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Re: Artifacts and historical perspective



I do not normally reply to anything in this listserv but I would like to say that I really liked this short piece on artifacts and historical perspective.  I find it very interesting to see how different people -and this includes over time- discuss an era based on written or archeological information and/or artifacts and they all come up with a different conclusion or interpretation of that era or in many cases an event.
I grew up in Williamsburg (in the 50s) and the way the history of that town and the "facts" that are used now are a far cry from what was done then.  Not that the actual and basic thrust is not the same but interpretation in books, at museums and at other historical places does vary with time and a change in how people look at things.
That is one reason that archivists have jobs, so that people interested in "looking" at a different time can do so through the materials of that time.  It is a good idea to encourage that but at the same time to incourage a more balanced view than some we see.
Well that is my two cents for the year.  Hope everyone is having a great summer and keeping out of the heat.
Joan

Joan Goodbody
Lecturer
Humanities Social Sciences
Reference Services
Sterling C. Evans Library
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX 77843-5000
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