LEADER 05077nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910454571503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-52119-5 010 $a9786612521195 010 $a0-8108-6747-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786535 035 $a(EBL)466937 035 $a(OCoLC)434042608 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102319 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12033543 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102319 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10049900 035 $a(PQKB)10025092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC466937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL466937 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10362495 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL252119 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786535 100 $a20081224d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 03$aAn American political archives reader$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Karen Dawley Paul, Glenn R. Gray, L. Rebecca Johnson Melvin 210 $aLanham, Md. $cScarecrow Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (488 p.) 300 $aConsists largely of papers originally presented at conferences of the Congressional Papers Roundtable. 311 $a0-8108-6746-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Reflections on the Modern History of Congressional History; Part I. Acquiring Political Collections; Chapter 2. Present at the Tenth Hour: Appraising and Accessioning the Papers of Marjorie S. Holt; Chapter 3. A Repository Archivist on Capitol Hill; Chapter 4. Collection Policies at State Archives for Legislators' Papers; Chapter 5. A Hint of Scandal: Problems in Acquiring the Papers of Herman E. Talmadge; Part II. Documenting Congress; Chapter 6. The Documentation of Congress: Summary Report and Recommendations 327 $aChapter 7. Congressional Papers and Committee Records: Private vs. Public OwnershipChapter 8. Congressional Papers: Collection Development Policies; Chapter 9. Oral History as a Documentation Strategy for Political Collections; Chapter 10. Electronic Record Systems on Capitol Hill: Finding and Obtaining What You Want; Part III. Appraising Political Collections; Chapter 11. Appraising Modern Congressional Collections; Chapter 12. Appraising the Papers of State Legislators; Chapter 13. Appraisal of Congressional Records at the Minnesota Historical Society 327 $aChapter 14. Appraisal of John J. Williams PapersChapter 15. Campaign Buttons in a Black Box: Appraisal Standards for Strom Thurmond Memorabilia; Chapter 16. Adventures in the Third Dimension: Reenvisioning the Place of Artifacts in Archives; Chapter 17. Taking a Byte out of the Senate: Reconsidering the Research Use of Correspondence and Casework Files; Part IV. Arranging and Describing Political Collections; Chapter 18. Processing Political Collections; Chapter 19. Describing Congressional Papers Collections: A Progression of Access Tools 327 $aChapter 20. Classified: What to Do If National Security Officials VisitChapter 21. An Embarrassment of Riches: Access and the Politics of Processing Congressional Collections; Part V. Building Research Centers; Chapter 22. Raising Private Monies to Support Archival Programs; Chapter 23. Creating the Howard Baker Center; Chapter 24. Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies: An Evolutionary Model; Part VI. Using Political Collections; Chapter 25. Trends in Scholarship on Congress: A Historian's View; Chapter 26. Congressional Archives and Policy History 327 $aChapter 27. Dataheads: What Archivists Need to Know About Political ScientistsChapter 28. Congressional Collections: Where the Mundane Becomes Compelling; Chapter 29. Recovering History and Discovering Data in the Archives: An Alternative Mode of Research for Congress Scholars; Appendix: Chronology of Advances in Preserving the Documentation of Congress; Index; About the Authors and Contributors 330 $aThis book brings together in one volume the best and most recent scholarship on congressional collections, providing necessary information for institutions developing their political documentary resources and working toward greater accessibility of political archives. 606 $aArchives$zUnited States$xAdministration$vCongresses 606 $aRecords$zUnited States$xManagement$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xArchival resources$xManagement$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArchives$xAdministration 615 0$aRecords$xManagement 676 $a025.17/14 701 $aPaul$b Karen Dawley$0870366 701 $aGray$b Glenn R.$f1970-$0870367 701 $aMelvin$b L. Rebecca Johnson$0870368 712 02$aCongressional Papers Roundtable (Society of American Archivists) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454571503321 996 $aAn American political archives reader$91943038 997 $aUNINA