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Appraising A Retiring Senator's Papers: A View From The Staff Of Senator Alan Cranston, Susan Goldstein Jan 1992

Appraising A Retiring Senator's Papers: A View From The Staff Of Senator Alan Cranston, Susan Goldstein

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Congressional records, although defined as personal manuscript collections, are comparable to business records-typically, however, from an office that never implemented any records management. In order to describe the scope of the Cranston project, it is helpful to think of the Alan Cranston Papers as a collection originating in an office that has been in business for twenty-four years and employs over ninety people in four different work sites--the main office in Washington, DC and three California branch offices. This, of course, does not take into account campaign offices that have come and gone over the years as well as the …

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Buffalo On The Beaches: Electronic Imaging Of Historical Sources, Richard Condrey, Faye Phillips, Tony Presti Jan 1992

Buffalo On The Beaches: Electronic Imaging Of Historical Sources, Richard Condrey, Faye Phillips, Tony Presti

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

"We called it La Riviere aux Boeuf, that is, the River of Bullocks, by reason of the great number of them there was about it. These bullocks are very like ours; there are thousands of them, ~ut instead of hair they have a very long curled sort of wool." Thus did Henri Joutel in 1685 describe what we believe to be the Guadalupe River in Texas in his "Historical Journal of Monsieur de la Salle's Last Voyage to Discover the River Mississippi."1 The "bullocks," "boeuf ," that Joutel described were American bison. In 1686, near Apalachioca, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, …

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The Status Of Users In Archival Enterprise, Michael Widener Jan 1991

The Status Of Users In Archival Enterprise, Michael Widener

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

T. R. Schellenberg, the dean of modern archival enterprise, set a dual objective for the profession. "The end of all archival effort is to preserve valuable records and make them available for use," he wrote. When Schellenberg wrote these words some thirty-five years ago, archivists were oriented primarily toward the materials they worked with and perceived the users of these materials as a relatively small, elite group of scholars, mainly historians.

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Short Subjects: The United States Army Signal Center And Fort Gordon, A Military Archives In Georgia, Kathryn R. Coker Jan 1991

Short Subjects: The United States Army Signal Center And Fort Gordon, A Military Archives In Georgia, Kathryn R. Coker

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

There's a relatively new "kid" archives on the block. It's called the U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon Archives located in Augusta, Georgia. Augusta is not only the home of the Masters Golf Tournament but also the home of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, the army's communicators since 1860.

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Back Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1991

Back Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1991

Front Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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The Development Of The Jimmy Carter Library's Audiovisual Collection, David J. Stanhope Jan 1991

The Development Of The Jimmy Carter Library's Audiovisual Collection, David J. Stanhope

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The audio-visual (AV) collection of a presidential library offers the world a unique record of the life and times of a United States President and his administration. The nature of presidential AV records also creates a considerable challenge for the Office of Presidential Libraries within the National Archives and Records Administration. To meet the needs of the president, the public, and future scholars, special archival policies and practices must be implemented when dealing with presidential AV records. The development of the Jimmy Carter Library AV Collection presents an excellent case study of the policies, programs, and problems involved in administering …

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Short Subjects: Archival Automation: A Brief Look At Two Systems, Frank T. Wheeler Jan 1991

Short Subjects: Archival Automation: A Brief Look At Two Systems, Frank T. Wheeler

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

While computers and automation have seemingly taken over, they have slowly and painfully crept into the archives. Automated on-line catalogs are replacing the manual card catalog and control over numerous collections and record groups has become easier. Some have argued that automation is not a positive step for an archives. These arguments will lessen as archivists begin to integrate automated systems into their daily routines of cataloging and collection maintenance.

