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Comment on Elizabethan Renaissance and Sir Hilary Jenkinson by Novice Archivist

Novice Archivist — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:17:56 +0000

I was just searching the records in a database through a library. As I did not have the proper credentials to enter the particular institution and examine the records myself, I could only infer from the bibliographic record.

Comment on Elizabethan Renaissance and Sir Hilary Jenkinson by Martin Drew

Martin Drew — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:20:27 +0000

Why do you credit Sir Hilary Jenkinson with the Lambeth churchwardens’ accounts, 1504-1645? He did write a Prefatory Note but the work should properly be ascribed to Charles E S Drew, who worked at the Public Record Office in London and who died in 1952, not long after publication.

I have the handwritten note that Sir Hilary sent to Charles Drew when the work was published:

“Dear Drew

Congratulations on the appearance, at long last, of the final part of Lambeth. You have put me, and a whole lot of more important people, under a big obligation: the Subject Index is at once a triumph and a most useful precedent.

Now we must try to get one or two decent reviews.

Yours

HJ”

24.2.51

The Middle Sort of People in Provincial England, 1600-1750 by H.R. French (published 2007) correctly credits Charles Drew with Lambeth so I find it intriguing that you don’t.

Comment on Elizabethan Renaissance and Sir Hilary Jenkinson by Novice Archivist

Novice Archivist — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:16:20 +0000

I was not able to obtain these files and publications that Sir Hilary Jenkinson authored. The biggest lesson that I can take from finding these should be a wake up call to some of us in the archival education world. Jenkinson was not just about theory; he used archival materials to compile and publish comprehensible documents to aid others who followed after him. Perhaps he subscribed to a particular format for a finding aide, perhaps he let the materials available dictate the format of the starting point of the search process. It seems that he taught about archival organization from his own experiences in order to make it more efficient.

If there were records of interest to myself, I would start with what has come before me, in order to get an idea of where to go with a project such as you wish to undertake. I would look at the published work of the colleague and see how it was organized, if you’re comfortable, I would invite them for a professional conversation about their book writing experience. Would you be using the same records? Would you be discussing similar topics? If so, you may want to also bring this to light with your colleague. It would be helpful to avoid feelings of “copycat-ing” an idea or possible accusations of plagiarism. If you’re looking at some completely different collection, asking about how one would go about starting the organizational process of writing a book from archival documents would be a good way to go.

I know this may not be the help you were looking for, I have not published any volumes. I wish you the best of luck.

In the spirit of archives,
Rachel Pieper

Comment on Elizabethan Renaissance and Sir Hilary Jenkinson by Charles Stanford

Charles Stanford — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:07:18 +0000

At the Rio Grande Historical Collections at NMSU where I work, one of my colleagues published two volumes collected from a massive microfilm collection of colonial Mexican archdiocesal records. I’ve been here for three years and still am wondering how I could do something similar.

Comment on Racine Heritage Museum - Archives / Research Center by Tom Draus

Tom Draus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:27:20 +0000

Do you info and or pictures of PAWAH the white elephant that was brought to Racine via the circus in 1927..Thank you…Tom

Comment on Elizabethan Renaissance and Sir Hilary Jenkinson by Russell D. James

Russell D. James — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:40:50 +0000

Rachel,

Thanks for finding this. Totally awesome in archival history.

Listen, saw you had a password protected page. Can I get the password for it?

Comment on NoClone: Identifying and deleting duplicated records by Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:51:00 +0000

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Comment on NoClone: Identifying and deleting duplicated records by Taking back your Hard Drives | Support Wars

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Comment on NoClone: Identifying and deleting duplicated records by Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:40:04 +0000

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Comment on NoClone: Identifying and deleting duplicated records by Novice Archivist

Novice Archivist — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:18:51 +0000

1000 MB=1 GB. Right. My mistake, I absentmindedly was thinking it was 100:1. Now that I’m not creating files by the week for school and my camera (may it rest in peace) has really died, I don’t have any real space concerns. The duplicates were just getting annoying. When I do find a career and can afford to upgrade my life a bit, a new computer is on the list. I’ve had this one since 2006 and I think I’ve worked it pretty hard. I do have an external drive and my next step is to transfer files over to it.