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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779002803321

Autore

Dow Elizabeth H

Titolo

Archivists, collectors, dealers, and replevin [[electronic resource] ] : case studies on private ownership of public documents / / Elizabeth H. Dow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-280-77021-X

9786613680983

0-8108-8378-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/0662

Soggetti

Archives - Law and legislation - United States

Public records - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. American Archival Practice; Chapter 02. Theft and Neglect; Chapter 03. The Archival Profession; Chapter 04. Collecting"; Chapter 05. Replevin; Chapter 06. Perspectives; Chapter 07. Case Studies; Chapter 08. Avoiding Conflict; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Today, governmental archivists and manuscript collectors-both private collectors and collecting repositories-are in conflict and competition for government documents that come out of private hands and onto the market. This book presents both sides of the issue and examines them dispassionately. It includes a historical review of institutional and state-sponsored collecting of documents, an evaluation of state and federal statutes on public documents in private hands, a careful look at the perspectives of the various parties involved in the conflict, and tales of theft and neg