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Review Essay: Archivists And The Use Of Archival Records; Or A View From The World Of Documentary Editing, Richard J. Cox Jan 1991

Review Essay: Archivists And The Use Of Archival Records; Or A View From The World Of Documentary Editing, Richard J. Cox

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

The past decade has been a time of new calls for reassessment of the archival reference function and analysis of the use of archival and historical records. Like bookends, we have on the one side a series of statements arguing for institutional studies of users and on the other calls for national approaches to the problem of understanding the use of America's documentary heritage. Despite the strong calls, there has been little response to either side. Ann Gordon's study, also called the Historical Documents Study, for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission is a rare star in the constellation …

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Provenance Ix, Issues 1 & 2, Margery N. Sly Jan 1991

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

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Short Subjects: How To Catalog Negatives Without Money, Ted Ryan Jan 1991

Short Subjects: How To Catalog Negatives Without Money, Ted Ryan

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

One of the dilemmas facing visual materials archivists is the rising cost of properly cataloging and preserving their images. By their very nature, photograph and ·negatives are expensive to reference and store.

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Project Jukebox: An Innovative Way To Access And Preserve Oral History Records, Gretchen L. Lake Jan 1991

Project Jukebox: An Innovative Way To Access And Preserve Oral History Records, Gretchen L. Lake

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

This article will introduce oral history curators, archivists, librarians, researchers, and others interested in the preservation and accessibility of oral history recordings to a fascinating project at the Alaska and Polar Regions Department, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Project Jukebox is an exciting, unique approach to age-old problems of preservation, storage, and retrieval of oral history records. Using state-of-the-art technology, Project Jukebox allows a researcher to find an appropriate interview, to listen to the interview, to look at historical photographs relative to the interview, to locate the site of the interview on a map, and when available, …

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Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Ann S. Ritter Jan 1991

Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Ann S. Ritter

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Provenance Viii, Issue 1, Margery N. Sly Jan 1990

Provenance Viii, Issue 1, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

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Back Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1990

Back Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Front Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1990

Front Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Short Subjects: News Reels, Martha R. Griffin Jan 1990

Short Subjects: News Reels, Martha R. Griffin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Evolution Of The Thesaurus Of University Terms, Jill M. Tatem Jan 1990

Evolution Of The Thesaurus Of University Terms, Jill M. Tatem

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Three years ago the Society of American Archivist.s published a modest pamphlet-Thesaurus of University Terms (TUT). This thesaurus was developed at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) by Jeff Rollison and Jill Tatem, with the assistance of Ruth W. Helmuth, then university archivist, and their colleagues Fred Lautzenheiser and Bob Psuik.

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Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Roy H. Tryon, Donald B. Schewe, Virginia J.H. Cain, Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. Jan 1990

Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Roy H. Tryon, Donald B. Schewe, Virginia J.H. Cain, Kenneth H. Thomas Jr.

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Short Subjects: Archives At The University Of Oxford, Ned L. Irwin Jan 1990

Short Subjects: Archives At The University Of Oxford, Ned L. Irwin

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Access. Conservation. Records management. Limited resources. It is not surprising to find that archivists at the University of Oxford are confronted by many of the same issues as their counterparts in the States. In some cases, the issues are intensified in a way not known in America. With records dating into the twelfth century housed often in equally ancient buildings, the management of archives at Oxford proves formidable.

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Adding Electronic Records To The Archival Menagerie: Appraisal Concerns And Cautions, Michael E. Holland Jan 1990

Adding Electronic Records To The Archival Menagerie: Appraisal Concerns And Cautions, Michael E. Holland

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Electronic records are significantly different from most of the records held in institutional archives and, thus, they must be appraised and evaluated for accessioning with different and additional factors in mind. The archival predilection for discussing electronic records only within the context of preservation issues fosters the misconception that--given optimum environmental conditions--electronic media may be considered an archival or long-term storage format. This is not a realistic assessment. Electronic media should be approached as a transitory information format in the archives. The mistaken beliefs that electronic recording formats are long-term storage media and that the readily apparent and sometimes superficial …

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The Practicum And The Changing Face Of Archival Education: Observations And Recommendations, Frederick J. Stielow Jan 1990

