Community historians often limit their efforts to periods of written records; this, despite the fact that many communities have witnessed some form of prehistoric human occupation. Prehistory is the study of human events before the advent of written accounts. The community historian interested in prehistory, which has as its main focus material…

Oral history, a branch of historical research, is defined as a method of gathering and preserving historical information in the spoken form and preserving these spoken words with modern technology. This booklet chronicles the development of oral history and describes the role of the Onondaga County (New York) Public Library's Betts Branch as…

The University of Louisville secured a grant through the University of Kentucky as the state agency for Administration of Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1966 in Kentucky to fund a series of young adult workshops sponsored by the Urban Studies Center and University College in cooperation with the Louisville Area Council of Churches and the…

Data from 19 Minnesota communities show that daily newspaper readership is lower, and television viewing higher, in communities with a weekly rather than a daily newspaper; that the type of medium covering a community is related to media preferences; and that community differences are more important to readership patterns than is educational…

Four geographic concepts can be used for an in-depth study of the community: spatial tradition, area studies tradition, man-land tradition, and earth-science tradition. (Author/JR)

This research analyses the effects of situational factors, along with environmental quality (EQ) attitudes, in understanding why some people become involved in pollution-abating activities. Findings indicate that closeness to the effects of polluting behavior stimulate more powerful concern and action than closeness to the source of polluted…

Paper presented before the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 30, 1970, Washington, D.C. (FF)

The creation of a Community Social Profile as a joint effort between high school students and the community can help students to understand a community's economic, political, historical, and geographical dimensions. (CJ)

Utopolis, an imaginary community, was created by 48 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students. Given only geographical boundaries, the group created the town complete with its many complex and interrelated problems. (NQ)

This paper presents a discontinuous analysis of organizational development and the part played by administrative capacity considered as a summation of individual attributes. Based on 20 years' study of one kibbutz, it is suggested that there are qualitatively different levels of demand for administrative capacity. (Author/MLF)

Describes how a teacher's journey of documenting everyday literacy events on the streets in her community changes her understanding of what it means to bring the outside world and local literacies into her classroom. Concludes that educators must place value on who students are and where they come from. Suggests that educators and students must…

Reports a study of the extent that informal support systems might compensate for lack of formal services in rural retirement communities. Demonstrates working with local Extension offices to identify study committees, gather information, perform research valuable to Extension workers, and provide information helpful to the rural population and…

This paper empirically analyzes the impact that the spread of casino gambling has on social capital in communities throughout the United States. Social capital is a networking process that translates into an individual's effectiveness in the community and workplace, and binds communities together. Several recent studies have also demonstrated a…