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Managing Case Files in Congressional Collections: the Hazards of Prophecy

Author: Frank H. Mackaman (Everett McKinley Dirksen Congressional Leadership Research Center)

Abstract

G. Philip Bauer, member of the National Archives Staff in the Division of Labor Department Archives, wrote that to appraise in the archival sense meant to distinguish between the concept that certain records are inherently valuable and the concept that certain desirable uses are likely to be made of them. To anticipate research use and select documentation accordingly suggests prophecy, he continued, and prophecy is always suspect.

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How to Cite: Mackaman, F. H. (1979) “Managing Case Files in Congressional Collections: the Hazards of Prophecy”, Archival Issues. 4(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.8045