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Vol. 25:3 ISSN 0160-8460 Fall 1997
Recent Records Products and Documentary Editions
Records Products
The following products from records projects funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) have been received since the June meeting. Information concerning availability has been provided.
· Guide to the Manuscript Holdings of the Archives of Barre History. Barre, VT: Aldrich Public Library, 1997. Support provided through NHPRC Grant No. 93-073. For information, contact Karen Lane, Director, Aldrich Public Library, Barre, VT 05641; telephone (802) 476-7550
· Nevada State Historical Records Advisory Board, Preserving Nevada's Documentary Heritage, 1997-2005: A Strategic Plan. Carson City, Nevada: Nevada State Library & Archives, 1997. Support provided through NHPRC Grant No. 96-011. For information, contact the Nevada State Library & Archives, Department of Museums, Library & Arts, 100 North Stewart St., Carson City, NV 89701-4285; telephone (702) 687-5210; FAX (702) 687-8311.
· Margaret T. Anderson, compiler, Guide to the Corporate Record Collection of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company at the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Clifton Forge, VA: The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc., 1997. Support provided through NHPRC Grant No. 94-091. For information, contact the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 79, Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
· Online Electronic Documents and Distributed Databases: An Examination of Archival Policy and Preservation Options. Final Report. Albany, NY: SUNY System Office of Archives and Records Management, 1996; Thomas J. Galvin and Russell L. Kahn, "A Case Study of the Online Electronic Documents and Distributed Data Bases Project of the Office of Archives and Records Management, State University of New York, 1994-1996," June 1996; and "Guidelines for the Management and Preservation of Electronic Text Documents," November 1995. Support provided under NHPRC Grant No. 94-038. For information, contact the State University of New York System, Office of Archives and Records Management, SUNY Plaza, Albany, NY 12246.
· Eileen O'Brien, A Guide to Processing Manuscript Collections of the Vermont Historical Society. Montpelier, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 1997. The Vermont History Society has also provided copies of finding aids for 61 collections. These include the papers of the Ballou Panthers, the Beattie family, Eli Hawley Canfield, Edwin Clifton Hall, William Jarvis, George Edward Little, Justin Smith Morrill, Royce S. Pitkin, Henry Stevens, Royall Tyler, and the Vermont Equal Suffrage Association. Support provided under NHPRC Grant No. 94-051. For information on these products, contact the Vermont Historical Society, Pavilion Bldg., 109 State St., Montpelier, VT 05609-0901; telephone (802) 828-2291; FAX (802) 828-3638; e-mail: vhs@vhs.state.vt.us.
· Preliminary Worksheets for Developing a Disaster Plan: Guidelines for Protecting Records. Disaster Preparedness Workshop Series. Richmond, VA: Records Management Division, The Library of Virginia, Spring 1996; Lisa L. Fox, Workbook for Developing a Disaster Plan. Richmond, VA: Records Management and Imaging Services Division, The Library of Virginia, July 1996. Support provided under NHPRC Grant No. 96-071. For information, contact Karen Minor, The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad St., Richmond, VA 23219-1905; telephone (804) 692-3605; FAX (804) 692-3603. The worksheets may be requested on floppy diskettes in Microsoft Word 6.0 and WordPerfect 6.1.
Documentary Publications
The following products from NHPRC-supported documentary editing projects have been received in the Commission office since June 1997.
The Samuel Gompers Papers. Vol. 6: The American Federation of Labor and the Rise of Progressivism, 1902-6 (University of Illinois Press, 1997)
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series, Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Vol. 1 (Princeton University Press, 1997)
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series, Jefferson's Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Vol. 2 (Princeton University Press, 1997)
The Papers of Andrew Johnson, Vol. 13 [September 1867-March 1868] (University of Tennessee Press, 1996)
The Papers of Andrew Johnson, Vol. 14 [April-August 1868] (University of Tennessee Press, 1997)
The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, Supplementary Series, Vol. 1: Writings on Public Parks, Parkways, and Park Systems [1851-1894] (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997)
The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: A Documentary History, Vol. 2, Part 1: The Californias and Sinaloa-Sonora, 1700-1765. (University of Arizona Press, 1997)
The Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens, Vol. 1 [January 1814-March, 1865] (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997)
