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Peer reviewedToms, Elaine G.; Duff, Wendy – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
This article describes how diaries were implemented in a study of the use of archives and archival finding aids by history graduate students. The issues concerning diary use as a data collection technique are discussed as well as the different types of diaries. (Author)
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Diaries, Graduate Students
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Information from local records can be used in a variety of ways to strengthen and add interesting detail to undergraduate history courses on slavery in the United States. Specifically, the author describes the use of county records to teach about slavery in Texas before the Civil War. Four sources of records can be consulted: (1) United States…
Descriptors: Archives, Colonial History (United States), Data Collection, Higher Education
