By Bryan Sinche. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2024. Softcover, hardcover, and E-book. Hardcover: $99.00. Softcover: 34.95. Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-7413-1. Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-7412-4. Reviewed by Lily Hunter, Reference and Instruction Librarian, Lincoln University [PDF Full Text] Some of the most well-known Black authors today are Frederick Douglass, Henry Bibb, Harriet Jacobs, and … Continue reading Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
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Discussion Group Guide: American Archivist Special Section on Accessioning
By Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke, Reviews Co-Editors Are you looking for a topic for your next lunch-and-learn? How about articles to share with your archives' colleagues? Look no further than American Archivist's Special Section on Accessioning! This section, which is free to access, features five articles exploring "creative approaches to a fundamental archival practice":[1] … Continue reading Discussion Group Guide: American Archivist Special Section on Accessioning
Historical Communities: Cities, Erudition, and National Identity in Early Modern France
By Hilary J. Bernstein. Leiden: Brill, 2021. ISBN 9789004426467 (hardback); ISBN 9789004426474 (e-book). Reviewed by Alexandra Zukas [PDF Full Text] How have archival sources been scrutinized, consciously constructed, and deployed to intentionally build narrative in the past? To what degree is archival content shaped by civic, personal, or even national pressures? Of course, all archivists … Continue reading Historical Communities: Cities, Erudition, and National Identity in Early Modern France
In Review: Year Two of Intergenerational Conversations
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. By Rose Buchanan and Stephanie Luke, Reviews Co-Editors [PDF Full Text] “It’s hard not to feel a sense of stagnation when looking back. Archives and archivists are still underfunded, understaffed, and under constant scrutiny by institutions and the public, all of them ready to justify cutbacks and demand … Continue reading In Review: Year Two of Intergenerational Conversations
Technology Roundup: Free and Low-Cost Online Exhibit Platforms
By Selena Chau, Librarian, University of California at Santa Barbara [PDF Full Text] Online exhibit platforms allow for the curation of a cultural heritage institution’s items beyond the functionality of a digital collections platform. Platforms to build online exhibits include features for multimedia storytelling and audience engagement with primary source materials. In this review, I … Continue reading Technology Roundup: Free and Low-Cost Online Exhibit Platforms
Has F. Gerald Ham’s 1974 Archival Edge become the Archival Center?
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of F. Gerald Ham, “The Archival Edge,” American Archivist 38, no. 1 (1975): 5–13, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.38.1.7400r86481128424. By Liz Bedford, Independent Archivist, Archive Worthy [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] In 1974, F. Gerald Ham addressed the Society of American Archivists (SAA) in his presidential … Continue reading Has F. Gerald Ham’s 1974 Archival Edge become the Archival Center?
Record of a Spaceborn Few
By Becky Chambers. New York: Harper Voyager, 2018. 400 pp. Paperback. $16.99. ISBN 978-0-06-269922-0. Reviewed by Rebecca C. Thayer, Harvard Medical School [PDF Full Text] Record of a Spaceborn Few is the third book in the Hugo Award–winning Wayfarers series written by Becky Chambers. The book is set in the Exodus Fleet, a group of … Continue reading Record of a Spaceborn Few
A Well Constituted Store
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of William D. McCain, “The Value of Records,” American Archivist 16, no. 1 (1953): 3–11, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.16.1.r33453401378773j. By Courtney Bailey, Records Officer, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] William D. McCain, the eighth president of the Society … Continue reading A Well Constituted Store
Keeping Leland in Perspective: Archival Teachings Across Times and Boundaries
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of Waldo G. Leland, “The Archivist in Times of Emergency,” American Archivist 4, no. 1 (1941): 1–12, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.4.1.027021201325xq18. By Shirley Franco, Professor and Coordinator of the Archival Science course at the University of Brasilia's College of Information Science, Brazil [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full … Continue reading Keeping Leland in Perspective: Archival Teachings Across Times and Boundaries
A Window on the Past: Measuring How Far We Have Come in Eighty Years
This post is part of the Intergenerational Conversations series. Review of Margaret Cross Norton, “Some Legal Aspects of Archives,” American Archivist 8, no. 1 (1945): 1–11, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.8.1.241151083v607381. By Heather Briston, University of California, San Diego [PDF Full Text] | [PDF Article + Full Text] The major themes of “Some Legal Aspects of Archives” by Margaret Cross Norton … Continue reading A Window on the Past: Measuring How Far We Have Come in Eighty Years
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