Publications of the Bentley Fellows, 1983-1995*
The Research Fellowship Program for Study of Modern Archives
Anderson, Paul.
"Appraisal of the Papers of Biomedical Scientists and Physicians for a Medical Archives." Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 73 (October 1985): 338-44.
Barritt, Marjorie.
"The Appraisal of Personally Identifiable Student Records." American Archivist 49 (Summer 1986): 263-75.Baumann, Roland.
"Access to and Confidentiality of Records in State Archives." American Archivist 49 (Fall 1986): 349-69.
Bearman, David.
"Archival Methods." Archives and Museum Informatics Technical Report 3 (Spring 1989): 1-67.
Boles, Frank and Julia M. Young.
"Exploring the Black Box: The Appraisal of University Administrative Records." American Archivist 48 (Spring 1985): 12-40. This study contributed to the publication of by Frank Boles (in association with Julia Marks Young) of Archival Appraisal. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers Inc., 1991.
Bradsher, James Gregory.
"The FBI Records Appraisal Project." Midwestern Archivist 13, no. 2 (1988): 51-66.
Bridges, Edwin, Gregory S. Hunter, Page Putnam Miller, David Thelen, and Gerhard Weinberg.
"Toward Better Documenting and Interpreting of the Past: What History Graduate Programs in the Twenty-First Century Should Teach about Archival Practices." In Historians and Archivists: Educating the Next Generation, 29-59. Bloomington, Indiana: Organization of American Historians, 1993. This article also appeared in the American Archivist 56 (Fall 1993):730-49.
Chestnut, Paul.
"Appraising the Papers of State Legislators." American Archivist 48 (Spring 1985): 159-72.
Conway, Paul.
"Facts and Frameworks: An Approach to Studying the Users of Archives." American Archivist 49 (Fall 1986): 393-407.
Cox, Richard J.
"Professionalism and Archivists in theUnited States." American Archivist 49 (Summer 1986): 229-47. This article contributed to Cox's collection of essays gathered in American Archival Analysis: The Recent Development of the Archival Profession in the United States. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Dowler, Lawrence.
"The Role of Use in Defining Archival Practice and Principles: A Research Agenda for the Availability and Use of Records." American Archivist 51 (Winter and Spring 1988): 74-86.
Endelman, Judith.
"Looking Backward to Plan for the Future: Collection Analysis for Manuscript Repositories." American Archivist 50 (Summer 1987): 340-355.
Fishbein, Meyer.
"Reflections on Appraising Statistical Records." American Archivist 50 (Spring 1987): 226-34.
Frye, Dorothy.
"Linking Institutional Missions to University and College Archives Programs and Advocacy: The Land-Grant Model." American Archivist 56 (Winter 1993): 36-52.
Goggin, Jacqueline.
"The Indirect Approach: A Study of Scholarly Users of Black and Women's Organizational Records in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division." Midwestern Archivist 11, no. 1 (1986): 57-67.
Grigg, Susan.
"Archival Practice and the Foundations of Historical Method." Journal of American History 78 (June 1991): 228-239.
Grimsted, Patricia Kennedy.
"Glasnost" in Archives? Recent Developments on the Soviet Archival Scene." American Archivist 52 (Spring 1989): 214-36. The fellowship also contributed to the publication of Grimsted's A Handbook for Archival Research in the USSR. Princeton, NJ: IREX and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, 1989.
Hackman, Larry and Joan Warnow-Blewett.
"The Documentation Strategy Process: A Model and a Case Study." American Archivist 50 (Winter 1987): 12-47.
Ham, F. Gerald, Frank Boles, Gregory S. Hunter, and James M. O'Toole.
"Is the Past Still Prologue?: History and Archival Education." In Historians and Archivists: Educating the Next Generation, 7-27. Bloomington, Indiana: Organization of American Historians, 1993. This article also appeared in the American Archivist 56 (Fall 1993): 714-29.
Hedstrom, Margaret.
