Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Guardian of Heritage: Essays on the History of the National Archives

Guardian of Heritage: Essays on the History of the National Archives BookReviews Guardian of Heritage:Essays on the Historyof the NationalArchives, D.C.: NationalArchives and TIMOTHY WALCH,editor.Washington, RecordsAdministration, 1985; vi + 93 pp. thisthinvolas Walch modestly suggests, Although, editorTimothy of ume is "farfrom last word"on the history the NationalArchives, the Besides Walch'sintroducit is a verywelcomeadditionto the literature. six of tion,the book contains essays,written pastor presentmembers by the Archives and staff, a guide to further reading.In general,the essays and secondary are impressiveand utilize a large numberof primary sources. However, theyreflect individualbiases and interests; comno mon themesor concernsserve to unitethem.As Walchput it, thebook is not a "seamlessnarrative." C. The articlesby Donald R. McCoy, Virginia Purdy,and RodneyA. in Prologue: Ross originally in JournaloftheNationalArchives appeared a special editionin 1984 celebrating first the yearsofthe agency's fifty of history.Collectively,the articlesrelate the history the Archivesto 1949. The enthusiastic responseto thatissue resultedin the decisionto the republishthose articlesin Guardian of Heritage,but to carry story to 1985, when the Archivesachieved independencefrom the General ServicesAdministration RobertM. Warnersteppeddown as Archiand vist of the United States. James GregoryBradsher,Trudy Huskamp articles. Peterson,and Warnerhimself suppliedthe remaining In "The Struggle Establisha National in to Archives theUnitedStates," that of McCoy describesthe frustrations supporters a nationalarchives encountered theyenlistedtheaid ofpresidents, as and societies, patriotic to politicians secure a home forthe http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Public Historian University of California Press

Guardian of Heritage: Essays on the History of the National Archives

Reuss, Martin
The Public Historian , Volume 8 (3) – Jul 1, 1986
Download PDF
3 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/university-of-california-press/guardian-of-heritage-essays-on-the-history-of-the-national-archives-39kRbP0IcC

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
University of California Press
Copyright
Copyright 1986 The Regents of the University of California
Subject
Book Reviews
ISSN
0272-3433
eISSN
1533-8576
DOI
10.2307/3377715
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

BookReviews Guardian of Heritage:Essays on the Historyof the NationalArchives, D.C.: NationalArchives and TIMOTHY WALCH,editor.Washington, RecordsAdministration, 1985; vi + 93 pp. thisthinvolas Walch modestly suggests, Although, editorTimothy of ume is "farfrom last word"on the history the NationalArchives, the Besides Walch'sintroducit is a verywelcomeadditionto the literature. six of tion,the book contains essays,written pastor presentmembers by the Archives and staff, a guide to further reading.In general,the essays and secondary are impressiveand utilize a large numberof primary sources. However, theyreflect individualbiases and interests; comno mon themesor concernsserve to unitethem.As Walchput it, thebook is not a "seamlessnarrative." C. The articlesby Donald R. McCoy, Virginia Purdy,and RodneyA. in Prologue: Ross originally in JournaloftheNationalArchives appeared a special editionin 1984 celebrating first the yearsofthe agency's fifty of history.Collectively,the articlesrelate the history the Archivesto 1949. The enthusiastic responseto thatissue resultedin the decisionto the republishthose articlesin Guardian of Heritage,but to carry story to 1985, when the Archivesachieved independencefrom the General ServicesAdministration RobertM. Warnersteppeddown as Archiand vist of the United States. James GregoryBradsher,Trudy Huskamp articles. Peterson,and Warnerhimself suppliedthe remaining In "The Struggle Establisha National in to Archives theUnitedStates," that of McCoy describesthe frustrations supporters a nationalarchives encountered theyenlistedtheaid ofpresidents, as and societies, patriotic to politicians secure a home forthe

Journal

The Public Historian – University of California Press

Published: Jul 1, 1986

There are no references for this article.