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Analysis or Prescription? Richard Berner on Archival Theory and Practice

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Abstract

Richard Cox recently reminded the American archival profession yet again that our "past is prologue" and described the history of archival enterprise in the United States as weak, uneven, and full of large and numerous holes.' So it was with the relief of the besieged sighting the dust of the approaching cavalry that I received the news of the imminent publication of our profession's first comprehensive, reflective work, Archival Theory and Practice in the United States: A Historical Analysis, by Richard Berner. At last, an experienced and well-published practitioner would achieve what all had been calling for-a benchmark book tracing the development ofAmerican archival principles and practices and highlighting those points of genuine progress and contribution which are so hard to identify as events unfold day-to-day.

How to Cite:

Pederson, A., (1984) “Analysis or Prescription? Richard Berner on Archival Theory and Practice”, Archival Issues 9(1), 35–44. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10402