Starting an Archives
- David B. Gracy II (Georgia State University)
Abstract
More archives have developed from the maoager of circumstance than have sprung full grown from the head of Zeus. One school in the Southeast received its first historical manuscripts soon after the Civil War, accessioned major donations in the 1930s, but did not establish an archives until the 1960s. Another institution, in the North, which had talked of establishing an archival repository for half a century, did not finally act until its centennial approached, with an obvious need for historical information. A third, in the Southwest, began collecting material under one librarian, only to see some of it thrown out by another. Thirty years after the initial accessioning, a formal program was founded. A fourth, in the West, developed after collections had been received by a museum to support its exhibits. And the recital could continue ad nauseam.
How to Cite:
Gracy, D. B., II, (1973) “Starting an Archives”, MAC Newsletter 1(2), 16-17.
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