Working in the archives : practical research methods for rhetoric and composition

Working in the archives : practical research methods for rhetoric and composition / Alexis E. Ramsey [and others].

Archival research of any magnitude can be daunting. With this in mind, the authors have developed a volume for the first-time researcher as well as the seasoned scholar. This is a guide to the world of rhetoric and composition archives, from locating an archival source and its materials to establish...

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Other Authors: Ramsey, Alexis E., 1979-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > United States.
English language > Rhetoric > Research > Methodology.
Rhetoric > Archival resources.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
English language > Rhetoric > Research > Methodology
English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching
United States
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Invigorating historiographic practices in rhetoric and composition studies / Cheryl Glenn and Jessica Enoch
  • Archival survival : navigating historical research / Lynée Lewis Gaillet
  • Open to the possibilities : seven tales of serendipity in the archives / Lori Ostergaard
  • Invisible hands : recognizing archivists' work to make records accessible / Sammie L. Morris and Shirley K. Rose
  • Viewing the archives : the hidden and the digital / Alexis E. Ramsey
  • Locating the archives : finding aids and archival scholarship in composition and rhetoric / Chris Warnick
  • Searching and seeking in the deep Web : primary sources on the Internet / Elizabeth Yakel
  • Finding and researching photographs / Helena Zinkham
  • Looking for letters / Margaret J. Marshall
  • Reading the archive of freshman English / Thomas Masters
  • Journeying into the archives : exploring the pragmatics of archival research / Katherine E. Tirabassi
  • (En)gendering the archives for basic writing research / Kelly Ritter
  • Archival research as a social process / Neal Lerner
  • Emergent taxonomies : using tension and forum to organize primary texts / Tarez Samra Graban
  • The guilty pleasures of working with archives / Linda S. Bergmann
  • The personal as method and place as archives : a synthesis / Liz Rohan
  • Keeping the conversation going : the archive thrives on interviews and oral history / Brad E. Lucas and Margaret M. Strain
  • Deep sea diving : building an archive as the basis for composition studies research / Lynn Z. Bloom
  • Autobiography of an archivist / Nan Johnson.

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