Archival Theory: Notes towards the beginnings of a bibliography

Compiled by Terry Abraham

March 2012

Additional citations to add to this list? Let me know at tabraham @ uidaho.edu.

"Practice is the engine that drives archival theory." --- Terry Abraham, in American Archivist, 54(1991)377.

"It is important for the profession to remember that the opposite of practical is impractical, not theoretical." --- Terry Cook, in American Archivist, 63(2000)390.

"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is no relationship between theory and practice." --- Dan Hinsley, Usenet tag-line

1965

• Holmes, Oliver W.
  History and theory of archival practice. In Rolland E. Stevens, University archives: papers presented at an institute conducted by the University of Illinois Gradate School of Library Science, November 1-4, 1964 Champaign: 1965. 1-21.

  1967

• Posner, Ernst
  The National Archives and the archival theorist. In Archives and the Public Interest: Selected essays of Ernst Posner, ed. Ken Munden. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, 1967. 131-140.

  1981

• Burke, Frank G.
  The future course of archival theory in the United States. American Archivist, 44(Winter 1981)40-46.
• Pinkett, Harold T.
  American archival theory: the state of the art. American Archivist, 44:3(Summer, 1981)217- 222.

  1982

• Settani, Joseph Andrew
  To the editor (comments on Pinkett and Burke). American Archivist, 45(Winter 1982)6.
• Boles, Frank
  Disrespecting original order. American Archivist, 45(Winter 1982)26-32.
• Williams, Richmond
  To the editor (comments on Boles). American Archivist, 45(Summer 1982) 259-260.
• Lutzker, Michael A.
  Max Weber and the analysis of modern bureaucratic organization: Notes toward a theory of appraisal. American Archivist, 45(Spring 1982)119-130.
• Cappon, Lester J.
  What, then, is there to theorize about? American Archivist, 45(Winter 1982)19-25.
• Burke Frank G.
  To the editor (comments on Cappon). American Archivist, 45(Summer 1982)260-261.
• Grimsted, Patricia K.
  Lenin's archival decree of 1918: The Bolshevik legacy for Soviet archival theory and practice. American Archivist 45:4(1982)429–43.

  1983

• Berner, Richard C.
  Archival theory and practice in the United States: A historical analysis. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983.
• Duchein, Michel.
  Theoretical Principles and Practical Problems of Respect des fonds in Archival Science. Archivaria, 16(Summer 1983)64-82.

  1984

• Joyce, William L.
  [Review of Berner's Archival theory and practice in the United States.] American Archivist, 47(Summer 1984)299-301.
• Peace, Nancy E.
  Deciding what to save: Fifty years of theory and practice. In Archival Choices: Managing the Historical Record in an Age of Abundance. Lanham: Lexington Books, 1984. 1-18.

  1985

• Berner, Richard C.
  To the editor (comments on Joyce's review). American Archivist, 48(Winter 1985)3-5. Also Joyce's response, pp. 5-6.
• Elliott, Clark A.
  Communication and events in history: Toward a theory for documenting the past. American Archivist, 48:4(Fall 1985)357-368.
• Kimball, Gregg D.
  The Burke-Cappon debate: Some further criticisms and considerations for archival theory. American Archivist, 48(Fall 1985)369-376.

  1986

• Blouin, Francis X., Jr.
  The Relevance of Archival Theory and Practice for Library Education: An Argument for a Broader Vision. Journal of Library Administration 7:2-3(Summer-Fall 1986)155-66 .
• Peterson, Trudy Huskamp
  The National Archives and the archival theorist revisited, 1954-1984. American Archivist, 49:2(Spring 1986)125-133.
• Wu, Baokang
  DangAnXueLiLunYuLiShiChuTan (Approach to the Theories and History of Archival Science). Sichuan, 1986.

  1987

• Roberts, John
  Archival theory: Much ado about shelving. American Archivist, 50(Winter, 1987)66-74.
• Yates, Donald N.
  To the editor (comments on Roberts). American Archivist, 50(Summer 1987)303-304. Also Roberts' response, p. 304.

