Lester J. Cappon and the relationship of history, archives, and scholarship in the golden age of archival theory / edited with an introduction by Richard J. Cox.

Main entry:

Cappon, Lester Jesse, 1900-1981, author.

Title & Author:

Lester J. Cappon and the relationship of history, archives, and scholarship in the golden age of archival theory / edited with an introduction by Richard J. Cox.

Publication:

Chicago : Society of American Archivists, [2004]
©2004

Description:

vii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Archival classics series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Lester J. Cappon and the relationship of history, archives, and scholarship in the golden age of archival theory. -- Archival theory. Historical manuscripts as archives: some definitions and their application (1956) ; Tardy scholars among the archivists (1958) ; What, then, is there to theorize about? (1982) -- Archival collecting. Walter R. Benjamin and the autograph trade at the turn of the century (1966) ; The archivist as collector (1976) ; Why presidential libraries? (1978) -- Archivists and historians. The archival profession and the Society of American Archivists (1952) ; The National Archives and the historical profession (1969) -- Archivists and documentary editors. The historian as editor (1958) ; A rationale for historical editing: past and present (1966) ; American historical editors before Jared Sparks: "they will plant a forest ..." (1973) ; Jared Sparks: the preparation of an editor (1978).

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1931666075 (paperback)
9781931666077 (paperback)

Subject:

Cappon, Lester Jesse, 1900-1981.
Archives.
Archival materials United States.
Archivists United States.
Historians United States.
Manuscripts Editing.
Manuscripts, American Editing.
Manuscripts, American Publishing.
Documents d'archives États-Unis.
Archivistes États-Unis.
Historiens États-Unis.
Manuscrits Édition.
Manuscrits américains Édition.
Archival materials.
Archivists.
Historians.
Archiefwetenschap.
Geschiedwetenschap.
Archiefbeheer.
United States.

Added entries:

Cox, Richard J., editor, writer of introduction.
Archival classics series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 237166
Call No.: CD947 .C6 2004
Status: Available

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