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Elena: I assume you are looking for secondary sources. With that in mind,
I have cut and pasted three sections of my working bibliography on
archival history. The "GENERAL" section provides a variety of articles on
archival history broadly conceived. The second section relates to
medieval Europe and the third to early modern/modern Europe. These
citations should give you a start; I'm sure others will be offering
sources I have missed. (My apologies for duplications--I subscribe to the
digest, so I don't know what others have posted so far today.)
Robert J. Jakeman, Associate Professor
History Department
Auburn University
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GENERAL
Cox, Richard J. "American Archival History: Its Development,
Needs, and Opportunities." American Archivist 46 (Winter 1983): 31-41.
________. "On the Value of Archival History in the United
States." Libraries and Culture 23 (1988): 135-51.
________. "The Record: Is It Evolving?" Records and Retrieval Report 10
(March 1994): 1-16.
Craig, Barbara L. "Archives Theory, Archival Practice, and
Archives History: Three Solitudes or a Trinity?" Canadian Journal of
Information and Library Science 18 (December 1993): 36-49.
________. "Outward Visions, Inward Glance: Archives History and
Professional Identity." Archival Issues 17 (1992):113-24.
Duranti, Luciana. "The Odyssey of Records Managers." In Canadian
Archival Studies and the Rediscovery of Provenance, edited by Tom Nesmith,
29-60. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1993.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. "History and Theory of Archival
Practice." In University Archives, edited by Rolland E. Stevens, 1-21.
Champaign, Ill.: Illini Union Bookstore, 1965.
O'Toole, James. "The Future of Archival History." Provenance 13 (1995):
1-24.
________. "The History of Archives and the Archival Profession."
Chapter 2 in Understanding Archives and Manuscripts, 27-48. Chicago:
Society of American Archivists, 1990.
________. "Recording, Keeping, and Using Information." Chapter 1
in Understanding Archives and Manuscripts, 7-26. Chicago: Society of
American Archivists, 1990.
________. "The Symbolic Significance of Archives." American Archivist 56
(Spring 1993): 234-55.
________. "On the Idea of Permanence." American Archivist 52 (Winter
1989): 10-25.
Pemberton, J. Michael. "The Earliest Records Systems: A Journey
in Professional History." Records Management Quarterly 32 (April 1998):
64-70.
Schellenberg, Theodore R. "Importance of Archival Institutions."
Chapter 1 in Modern Archives: Principles and Techniques, 3-10. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1956.
________. "Nature of Archives." Chapter 2 in Modern Archives:
Principles and Techniques, 11-16. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
1956.
Taylor, Hugh. "'My Very Act and Deed': Some Reflections on the
Role of Textual Records in the Conduct of Affairs." American Archivist 51
(Fall 1988): 456-69. Reprinted in Canadian Archival Studies and the
Rediscovery of Provenance, edited by Tom Nesmith , 251-68.
UNESCO, "5,000 Years of Archives," UNESCO Courier, Feb 1985, 34.
MEDIEVAL EUROPE
Abrams, Lesley. "'Lucid Intervals': A Rediscovered Anglo-Saxon
Royal Diploma from Glastonbury Abbey." Journal of the Society of
Archivists 10 (April 1989): 43-56.
Clanchy, M. T. "'Tenacious Letters': Archives and Memory in the
Middle Ages." Archivaria 11 (1981): 115-25.
________ From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307. 2d ed.
Oxford: Blackwell, 1993.
Danet, Brenda, and Bryna Bogoch. "From Oral Ceremony to Written
Document: The Transitional Language of Anglo-Saxon Wills." Language &
Communication 12 (April 1992): 95-122.
Hallam, Elizabeth M. Domesday Book through Nine Centuries. New
York: Thames and Hudson, 1986.
________. "Documenting Reconquest and Reform: The Growth of
Archives in the Medieval Crown of Aragon." American Archivist 56 (Spring
1993): 256-319.
________. "A Medieval 'Information Age': Documentation and
Archives in the Crown of Aragon." In Discovery in the Archives of Spain
and Portugal: Quincentenary Essays, 1492-1992, edited by Lawrence J.
McCrank, 19-102. New York : Haworth Press, 1993.
