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Articles Describing Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States An Annotated Bibliography
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Donald L. DeWitt
Book Code: GR9598
ISBN: 0-313-29598-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29598-0
480 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1997
List Price: $145.00 (UK Sterling Price: £80.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • DeWitt has produced this companion to his Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States (1994). The more than 2,000 brief annotated entries list collections under 13 topical headings (e.g., business, ethnic minorities, literary, political, regional) and describe not only traditional textual materials but also photographic, oral history, sound recording, motion picture, and machine-readable records...Appropriate for research libraries.
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    Choice
  • Orginally, I thought DeWitt's guide was somewhat frivolous. But having gone through it carefully for the purpose of this notice, I now see where it will prove to be useful to reference archivists. We now have a tool to which researchers can be referred for information about American collections.
    —Archivaria
Description: The first bibliography to systematically list the numerous articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States, this volume includes over 2,200 titles. It goes beyond the continental United States, including articles describing foreign archives that hold records and manuscripts documenting U.S. history and also incorporating articles about archives and manuscript holdings in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Trust Territories. The book is multidisciplinary, containing entries from art, theatre, film and television, business, education, history, librarianship, literature, religion, and other fields. This volume will be useful to researchers using the historical method and to librarians who are frequently asked questions about archival sources. The volume's 2,200 entries are arranged topically and geographically. Annotations clarify the article's title and will help the reader determine which articles to review. The detailed index will help the reader locate articles describing the holdings of specific collections or the papers of specific individuals. This book will be sought after and appreciated by all those doing research in unpublished sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • General Collections
  • Archives and Manuscripts
  • Maps, Oral Histories, and Photographs
  • Business Collections
  • General
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Manufacturing
  • Maritime Industries
  • Organized Labor
  • Transportation
  • Ethnic Minorities and Women
  • General
  • Afro-Americans
  • American Indians
  • Europeans
  • Jews
  • Women
  • Federal Archives
  • General
  • Library of Congress
  • National Archives
  • Fine Arts Collections
  • General
  • Art
  • Drama, Theatre, Motion Pictures
  • Music
  • Literary Collections
  • Military Collections
  • General
  • Air Force and Army
  • Marine Corps and Navy
  • American Revolution
  • Civil War
  • Political Collections
  • General
  • Communists and Socialists
  • Governors
  • Presidents and Vice Presidents
  • Representatives and Senators
  • Professional Groups and Organizations
  • General
  • Architects
  • Education
  • Health Fields
  • Journalists
  • Judicial and Legal
  • Natural and Physical Sciences
  • Social Sciences
  • Regional Collections
  • Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Pacific Island Trust Territories
  • East
  • Midwest
  • South
  • West
  • Religious Groups
  • General
  • Catholic
  • Protestant
  • Foreign Repositories Holding U.S.-Related Records
  • Europe
  • Great Britain and the British Commonwealth
  • Mexico and Spain
  • U.S. Repositories Holding Foreign Records or Manuscripts
  • Africa, Asia, and the Mideast
  • Europe
  • Great Britain and the British Commonwealth
  • Latin America and Spain
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-37042
LCC Class: CD3022
Dewey Class: 016
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