"Understanding Electronic Incunabula: A Framework for Research on Electronic Records." American Archivist 54 (Summer 1991): 334-54.
Kenney, Anne with Stephen Chapman.
Tutorial: Digital Resolution Requirements for Replacing Text-based Material: Methods for Benchmarking Image Quality. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, April 1995.
Krizack, Joan.
"Hospital Documentation Planning: The Concept and the Context." American Archivist 56 (Winter 1993): 16-34. This study contributed to the publication of Krizack, Joan, ed. Documentation Planning for the U.S. Health Care System. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Michelson, Avra.
"Description and Reference in the Age of Automation." American Archivist 50 (Spring 1987): 192-208.
Michelson, Avra and Jeff Rothenberg.
"Scholarly Communication and Information Technology: Exploring the Impact of Changes in Research Process on Archives. American Archivist 55 (Spring 1992): 236-315.
Miller, Fredric.
"The Use of Archives in Social History: A Citation Study." American Archivist 49 (Fall 1986): 371-92.
Monroe, Alden and Kathleen Roe.
"What's the Purpose? Functional Access to Archival Records." In Beyond the Book: Extending MARC for Subject Access, edited by Toni Petersen and Pat Molholt, 157-70. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990.
O'Toole, James M.
"The Idea of Permanence: A Theoretical Exploration." American Archivist 52 (Winter 1989): 10-25.
"On the Idea of Uniqueness." American Archivist 57 (Fall 1994).
Rapport, Leonard.
"In the Valley of Decision: What to Do about the Multitude of Files of Quasi Cases." American Archivist 48 (Spring 1985): 173-89.
Rene-Bazin, Paule.
"The Future of European Archival Education." American Archivist 55 (Winter 1992): 58-65.
Ross, Rodney.
"Thoughts on Administrative Histories." The Indian Archives 37 (January-June 1988): 25-38; (July-December 1988): 35-48.
Sigmond, J. Peter.
"De speld en de hooiberg: Over ontsluiting, beschikbaarstellen en automatisering" (The pin in the haystack: Over openness, accessibility and automation). Nederlands Archievenblad 90 (December 1986): 282-97.
Sigmond, J. Peter and David Bearman.
"Exploration of Form of Material Authority Files by Dutch Archivists." American Archivist 50 (Spring 1987): 249-53.
Stielow, Frederick J.
"Archival Theory Redux and Redeemed: Definition and Context Toward a General Theory," American Archivist 54 (Winter 1991): 14-26.
Szary, Richard V.
The Role of Archival Information Systems in Description and Retrieval," American Archivist [forthcoming].
Task Force on Selection for Preservation, Commission on Preservation and Access.
The Preservation of Archival Materials. Washington, DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, April 1993. Several RLG institutions tested the model developed by the team and their findings were issued in Laurie Abbott, ed., Final Report of the Archives Preservation Needs Assessment Field Test. Research Libraries Group, January 1994
Thompson, Teresa A.
"Ecumenical Records and Documentation Strategy: Applying Total Archives." Archivaria 30 (Summer 1990): 104-109.
Xu Yuqing.
"Difference and Similarities in Chinese and American Approaches to Archives." American Archivist 54 (Spring 1991): 206-15.
Yates, JoAnne.
"Internal Communications Systems in American Business Structures: A Framework to Aid Appraisal." American Archivist 48 (Spring 1985): 141-58. This fellowship contributed to the publication of the author's Control through Communication: The Rise of System in American Management. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1989.
* In March 1994, the Bentley Historical Library published a Decade of Sponsored Research, a report on the library's fellowship program. the report, written by Marjorie Barritt, included an overview of the program, an analysis of the Fellow's work, a list of Fellows and their research topics (1983-1993), and a bibliography of Fellow's publications. The bibliography above updates that which appeared in the published report. Copies of the report are still available. To receive a copy contact William K, Wallach, Assistant Director, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2113.
The Research Fellowship Program for Study of Modern Archives has been funded through multiple grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by the University of Michigan.