The Shame of the Cities: Public Records of the Metropolis
Abstract
When Lincoln Steffens' famous phrase of indictment was proposed as the title for our session* I accepted it with enthusiasm because it seemed to neatly summarize our archival problems. We have been an urban nation at least since 1920, and save a few exceptions, the official records of our municipalities are ignored, neglected or systematically destroyed. Surely a civilized concern for informing the present with the experience of the past requires at the very least the ordering of these public records.
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Warner, S. B., (2000) “The Shame of the Cities: Public Records of the Metropolis”, Archival Issues 2(2), 27–34. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.10890
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