Inmates of the Idaho Penitentiary 1864-1947
Inmates of the Idaho Penitentiary 1864-1947

Author: Rachel Sara Johnstone

Publisher:

Published: 2008-10

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780931406188

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A directory of inmates of the Idaho State Penitentiary, Boise, Idaho, from 1864 to 1947, and a catalog of their files transferred by the Idaho Department of Corrrection to the Idaho State Historical Society's Public Archives and Research Library in 1995.

A Passion to Preserve
A Passion to Preserve

Author: Will Fellows

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780299196844

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From large cities to rural communities, gay men have long been impassioned pioneers as keepers of culture: rescuing and restoring decrepit buildings, revitalizing blighted neighborhoods, saving artifacts and documents of historical significance. A Passion to Preserve explores this authentic and complex dimension of gay men’s lives by profiling early and contemporary preservationists from throughout the United States, highlighting contributions to the larger culture that gays are exceptionally inclined to make.

Archives in Liquid Times
Archives in Liquid Times

Author: Frans Smit

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9789071251450

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Archives in Liquid Times aims to broaden and deepen the thinking about archives in today's digital environment. It is a book that tries to fuel the debate about archives in different fields of research. It shows that in these liquid times, archives need and deserve to be considered from different angles. Archives in Liquid Times is a publication in which archival science is linked to philosophy (of information) and data science. Not only do the contributors try to open windows to new concepts and perspectives, but also to new uses of existing concepts concerning archives. The articles in this book contain philosophical reflections, speculative essays and presentations of new models and concepts alongside well-known topics in archival theory. Among the contributors are scholars from different fields of research, like Anne Gilliland, Wolfgang Ernst, Geoffrey Yeo, Martijn van Otterlo, Charles Jeurgens and Geert-Jan van Bussel. This book includes interviews with Luciano Floridi and Eric Ketelaar, in which they reflect on key issues arising from the contributions. The editors are Frans Smit, Arnoud Glaudemans and Rienk Jonker.