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Research and the Manuscript Tradition
Frank G. Burke
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Description for Research and the Manuscript Tradition
Hardback. In this text, Frank Burke reveals the professional techniques employed by archivists and manuscript curators, explaining what is done and why, so the the beginning researcher has a foundation for understanding how to search and access documentary sources. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: GLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Researchers faced with using documentary sources for the first time, such as correspondence, diaries, and literary manuscripts, are plunged into a world far different from the familiar library setting, with its card or computer catalogs, bibliographies, and other resource-finding tools. Over and over, studies of research methodology among scholars reveal that they learn by some sort of collegial osmosis and general fumbling about until they figure things out. There is an easier way. Burke explains the professional techniques employed by archivists and manuscript curators, describing what they do and why, so the beginning researcher has a foundation for understanding ... Read more
Researchers faced with using documentary sources for the first time, such as correspondence, diaries, and literary manuscripts, are plunged into a world far different from the familiar library setting, with its card or computer catalogs, bibliographies, and other resource-finding tools. Over and over, studies of research methodology among scholars reveal that they learn by some sort of collegial osmosis and general fumbling about until they figure things out. There is an easier way. Burke explains the professional techniques employed by archivists and manuscript curators, describing what they do and why, so the beginning researcher has a foundation for understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810833487
SKU
V9780810833487
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About Frank G. Burke
Frank G. Burke is Professor Emeritus, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland at College Park. Over the past thirty-five years he has held positions of responsibility at the University of Chicago Special Collections, the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, and the National Archives.
Reviews for Research and the Manuscript Tradition
Burke's book, the culmination of thirty-five years in the archive profession spent mostly working with private papers, reminds us that personal papers are a superb asset for research and for preserving knowledge of the past.
Archavia
The present book is the product of [the author's] teaching manuscript administration courses. This experience leads to the keen insight of this ... Read more
Archavia
The present book is the product of [the author's] teaching manuscript administration courses. This experience leads to the keen insight of this ... Read more