Main entry:

Burke, Frank G., 1927- author.

Title & Author:

Research and the manuscript tradition / Frank G. Burke.

Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press ; Chicago, Ill. : Society of American Archivists, 1997.

Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-300) and index.
1. Yuan Shih-Kai, Harriet Monroe, and the Manuscript Tradition -- 2. The Recovery of Reality -- 3. Opening the Doors to Scholarship -- 4. Gathering the Evidence -- 5. Mapping the Roads to the Past -- 6. Tradition Confronts Technology -- 7. Organizing a Life -- 8. Good Deeds Do Not Go Unrewarded -- 9. The Cultural Crypt -- 10. Not by Vaults and Locks ... -- 11. Law, Curatorial Ethics, and the Researcher -- 12. Personal Communication in the Electronic Age -- App. Freedom of Information Act Exemptions.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Aimed at the beginning researcher, this work discusses the use of manuscripts for research, with some background on the traditions and practices of administering manuscript and archival collections.

Resources:
Book review (H-Net)

ISBN:

0810833484 (alk. paper)
9780810833487 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Archives Research United States Methodology.
Archives Research Methodology.
Archives Administration.
History Research Methodology.
Archives Recherche États-Unis Méthodologie.
Archives Recherche Méthodologie.
Archives Gestion.
Histoire Recherche Méthodologie.
Research Methodology
Archieven.
Handschriften.
United States History Research Methodology.
États-Unis Histoire Recherche Méthodologie.
United States
United States History Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Society of American Archivists, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 210143
Call No.: CD3021 .B87 1997
Status: Available