1. Jan 14 Nature and schedule of the course; INTRODUCTION TO AND A FRAMEWORK FOR STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ARCHIVES, RECORDS, AND PRESERVATION; THE NATURE OF ARCHIVES; THE STATE OF “ARCHIVAL HISTORY” (Those for whom this is the first course focused on archives and records should lay their initial foundation in the field by reading James O’Toole, Understanding Archives and Manuscripts.)

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2. Jan 21 THE NATURE AND CONDUCT OF HISTORICAL STUDY; THE CONCEPT OF “RECORD”; RECORD-KEEPING SYSTEMS AND DOCUMENTATION
Read: Nature of History: Segments from Oscar Handlin, Harvard Guide to American History; Concept of “Record”: Levy, Scrolling Forward¸ 7-38, 59-100; Livelton, Archival Theory, Records, and the Public, pps. 59-92; Sellen and Harper, The Myth of the Paperless Office, 51-73, 185-212; System: Yates, “Genres of Internal Communication,” 65-100; Craig, “Hospital Records and Record-Keeping, c.1850-c.1950,” Part I, “The Development of Records in Hospitals,” 57-87, Part II, “The Development of Record-Keeping in Hospitals.” 21-38; Peterson, “Counting and Accounting: A Speculation on Change in Record Keeping Practices,” 131-134

3. Jan 28 ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVAL ENTERPRISE IN TEXAS
Read: Archives at UT: Carleton and Adams, “‘A Work Peculiarly Our Own’: Origins of the Barker Texas History Center, 1883-1950,” 197-230; Schroeder, “The Littlefield Fund for Southern History,” 7-23; Gracy, “Business and Books,” 83 90; Texas Archives War: Winfrey, “The Texan Archive War of 1842,” 171-184; King, The Lady Cannoneer, pps. _____; Documents concerning the Archives War at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/treasures/republic/archwar/archwar.html

4. Feb 4 ARCHIVES AND RECORDS IN PERIL
Read: World War II: Barnickel, “Spoils of War: The Fate of European Records During World War II,” 7-20; Grimsted, “Displaced archives on the Eastern Front: Restitution problems from World War II and its aftermath,” 42-77; Jenkinson, “The Choice of Records for Preservation in Wartime: Some Practical Hints,” 186-188; Brooks, “Archives in the United States During World War II, 1939 1946,” 263 280; Law: Gilbert, “Access Denied: The Access to Information Act and Its Effect on Public Records Creators,” 84-123; Cook, “‘Private Papers’ of Public Officials,” 299-324; Subversion: Davis, “The Failure of Federal Records Management: The IRS versus a Democratic Society,” 115-133; Wallace, “Implausible Deniability: The Politics of Documents in the Iran-Contra Affair and Its Investigations,” 91-114; Gracy, “What You See Is Not What You Get,” pps. 247-264

5. Feb 11 GOOD WRITING; ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVAL ENTERPRISE—THE FOUNDATION OF THE WESTERN TRADITION
Read: Writing: “Directions for Preparing Better Papers”; Overview: Duchein, “The History of European Archives and the Development of the Archival Profession in Europe,” 14-24; Duranti, “The Odyssey of Records Managers,” 3-6, 8-11; French Revolution: Posner, “Some Aspects of Archival Development Since the French Revolution,” 23-32; Lokke, “Archives and the French Revolution,” 23 31; Panitch, “Liberty, Equality, Posterity?: Some Archival Lessons from the Case of the French Revolution,” 30-47; Public Records: Yax, “Arthur Agarde, Elizabethan Archivist: His Contributions to the Evolution of Archival Practice,” 56-70; Rasmussen, “No Hurry Whatever,” 10-70; Roper, “The Development of the Principles of Provenance and Respect for Original Order in the Public Record Office,” 105-133
Assignment #1 to have been completed

