Synopses & Reviews
The first bibliography to systematically list the numerous articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States, this volume includes over 2,200 titles. It goes beyond the continental United States, including articles describing foreign archives that hold records and manuscripts documenting U.S. history and also incorporating articles about archives and manuscript holdings in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Trust Territories. The book is multidisciplinary, containing entries from art, theatre, film and television, business, education, history, librarianship, literature, religion, and other fields. This volume will be useful to researchers using the historical method and to librarians who are frequently asked questions about archival sources.
The volume's 2,200 entries are arranged topically and geographically. Annotations clarify the article's title and will help the reader determine which articles to review. The detailed index will help the reader locate articles describing the holdings of specific collections or the papers of specific individuals. This book will be sought after and appreciated by all those doing research in unpublished sources.
Review
DeWitt has produced this companion to his Guides to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States (1994). The more than 2,000 brief annotated entries list collections under 13 topical headings (e.g., business, ethnic minorities, literary, political, regional) and describe not only traditional textual materials but also photographic, oral history, sound recording, motion picture, and machine-readable records...Appropriate for research libraries.Choice
Synopsis
The first bibliography to systematically list the numerous articles describing archives and manuscript collections in the United States, this volume includes over 2,200 titles. It goes beyond the continental United States, including articles describing foreign archives that hold records and manuscripts documenting U.S. history and also incorporating articles about archives and manuscript holdings in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. Trust Territories. The book is multidisciplinary, containing entries from art, theatre, film and television, business, education, history, librarianship, literature, religion, and other fields. This volume will be useful to researchers using the historical method and to librarians who are frequently asked questions about archival sources. The volume's 2,200 entries are arranged topically and geographically. Annotations clarify the article's title and will help the reader determine which articles to review. The detailed index will help the reader locate articles describing the holdings of specific collections or the papers of specific individuals. This book will be sought after and appreciated by all those doing research in unpublished sources.
Synopsis
The first bibliography of articles describing some of the best research collections in the United States.
About the Author
DONALD L. DEWITT is Curator of the Western History Collections at the University of Oklahoma.
Table of Contents
Introduction
General Collections
Archives and Manuscripts
Maps, Oral Histories, and Photographs
Business Collections
General
Agriculture and Forestry
Manufacturing
Maritime Industries
Organized Labor
Transportation
Ethnic Minorities and Women
General
Afro-Americans
American Indians
Europeans
Jews
Women
Federal Archives
General
Library of Congress
National Archives
Fine Arts Collections
General
Art
Drama, Theatre, Motion Pictures
Music
Literary Collections
Military Collections
General
Air Force and Army
Marine Corps and Navy
American Revolution
Civil War
Political Collections
General
Communists and Socialists
Governors
Presidents and Vice Presidents
Representatives and Senators
Professional Groups and Organizations
General
Architects
Education
Health Fields
Journalists
Judicial and Legal
Natural and Physical Sciences
Social Sciences
Regional Collections
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Pacific Island Trust Territories
East
Midwest
South
West
Religious Groups
General
Catholic
Protestant
Foreign Repositories Holding U.S.-Related Records
Europe
Great Britain and the British Commonwealth
Mexico and Spain
U.S. Repositories Holding Foreign Records or Manuscripts
Africa, Asia, and the Mideast
Europe
Great Britain and the British Commonwealth
Latin America and Spain
Index