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Local history : how to gather it, write it, and publish it
- Title
- Local history : how to gather it, write it, and publish it / by Donald Dean Parker ... ; revised and edited by Bertha E. Josephson for the Committee on Guide for Study of Local History of the Social Science Research Council.
- Author
- Parker, Donald Dean, 1899-1982.
- Publication
- New York : Social Science Research Council, 1944.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | E175.7 .P3 1944 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 186 pages; 23 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Local history
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 179-186.
- Contents
- I. Sources of information for local history; Village, town and city histories ; County histories ; State and regional histories ; Family histories ; Military records ; Directories ; Accounts of travelers ; Anniversary addresses and sermons ; Photographs and pictures -- II. Other sources: Old residents ; Private letters ; Diaries ; Account books ; Keepsakes, heirlooms and relics -- III. Newspapers and periodicals -- IV. Public records: Census reports ; Abstracts of title and title deeds ; Surveyors' notes ; Public school records ; Other public records ; County archives ; Town records ; State public records ; Pension bureau -- V. Business records -- VI. Church records and cemetery inscriptions -- VII. Gathering and organizing local historical material -- VIII. A model outline for a local history -- IX. Composition and technical details in historical writing -- X. Bibliography, addenda and index
- XII. Cooperative local history: The local historical society ; Community-sponsored cooperation ; Newspaper-sponsored cooperation ; Club-sponsored cooperation ; Church-sponsored cooperation.
- LCCN
- a 45001091
- OCLC
- ocm00420761
- 420761
- SCSB-328253
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library