Session one: Introduction
Thursday, January 28
Readings
- Required reading:
Assignments due
- none
Review
Session two: Archives, archivists, and history of archival practice
Thursday, February 4
Readings
- Required reading – annotation and discussion:
- Optional – foundational reading:
- Elizabeth Yale’s “The History of Archives: The State of the Discipline“
- Terry Cook’s “What is Past is Prologue: A History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift“
- Geoffrey Yeo’s “‘Let Us See What Is Meant by the Word Recorde’: Concepts of Record from the Middle Ages to the Early 20th Century“
