John Williams's Papers, L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin Jan 1992

Appraisal Of Senator John Williams's Papers, L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Traditionally, appraisal decisions for a congressional collection have been made after the arrival of the collection at a repository. In this case, the collection was the papers of Senator John J. Williams of Delaware. Williams represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1947 until 1970, and was known as "the Conscience of the Senate" for his honest pursuit of integrity in government while serving on both the finance and foreign relations committees. Processing the Williams papers was a dedicated two-year project. A project archivist was hired in 1988 and , shortly afterwards, a technician assistant. The project archivist made …

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Back Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1992

Back Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Front Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1992

Front Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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The Acquisition Of Visual Records Relating To Native Life In North America, Jim Burant Jan 1992

The Acquisition Of Visual Records Relating To Native Life In North America, Jim Burant

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In 1991, the National Archives of Canada made its first deliberate acquisition of art works by an Indian artist, the Kwaguitl David Neel, who had produced a series of serigraphs relating to events concerning native-white relations in Canada. The first work, Life on the 18th Hole (figure 1 ), was inspired by the events at Oka, Quebec, where Mohawk warriors had blockaded a provincial highway and defied first Quebec provincial police and then Canadian federal troops for more than two months in 1990.1 The second work, Just Say No (figure 2), was a commentary on the stand taken by Elijah …

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