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Re: Politics & Archives



In my less than humble opinion, the benefits of being on this list are
quickly diminishing because of having to read these childish "my party's
better than your party" political messages.  Was it archival in nature, yes.
Was it useful in any way to me as an archivist, no.

Tom Anderson; Collections
American Museum of Science and Energy
300 S. Tulane
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 576-3228 (Voice), (865) 576-6024 (Fax)

-----Original Message-----
From: Diane C. Russell <dcrussell@MAILANDNEWS.COM>
To: ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Friday, May 18, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: [ARCHIVES] Politics & Archives


>Let's look at politics in an archival context.
>
>Sharon <centans@TAMPABAY.RR.COM> wrote:
>
>>If we don't get rid of the Republicans, we
>>may soon find no funding at all for libraries
>>and archives and then what happens to
>>intellectual freedom???
>
>Looking at the record:
>
>The National Archives Building was funded, ground was broken, and
construction
>started during a Republican administration.
>
>The National Archives lost its independence and became a vassal of the
General
>Services Administration during a Democratic administration.
>
>National Archives independence was restored during a Republican
>admninstration.
>
>Archives II was funded, ground was broken, and most construction completed
>during a Republican administration.
>
>The single Archivist of the United States appointed solely on the basis of
>political patronage, without any of the normal professional or academic
>qualifications, was appointed by a Democratic president.
>
>The three Archivists of the United States, all PhD's in history with
previous
>archival experience, who left the office under less than voluntary
>circumstances, were pushed out during Democratic administrations.
>
>Based on this record, getting rid of Republicans is far more likely to hurt
>archives than help.
>
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