6. Feb 18 ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVAL ENTERPRISE—THE FORMATIVE PERIOD IN THE U.S.
Read: Tucker, “Massachusetts,” 1-28; Harper, “Lyman C., Draper and Early American Archives,” 205-212; Posner, “The Genesis and Evolution of American State Archives,” 7-36; Schellenberg, “Factors Influencing Archival Methodology,” 20-31; Schellenberg, “Development of Archival Methodology,” 32-60; Barritt, “Coming to America: Dutch Archivistiek and American Archival Practice,” 43-54
Assignment #2 due

7. Feb 25 ARCHIVES AND ARCHIVAL ENTERPRISE—FLOWERING IN THE U.S.
Read: General: Gilliland-Swetland, “The Provenance of a Profession: The Permanence of the Public Archives and Historical Manuscripts Traditions in American Archival History,” 160-175; Kahn, et al., “Documenting American Cultures Through Three Generations,” 147-158; National Archives: Ross, “The National Archives: The Formative Years, 1934-1949,” 33-49; Krauskopf, “The Hoover Commissions and Federal Record Keeping,” 371 399; Geselbracht, “The Four Eras in the History of Presidential Papers,” 37 42; Peterson, “The National Archives and the Archival Theorist Revisited,” 125 133
Assignment #3 due

8. Mar 4 RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Read: The work: Gracy, “Doing It Right in the First Life”; History: Penn, “Federal Records Management in the 1980s Is Just Like It Was in the 1780s,” 5 15; Evans, “Archivists and Records Managers: Variations on a Theme,” 45 58; Jones, “The New Dimension, 1941-1949,” 24-39; McCoy, “Another Kind of Archivist,” 146-167

Spring break

9. Mar 18 ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS ENTERPRISE—THE PROFESSION
Read: Leland, “The First Conference of Archivists, December 1909: The Beginnings of a Profession,” 109 120; Birdsall, “Archivists, Librarians, and Issues during the Pioneering Era of the American Archival Movement,” 457 479; Birdsall, “The Two Sides of the Desk: The Archivist and the Historian, 1909-1935,” 159-173; Cook, “The Blessings of Providence on an Association of Archivists,” 374 399; Ross, “Ernst Posner: The Bridge Between the Old World and the New,” 304 312; Smith, “Theodore R. Schellenberg: Americanizer and Popularizer,” 313-326;

10. Mar 25 ARCHIVAL AND RECORDS ENTERPRISE—DIVERGENT TRADITIONS
Read: Archives and Society: Booms, “Society and the Formation of a Documentary Heritage: Issues in the Appraisal of Archival Sources,” 69-107; National Archival Systems and Archival Practice: Geller, “Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian Archival Education, and the First International Congress of Archivists, Brussels, 1910,” 26 34; Moss, “Archives in the People’s Republic of China,” 385 409; Kolsrud, “The Evolution of Basic Appraisal Principles: Some Comparative Observations,” 26-39; Maclean, “Australian Experience in Record and Archives Management,” 387-418

11. Apl 1 PRESERVATION—DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORK AND THE FIELD
Read: Harvey, “Overview: The Problem, Causes and Solutions,” 5-24; Higginbotham, “‘To Preserve the Best and Noblest Thoughts of Man’: American Beginnings,” 2-17; “History of the Barrow Lab, or, The Thirty Years that Revolutionized Paper,” 72-80; Darling and Ogden, “From Problems Perceived to Programs in Practice: The Preservation of Library Resources in the U.S.A., 1956-1980,” 9-29

12. Apl 8 PRESERVATION—MEDIA OF RECORDS
Read: Adaptation to new media and technology: Craig, “The Introduction of Copying Devices into the British Civil Service, 1877-1889,” 105-133; Yates, “Communication Technology and the Growth of Internal Communication,” 21-64

13. Apl 15 REVIEW AND CONTINUING DISCUSSION OF SESSION TOPICS
Assignment #4 due

14. Apl 22 Presentation and critique of papers
Assignment #5 due

15. Apl 29 Presentation and critique of papers
Assignment #5 due