O'Callaghan, Joseph F. "Origin and Development of Archival
Record-Keeping in the Crown of Castile-Leon." In Discovery in the
Archives of Spain and Portugal: Quincentenary Essays, 1492-1992, edited by
Lawrence J. McCrank, 3-18. New York : Haworth Press, 1993.
O'Toole, James M. "'Commendatory Letters': An Archival Reading of
the Venerable Bede." American Archivist 61 (Fall 1998): 266-86.
Taylor, Nathaniel L. "Medieval Catalonian Wills: Family Charter
Evidence in the Archives." In Discovery in the Archives of Spain and
Portugal: Quincentenary Essays, 1492-1992, edited by Lawrence J. McCrank,
103-34. New York : Haworth Press, 1993.
EARLY MODERN AND MODERN EUROPE
Brichford, Maynard. "The Origins of Modern European Archival
Theory." Midwestern Archivist 7 (1982): 86-101.
Cantwell, John D. The Public Record Office, 1838-1958. London:
HMSO, 1991.
Duchein, Michel. "Archives in France: The New Legislation of
1979." Archivaria 11 (Winter 1980/81): 127-33.
________. "The History of European Archives and the Development
of the Archival Profession in Europe," American Archivist 55 (Winter
1992): 14-25.
________. "Theoretical Principles and Practical Problems of
Respect des fonds in Archival Science," Archivaria 16 (Summer 1983):
64-82.
Geller, Lawrence D. "Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian Archival Education,
and the First International Congress of Archivists, Brussels, 1910,"
Archivaria 16 (Summer 1983): 26-34.
Komor, Valerie. "In Search of Archives History: Eugenio Casanova
and the Suspect Lincoln Letter." Archival Issues 18 (1993): 55-61.
Kolsrud, Ole. "The Evolution of Basic Appraisal Principles--Some
Comparative Observations." American Archivist 55 (Winter 1992): 26-39.
Mullett, Charles F. "The 'Better Reception, Preservation, and
More Convenient Use' of Public Records in Eighteenth-Century England."
American Archivist 27 (April 1964): 195-217.
Palmer, Olga P. "The History of European Archival Literature." American
Archivist 2 (April 1939): 69-83.
Panitch, Judith M. "Liberty, Equality, Posterity?: Some Archival
Lessons from the Case of the French Revolution." American Archivist 59
(Winter 1996): 30-47.
Posner, Ernst. "The Administration of Current Records in Italian
Public Agencies." Chapter 7 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected
Essays by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken Munden, 98-106. Washington, D.C.:
Public Affairs Press, 1967.
________. "European Experiences in Protecting and Preserving
Local Records." Chapter 8 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected
Essays by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken Munden, 107-13. Washington, D.C.:
Public Affairs Press, 1967.
________. "European Experiences in Training Archivists." Chapter
3 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected Essays by Ernst Posner,
edited by Ken Munden, 45-57. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press,
1967.
________. "Impressions of an Itinerant Archivist in Europe."
Chapter 5 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected Essays by Ernst
Posner, edited by Ken Munden, 78-86. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs
Press, 1967.
________. "Max Lehmann and the Genesis of the Principle of
Provenance." Chapter 2 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected
Essays by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken Munden, 36-44. Washington, D.C.:
Public Affairs Press, 1967.
________. "The Role of Records in German Adminstration." Chapter
6 in Archives and the Public Interest: Selected Essays by Ernst Posner,
edited by Ken Munden, 87-97. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press,
1967.
________. "Some Aspects of Archival Development Since the French
Revolution." American Archivist 3 (July 1940): 159-72. Reprinted in A
Modern Archives Reader: Basic Readings on Archival Theory and Practice,
edited by Maygene F. Daniels and Timothy Walch, 3-14 (Washington, D. C.:
National Archives and Records Service, 1984). Also reprinted in Archives
and the Public Interest: Selected Essays by Ernst Posner, edited by Ken
Munden, 23-35.
Rundle, Jim. "Public Records as Arsenals of Accountability in
Great Britain: An Eighteenth Century Case Study." In Archival Documents:
Providing Accountability Through Recordkeeping, edited by Sue McKemmish
and Frank Upward, 119-29. Melbourne, Australia: Ancora Press, 1993.
Yax, Maggie. "Arthur Agarde, Elizabethan Archivist: His
Contributions to the Evolution of Archival Practice." American Archivist
61 (Spring 1998): 56-69.
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