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
Oral Histories of the American South
https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/index.html Reviewed by Bryan Mathison, Research Associate II, National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University [PDF Full Text] Background As a research associate, I have ample opportunity to seek out and utilize primary sources. As a doctoral student, I fully appreciate how important it is to have access to primary source materials … Continue reading Oral Histories of the American South
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
https://inclusivehistorian.com Reviewed by Mattie Clear, Instruction and Outreach Archivist and Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University Library Special Collections and Archives, Lexington, VA [PDF Full Text] Figure 1. Screenshot of the homepage of The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook, https://inclusivehistorian.com/ The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook is a resource sponsored by both the American Association for State and Local … Continue reading The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games
Mochocki, Michal, ed. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. 127 pp. ISBN 9781032411118; eBook ISBN 9781003356318. Reviewed by Cheryl Oestreicher, Professor/Head, Special Collections and Archives, Boise State University [PDF Full Text] When opportunities arise, I incorporate board games into class and patron visits. I especially like to show games to … Continue reading Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games
Ghosts of Archive: Deconstructive Intersectionality and Praxis
By Verne Harris. New York: Routledge, 2021. 166 pp. Softcover ISBN 9780367681142, Hardcover ISBN 9780367361075, eBook ISBN 9780429343827. Reviewed by Jenifer Monger, Institute Archivist, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [PDF Full Text] As someone who has read Verne Harris’s numerous publications and watched him professionally from the sidelines (always in awe), I jumped at the opportunity to … Continue reading Ghosts of Archive: Deconstructive Intersectionality and Praxis
Dictionary of Archives Terminology
https://dictionary.archivists.org/ Reviewed by Gregory K. Tharp, MLS, Adv. Cert., MCAC [PDF Full Text] In the ever-changing world of archives terminology, the Society of American Archivists’ (SAA) Dictionary of Archives Terminology (DAT) provides a resource to assist scholars, researchers, and archivists with understanding key concepts and terms that underpin archival work. As “North America’s oldest and … Continue reading Dictionary of Archives Terminology
Disaster Planning
Disaster Planning for Special Libraries By Guy Robertson. Cambridge, MA: Chandos Publishing, 2020. 320 pp. $78.95. eBook ISBN 9780081010501; Paperback ISBN 9780081009482. The Disaster Planning Handbook for Libraries By Mary Grace Flaherty. Chicago: American Library Association, 2021. 168 pp. $54.99; ALA members $49.49. Paperback ISBN 9780838937990. Reviewed by Katy Sternberger, CA, DAS; Archivist, Portsmouth Athenaeum … Continue reading Disaster Planning
Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators
By Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa. Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019. 294 pp. Hardcover $65.00. ISBN 9781940965154. Reviewed by Courtney M. Gillie, Project Archivist, The State Historical Society of Missouri [PDF Full Text] Mooring a Field by Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa is a thoughtful look into the sidelining of career conservators and preservationists like Paul Noble Banks. Banks … Continue reading Mooring a Field: Paul N. Banks and the Education of Library and Archives Conservators
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