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  2. Historical Records Survey - Wikipedia

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    The Historical Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States.Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives.

  3. Thomas Paine - Wikipedia

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    Paine's attack on monarchy in Common Sense is essentially an attack on George III. Whereas colonial resentments were originally directed primarily against the king's ministers and Parliament, Paine laid the responsibility firmly at the king's door. Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution. It was a clarion call ...

  4. Archival processing - Wikipedia

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    The first step in archival processing is to survey the collection. The goal of a survey is to gain an understanding of the originator, determine the context of the creation of the collection, to observe the material's overall size and scope, to ascertain if the collection has access limitations, to locate any existing finding aids submitted with the collection, and to discover any underlying ...

  5. List of genealogy databases - Wikipedia

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    Aggregated search system and genealogy databases, claims to have over 20 billion records. National Archives of Ireland: The official repository for the state records of Ireland including census records, wills and administrations, plus other genealogy records New England Historic Genealogical Society

  6. Archival appraisal - Wikipedia

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    She adds that in his book, The Appraisal of Modern Records, Schellenberg described how "modern public records" have two types of values, one for "immediate use of the originating agency and secondary for later use by other agencies and users", with secondary values considered "evidential or informational", with many larger series of records in ...

  7. Archival research - Wikipedia

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    Archival research lies at the heart of most academic and other forms of original historical research; but it is frequently also undertaken (in conjunction with parallel research methodologies) in other disciplines within the humanities and social sciences, including literary studies, rhetoric, [4] [5] archaeology, sociology, human geography, anthropology, psychology, and organizational studies ...

  8. Recorded history - Wikipedia

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    Linear A etched on tablets found in Akrotiri, Santorini Palenque Glyphs that has a total of 92 glyphs on the tablet. Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method.

  9. For Dummies - Wikipedia

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    The series is now published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2] which acquired Hungry Minds (the new name for IDG Books as of 2000) in early 2001. [3] Various books in the series. Notable For Dummies books include: DOS For Dummies, the first, published in 1991, whose first printing was just 7,500 copies [4] [5]