Edited by Tal Adler and Sharon Macdonald. Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag, 2026. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3-8376-6553-6. Print €35.00. PDF open access. https://www.transcript-publishing.com/978-3-8376-6553-6/artistic-provenance-research/?number=978-3-8376-6553-6. Reviewed by Cheryl Oestreicher [PDF Full Text] Archivists are very familiar with provenance. When acquiring collections, knowledge or documentation of who, what, where, when, and why are important both for acquisition and research … Continue reading Artistic Provenance Research

By Amy Cooper Cary (Editor, American Archivist), Rose Buchanan (Reviews Coeditor, American Archivist), and Stephanie Luke (Reviews Coeditor, American Archivist) [PDF Full Text] Archivist, historian, and educator Dr. Richard James Cox recently passed away on July 11, 2026.[1] A prolific scholar with dozens of books and articles to his name, Dr. Cox was a frequent … Continue reading In Honor of Richard J. Cox: A Bibliography

Review of Elizabeth Hamer Kegan, “A Becoming Regard to Posterity,” American Archivist 40, no. 1 (1976): 5–15, https://doi.org/10.17723/aarc.40.1.n1705547v12x802v. Reviewed by Bradley J. Wiles, Northern Illinois University [PDF Full Text] Reading and rereading the opening sentences of Elizabeth Hamer Kegan’s 1976 presidential address to the Society of American Archivists (SAA), delivered during the US Bicentennial, I … Continue reading A Republic, If We Want It: Fighting Archival Dread in the Semiquincentennial

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

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

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

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

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

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