  1988

• Bailey, Catherine
  Archival theory and machine readable records: Some problems and issues. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988.
• He, Jiasun and Feng, Huiling
  HuaFenQuanZongDeYuanZe- QuanZongLiLunXinTan (Principle of Differentiating Fonds: New Exploration of Fonds Theory). DangAnXueTongXun (Archives Science Bulletin) 4(1988)7-11; 5(1988)8-11; 6(1988)5-9; 7(1989)13-20.
• Klumpenhouwer, Richard
  Concepts of value in the archival appraisal literature: An historical and critical analysis. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988.

  1989

• Bailey, Catherine
  Archival theory and machine readable records. Archivaria, 29(Winter 1989-90)
• Bryans, Victoria
  Canadian provincial and territorial archival legislation: A case study of the disjunction between theory and law. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989.
• Hedstrom, Margaret
  New appraisal techniques: The effect of theory on practice. Provenance, 7:2(Fall 1989)5-6, 19.

  1990

• Archival appraisal: Theory and practice. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the Association of British Columbia Archivists and the Northwest Archivists. Vancouver, B.C., April 26-28, 1990. Vancouver: 1990.
• Burnett, Timothy
  Theory and practice in archive classification at the British Library. Journal of the Society of Archivists 11:1/2 (January 1990)17+
• Roberts, John
  Archival theory: Myth or banality. American Archivist, 53(Winter 1990)110-120.
• Cook, Terry
  Viewing the World Upside Down: Reflections on the Theoretical Underpinnings of Archival Public Programming. Archivaria, 31(Winter 1990-91)123-134.

  1991

• Acland, Glenda
  Archivist : Keeper, Undertaker or Auditor : The challenge for traditional archival theory and practice. in Keeping Data; papers from a workshop on appraising computer-based records Australian Society of Archivists and the Australian Council of Archives, Sydney, 1991; Archives and Manuscripts 19 (May 1991) 9-15.
• Bartlett, Nancy
  Respect des Fonds: The Origins of the Modern Archival Principle of Provenance. Primary Sources & Original Works 1:nos.1/2(1991)107-115.
• Bryans, Victoria Louise
  Canadian provincial and territorial archival legislation: a case study of the disjunction between theory and law. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1991.
• He, Jiasun
  DangAnGuanLiLiLunYuShiJian (Theories and Practice of Archival Management). Beijing, 1991.
• He, Jiasun
  WenJianShengMingZhouQiLiLunJiDuiWoMenDeQiShi (The Theory of Records Life Cycle and its Revelations to Chinese Archivists). DangAnXueTongXun (Archives Science Bulletin) 6(1991)7-10; 1(1992)24-27.
• Livelton, Trevor
  Public records: A study in archival theory. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991.
• Stielow, Frederick J.
  Archival theory redux and redeemed: Definition and context toward a general theory. American Archivist, 54:1(Winter 1991)14-26.
• Abraham, Terry
  Collection policy or documentation strategy: Theory and practice. American Archivist, 54:1(Winter 1991)44-52.
• Menne-Haritz, Angelika
  Anforderungen der Bewertungspraxis an die archivische theorie. Archivmitteilungen, 41:3(1991)102+.
• Robinson, David
  Theory, practice and A Manual of Archival Description. Journal of the Society of Archivists, 12:1(Spring 1991)1+
• Abraham, Terry
  Oliver W. Holmes revisited: Levels of arrangement and description in practice. American Archivist, 54:3(Summer 1991)370-377.
• Brothman, Brien
  Orders of value: Probing the theoretical terms of archival practice. Archivaria, 32(Summer 1991)78-100.
• Brown, Richard
  The value of 'Narrativity' in the appraisal of historical documents: Foundation for a theory of archival hermeneutics. Archivaria, 32(Summer 1991)152-156.
• Livelton, Trevor
  Public records: A study in archival theory. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991.
• Russell, Peter A.
  The Manx peril: Archival theory in light of recent American historiography. Archivaria, 32(Summer 1991)124-137.
• Reynolds, Robert D.
  American Archivist, 54:4(Fall 1991)466-482.
• Brown, Richard
  Records acquisition strategy and its theoretical foundation: The case for a concept of archival hermeneutics. Archivaria, 33(Winter 1991-1992)34-56.

