The National Archives

The National Archives in Washington D.C. is the "record keeper" of the country. All business conducted by the United States Government is kept here for both historical and legal purposes. The public is allowed free access to many of these documents free of charge in most cases. I chose this site because it deals with archives on a national level and details the importance of both the procurement and preservation of these documents. I found this site using the very popular search engine google.

Here is the link:

http://www.archives.gov/

Blacks serving during Civil War

This is a picture of the 26th U.S. colored Volunteer Infantry on parade in Camp William Penn in Pennslyvaina circa 1865. This picture is a living testatment to the degree in which many African-Americans felt that it was thier duty to fight for thier rights and freedoms. Millions of blacks would fight for the Union during the war between the states; (1861-65) This image was taken from the National Archives in Washington D.C.

LibLit-Citation Pearl Growing search

Using the same sets as in the three previous search methods, I found this article that most closely deals with my topic of domestic and foreign policy during times of war:
Title: In Time of War
Other Titles: American libraries during WWII
Personal Author: Becker, Patti Clayton
Journal Name: American Libraries
Source: American Libraries v. 34 no. 5 (May 2003) p. 54-7
Publication Year: 2003

I went to the section under subjects war/information policy/history and found another article:

Title: Government Wartime Propaganda Posters: Communicators of Public Policy
Personal Author: McCrann, Grace-Ellen
Journal Name: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian
Source: Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian v. 28 no. 1/2 (January/June 2009) p. 53-73
Publication Year: 2009

"public policy" is another term for domestic policy. Therefore both these articles are relevant to my chosen topic. The use of the citation pearl growing method has achieved a level of sucess not previously obtained through the other search methods. It is thus my favorite of the four search methods.

LexisNexis-Sucessive Fractions Search

On this database LexisNexis, I conducted a sucessive fractions search with some similiar results. With the set, (wars or battles or conflicts) and (archives or documents or history)I recieved 1000 hits! Both of the results had the facets in the title of the articles. Here is the first hit from the first and second set respectively: From (wars or battles or conflicts):

Virtual Insurgency; Video game based on bloody Iraq battle upsets slain soldiers' families
National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada), April 14, 2009 Tuesday, NEWS; Pg. A3, 904 words, Matthew Coutts, National Post

From the set (archives or documents or history):

Copies of Georgian archive materials given to Abkhazia in UK-funded project
BBC Monitoring Trans Caucasus Unit Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring, April 1, 2010 Thursday, 651 words

I narrowered the search using the limitor was all major U.S. publications.

JSTOR-Specific Facet First Search

Using the same terms in the ERIC building block search, I went to JSTOR and conducted a specific facet first search with the following results: (battles or wars or conflicts) I recieved 18,435 hits. (policy or domestic or foreign) I recieved 53,299 hits. Finally using (archives or documents or history) I recieved 97,281 hits. The only limitor used was full text, this is the first hit from the (battle or wars or conflicts) facet since it recieved the fewest hits:

1. Fighting Battles, Winning Wars Fighting Battles, Winning WarsAlastair SmithThe Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 42, No. 3, Opening up the Black Box of War: Politics and the Conduct of War (Jun., 1998), pp. 301-320Item Information Page of First Match PDF Export this Citation

ERIC Database-Building Block Search

I went to the ERIC-EBSCOHOST database to find articles on domestic and foreign policy during times of war. I narrowed the search using using the subject descriptor "war." The sets looked like this: s1=SU(policy or domestic or foreign)AND
s2= (wars or battles or conflicts)AND
s3=(archives or history)
This is the second hit of 2,258 I recieved:


Education in a Culture of Violence: A Critical Pedagogy of Place in WartimeCitation Only Available . By: Greenwood, David A.. Cultural Studies of Science Education, v5 n2 p351-359 Jun 2010. (EJ881926)
Subjects: Critical Theory; Land Settlement; Role of Education; Foreign Countries; Empathy; Teaching Methods; War; Conflict; Violence; History; Foreign Policy
Database: ERIC
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Presidental Archives: Abraham Lincoln

I found this resource related to archives about the presidency of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln.

abraham lincoln (2) american (1) american civil war (3) american history (3) biography (7) civil war (3) collectibles (1) cp (1) early reviewers (2) early reviewers program (1) first edition (1) foote (1) history (5) history/biography (1) lincoln (8) lincoln reference (1) literature (1) october 07 (1) presidential (1) presidential archives (1) presidents (1) read (1) statesmen (1) union (1) us history (1) us president (1) us presidents (1) usa facts (1) want (1) wishlist (1)

http://www.librarything.com/work/4014286

National Archives Podcast

Using google again, I found the National Archives podcast series in the United Kingdom. This particular podcast deals with forgery of archival documents presented by David Thomas. He discusses several examples of forgeries going back to the 16th century. He explains how and why people commit forgeries and how they get caught. This is the link: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/rss/podcasts.xml

Broadside “Jones Brothers Laboratories,” circa 1935. MSS 97-6 Fred T. Jones, Sr. Collection, Box 1, File 7.


Dr. Fred T. Jones, Sr. was a pioneer in the establishment of black hospitals in Louisiana and Arkansas during the early 20th century.

In 1915, Dr. Jones founded a hospital (Mercy Sanitarium) in Shreveport, Louisiana and likewise in Little Rock (Bush Memorial Hospital) two years later. Dr. Jones is credited with conceiving the "hospital plan," whereby "subscribers" could pay annual dues and receive future hospital care. In connection with his plan, he established the Great Southern Fraternal Hospitals in North Little Rock and Pine Bluff.

The above information was taken from the collection finding aid.

The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies-

I choose this blog because I am familar with the Butler Center. It is a library that houses thousands of documents, letters, and manuscripts pertaining to Arkansas History. It is my desire to be an archivst, in fact I one day hope to even be employed at this particular library. The entry I picked is an example of one of the documents avaliable for viewing and research requests at Butler. It is an advertistment of a black hosptial circa early 20th century. My area of interest archives and history in general is African American history. Here is the link: http://butlercenter.blogspot.com I used the search engine google.com to find it. Below is the adverstiment for the hospital and a passage about its founder.

The beginning

I have always had a passion for history and books. I have a BA in history and want to become a librarian. The purpose of this blog is to explore the realm of library information science in paricular the sub-heading of archives. I choose archives because it deals with history. History is the fabric of our lives. It is through learning the lessons experience though people, events, and places that existed in the past that we can better understand the present and future.