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Woodward, Eddie – Journal of Archival Organization, 2008
Local records are the foundation on which social history is constructed. However, in an era when most historians categorize themselves as social historians, it is amazing to note how much these primary resources appear to be underutilized in scholarly works. This article attempts to understand why this is so by investigating how it is that…
Descriptors: Social History, Records (Forms), Government Libraries, Primary Sources