  1992

• Cook, Terry
  The concept of the archival fonds: Theory, description, and provenance in the post-custodial era. In The Archival Fonds: From theory to practice. Edited by Terry Eastwood. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards, 1992.
• Cook, Terry
  Mind over matter: Towards a new theory of archival appraisal. In The Archival Imagination, Essays in Honour of Hugh A. Taylor. Ottawa: Association of Canadian Archivists, 1992. 60-69.
• Eastwood, Terry
  Towards a social theory of appraisal. In The Archival Imagination, Essays in Honour of Hugh A. Taylor. Ottawa: Association of Canadian Archivists, 1992. 71-89.
• Dollar, Charles
  Archival theory and information technologies: The impact of information technologies on archival principles and methods. Macerata: University of Macerata, 1992.
• Eastwood, Terry, ed.
  The Archival Fonds: From theory to practice. Ottawa: Bureau of Canadian Archivists. Planning Committee on Descriptive Standards, 1992.
• Maher, William
  Chaos and the Nature of Archival Systems, presented at the Society of American Archivists 56th Annual Meeting, Montreal, September 15,1992. http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/workpap/chaosshort.pdf
• Maher, William
  The Management of College and University Archives. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
  "The Maher volume is ... one of the testiest writings on the relationship of theory to practice, taking the viewpoint that most archival theory is useless for practical purposes." -- R. Cox.
• Stielow, Frederick J.
  Archival theory and the preservation of electronic media: Opportunities and standards below the cutting edge. American Archivist 55:2(Spring 1992)332-343.
• Turner, Jane
  A study of the theory of appraisal for selection. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1992.
• Zhang, Shusan
  Wen Shu Dang An Guan Li Tong Lun (General Theories on Managing Archives of Public Administration). Taipei, 1992.

  1993

• Craig, Barbara L.
  Archives Theory, Archival Practice, Archives History: Three Solitudes or a Trinity? Journal of Information and Library Science 18:4(December 1993)36-49 .
• Crockett, Margaret
  The theory of electronic records and archive management: A preliminary outline. Journal of the Society of Archivists 14:2(October 1993)135+
• Eastwood, Terry
  How goes it with appraisal? Archivaria 36(Autumn 1993)111-121.
• Duranti, Luciana
  The archival body of knowledge: Archival theory, method, and practice, and graduate and continuing education. Journal of education for Library and Information Science 34(Winter 1993)10-11.
• Stielow, Frederick J.
  The impact of information technology on archival theory: a discourse on an automation pedagogy. Journal of education for library and information science 34:1(1993)48-65
• Tamblé, Donato
  La Teoria archivistica italiana contemporanea : profilo storico critico (1950-1990). Rome, 1993.

  1994

• Duranti, Luciana
  The concept of appraisal and archival theory. American Archivist 57:2(Spring 1994)343.
• Eastwood, Terry
  What is archival theory and why is it important? Archivaria 37(Spring 1994)122-130.
• Janzen, Linda M.
  Series: History, theory, and practice. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1994.
• MacNeill, Heather
  Archival theory and practice: Between two paradigms. Archivaria 37(Spring 1994)6-20.
• Roberts, John W.
  Practice makes perfect, theory makes theorists. Archivaria 37(Spring 1994)111-121; Also Response to Terry Eastwood's Paper, 131-133.
• Schaeffer, Roy
  From craft to profession: The evolution of archival education and theory in North America. Archivaria 37(Spring 1994)21-34.

  1995

• Biskup, Peter, et al
  Debates and discourses: Selected Australian writings on archival theory, 1951-1990. n.p., Australian Society of Archivists, 1995. 230 p.
• Cook, Terry
  From the record to its context: The theory and practice of archival appraisal since Jenkinson. South African Archives Journal; 37(1995)32+
• Klumpenhouwer, Richard
  The MAS and After: Transubstantiating Theory and Practice into an Archival Culture. Archivaria, 39(1995)88-95.
• Ledwell,Mary
  The theory of reappraisal and deaccessioning in archives. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1995.
• Lodolini, Elio
  Respect des fonds et principe de provenance: histoire, théories et pratiques. Gazette des Archives (1er trimestre 1995)201-212.
• Macdonald, Wilma
  Archival theory and oral history documents. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1995.
• Walters, Tyler
  Rediscovering the theoretical base of records management and its implications for graduate education. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science 36(Spring 1995)139-154.

  1996

• Brichford, Maynard J., and William J. Maher
  Archival Theory and Practice. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996. http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/theory.htm.
• Crater, Paul Stanley
  Archival theory and practice in the arrangement and description of photographs. Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 1996.
• Livelton, Trevor
  Archival theory, records, and the public. Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1996. 178 p.
• Martin-Pozuelo Campillos, M. Paz. La Construcción teórica en Archivística: el principio de procedencia. Madrid, 1996.
• Cook, Terry
  Building an Archives: Appraisal theory for architectural records. American Archivist, 59(Spring 1996)136-143.
• Boles, Frank and Mark A. Greene
  Et tu Schellenberg? Thoughts on the dagger of American appraisal theory. American Archivist 59(Summer 1996)298-310.
• Ketelaar, Eric
  Archival theory and the dutch manual. Archivaria 41(Spring 1996)31-40; reprinted in Eric Ketelaar, The Archival Image: Collected Essays. Hilversum: Verloren, 1997. pp. 55-56.
• Cook, Terry
  Archives in the Post-Custodial World: Interaction of Archival Theory and Practice since the Publication of the Dutch Manual in [1898]. XIII International Congress on Archives: Third Plenary Session Paper. Beijing: 1996. Also pubished: Archivum 43(1997)191-214.
• Zhang, Jizhe
  DangDaiZhongGuoDeDangAnXueJiChuLiLunYanJiu (Basic Theoretical Research in Archival Science of Contemporary China). Dang An Xue Tong Xun (Archives Science Bulletin) 4(1996)23-27.

  1997

• Ding, Haibin.
  DangAnXueLiLunYuLiShiYanJiu (Studies on Theories and History of Archives Science). Hong Kong, 1997.
• Graham, Nicholas M.
  The Form and Function of Archival Theory. Katharine Sharp Review, 4(Winter 1997). http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review/winter1997/graham.html.
• Cook, Terry
  What is past is prologue: A history of archival ideas since 1898, and the future paradigm shift. Archivaria 43(Spring 1997)17+. http://www.mybestdocs.com/cookt-pastprologue-ar43fnl.htm
• Shepherd, Elizabeth
  Theories of Appraisal. August 22, 1997. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcw09/appraisl/level1.htm.

  1998

• Crockett, Margaret.
  "The theory of electronic records and archive management..." Journal of the Society of Archivists 14:2(October 1993)135.
• Dou, Xiaoguang
  GaoXinXinXiJiShuDuiDangAnXueLiLunDeTiaoZhanYuDuiCe (Challenges and relevant solutions of New Information Technology to Archival Theories) DangAnXueTongXun (Archives Science Bulletin) 1(1998)4-7.
• Giroux, Alain
  A theoretical and historical analysis of pertinence- and provenance-based concepts of classification of archives. MAS Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1998.
• Henry, Linda J.
  Schellenberg in Cyberspace. American Archivist 61(Fall 1998)309-327.
• Lemieux, Victoria
  Applying Mintzberg's Theories of Organizational Configuration to Archival Appraisal. Archivaria 46(Fall 1998)32-85.
• Velody, Irving
  The archive and the human sciences: Notes towards a theory of the archive. History of the Human Sciences, 11:4(November 1998)1+

  1999

• Cook, Terry
  Archival Appraisal and Collection: Issues, Challenges, New Approaches. NARA 2 Auditorium: College Park, Md., USA. 22 April 1999. http://www.mybestdocs.com/cookt-nara-990421-2.htm
• Kenosi, Lekoko S.
  The Paradox of Appraisal and Archival Theory: An Uneasy Marriage Relationship. Is There a Case for Divorce? South African Archives Journal, 41(1999)20+
• Burell, Mats
  Appraisal and information theory. DLM-Forum, November 11-12, 1999. http://www.narc.fi/dlm/7.htm
• Abraham, Terry
  Archives and Entropy: The Closed System. February 1999. http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/papers/entropy.htm
• Mortensen, Preben
  The Place of Theory in Archival Practice. Archivaria 47(Spring 1999)1-26.
• Nesmith, Tom
  Still Fuzzy, But More Accurate: Some Thoughts on the "Ghosts" of Archival Theory. Archivaria 47(Spring 1999)136-150.
• