Nearby History : Exploring the Past Around You

by Kyvig, David E.; Marty, Myron A.

• ISBN13: 9780742502703
• ISBN10: 0742502708
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

In the Second Edition of Nearby History, the authors have updated all chapters, introduced information about internet sources and uses of newer technologies, as well as updated the appendices. A comprehensive handbook on investigating the history of your community, family, local institutions, and cultural artifacts, Nearby History guides you in researching the world close at hand. Nearby History provides insights on how to find and use published, unpublished, visual, and material records while also instructing on how to collect information through interviews, connect individual investigations with broader historical issues, and use photographs, documents, and objects in a study. Both professionally trained and self-taught historians will find this work an excellent resource in developing a more comprehensive view of the past. Individual books on Nearby History topics are also available as a part of The Nearby History Series .

Author Biography

David E. Kyvig is professor of history at Northern Illinois University. Myron A. Marty is professor of history at Drake University.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	ix
Acknowledgments	xv
Why Nearby History?	1	(14)
What Can Be Done Nearby?	15	(26)
Traces and Storytelling	41	(16)
Published Documents	57	(26)
Unpublished Documents	83	(20)
Oral Documents	103	(20)
Visual Documents	123	(24)
Artifacts	147	(18)
Landscapes and Buildings	165	(16)
Preserving Material Traces	181	(20)
Research, Writing, and Leaving a Record	201	(14)
Linking the Particular and the Universal	215	(60)
Appendices
A Forms to Request Information from Federal Agencies	243	(20)
B Sample Gift Agreements	263	(4)
C Sources of Archival Storage Products and Information	267	(2)
D Using the World Wide Web (WWW) in Nearby History	269	(6)
Index	275	(10)
About the Authors	285