The Practicum And The Changing Face Of Archival Education: Observations And Recommendations, Frederick J. Stielow

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Until the 1970s, work experience was the singular training venue for most American archivists. A protoarchivist came to the field with background education in the humanities and learned on-the-job. However effective a method for instilling institutional practices, OJT (onthe- job training) has its limits as a vehicle for professionalization. Practitioners were rarely steeped or even informed about the theories and complexities of information systems or the auxiliary sciences of history. Most archivists were constricted by the pragmatic realities of their daily work schedule; hence, they were without the time or "leisure" to theorize about their problems in an abstracted fashion. …

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Short Subjects: Map Management For Small Collections, Pam Hackbart-Dean Jan 1990

Short Subjects: Map Management For Small Collections, Pam Hackbart-Dean

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

In the past, maps have been used only to illustrate texts or to buttress views gleaned from more traditional written sources. However, maps are primary sources and should be integrated with historical research from the outset. They should be viewed as true documents, not as secondary sources.

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Front Matter, Margery N. Sly Jan 1990

Front Matter, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Charles H. Lesser, Linda M. Matthews, Hilary A. Kaplan Jan 1990

Reviews, Critiques, And Annotations, Charles H. Lesser, Linda M. Matthews, Hilary A. Kaplan

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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Provenance Viii, Issue 2, Margery N. Sly Jan 1990

Provenance Viii, Issue 2, Margery N. Sly

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

No abstract provided.

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History, Historiography, And The Appraisal Of University Records, Carl Van Ness Jan 1990

History, Historiography, And The Appraisal Of University Records, Carl Van Ness

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Rookie university archivists are ill-prepared for the responsibilities entailed in the management of an academic archives. First, there is the unique institutional setting. The unusual and varied systems of university governance make strict adherence to the paradigms for archival arrangement and description impractical at times. Second, and more vexing, is the fact that few college and university archivists are intellectually prepared. Unless the archivist is a devoted alumnus, he or she must first study the institution's history, mythology, and cultural traditions. But what of the larger academic world? Unfortunately, most archivists know little about the development of American higher education …

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Exploring The New South Agenda In The Records Of Southern Colleges And Universities, Sara J. Harwell Jan 1990

Exploring The New South Agenda In The Records Of Southern Colleges And Universities, Sara J. Harwell

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

On 21 December 1886, Southern editor Henry W. Grady gave a speech at New York's Delmonico's Restaurant in which he called for the South to lift itself out of its slump of poverty, backwardness, and defeatism, and make itself over into a New South. In this speech, soon to be known as the New South speech, Grady stated: "The Old South rested everything on slavery and agriculture, unconscious that these could neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The new South presents a perfect democracy, the oligarchs leading in the popular movement-a social system compact and closely knitted, less splendid on …

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Short Subjects: Georgia Ghosts, Or Where Are They Now?: One Researcher's Catalog Of Georgia's Missing Historical Records, Robert S. Davis Jr. Jan 1990

Short Subjects: Georgia Ghosts, Or Where Are They Now?: One Researcher's Catalog Of Georgia's Missing Historical Records, Robert S. Davis Jr.

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

Ghosts haunt places like attics, old barns, and university libraries. They live in the minds of researchers seeking in frustration that missing document, pamphlet, or book mentioned in an earlier source. Even when the text of a document has survived in some form, researchers sometimes have gone to great lengths to find the original manuscript for the assurance that nothing more can be found there.

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Short Subjects: Moving, Todd Ellison Jan 1990

Short Subjects: Moving, Todd Ellison

Provenance, Journal of the Society of Georgia Archivists

We all move; about twenty million Americans traded places last year. Most of them trucked the furniture themselves. Archivists delight in moving no more than the next person, but their professional training and experience prepares them better than does probably anyone else's. Whether they implement their knowledge is another matter; this article describes the ideal.

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