Archives and the public interest : selected essays / by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken Munden ; with a new introduction by Angelika Menne-Haritz.

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Posner, Ernst.

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Archives and the public interest : selected essays / by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken Munden ; with a new introduction by Angelika Menne-Haritz.

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xiv, 215 pages ; 23 cm

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Basic principles : some aspects of archival development since the French Revolution -- The training of archivists : European experiences in training archivists ; archival training in the United States -- The European example : impressions of an itinerant archivist in Europe ; the role of records in German adminstration ; the adminstration of current records in Italian public agencies ; European experiences in protecting and preserving local records -- The american experience : archival administration in the United States ; the National Archives and the archives theorist ; Solon Justus Buck and the National Archives ; the college and university archives int he United States ; what, then, is the American archivist, this new man? -- Archives in wartime : effects of change of sovereignty on archives ; public records under military occupation -- Postscript : archivists and international awareness.

Notes:
Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Public Affairs Press, [1967].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-204) and index.
pt. I. Basic principles. Some aspects of archival development since the French Revolution -- Max Lehmann and the genesis of the principle of provenance -- pt. II. The training of archivists. European experiences in training archivists -- Archival training in the United States -- pt. III. The European example. Impressions of an itinerant archivist in Europe -- The role of records in German administration -- The administration of current records in Italian public agencies -- European experiences in protecting and preserving local records -- pt. IV. The American experience. Archival administration in the United States -- The National Archives and the archivist theorist -- Solon Justus Buck and the National Archives -- The college and university archives in the United States -- What, then, is the American archivist, this new man -- pt. V. Archivists in wartime. Effects of changes of sovereignty on archives -- Public records under military occupation -- pt. VI. Postscript. Archivists and international awareness.
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ISBN:

1931666164 (pbk.)
9781931666169 (pbk.)

Subject:

Archives.
Archives Social aspects.
Public interest.
Archives Europe.
Archives United States.
Archives Aspect social.
Intérêt public.
Archives États-Unis.
public interest.
Europe
United States

Added entries:

Munden, Kenneth W. (Kenneth White)
Society of American Archivists.

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Location: Library main 247302
Call No.: BIB 176843
Status: Available

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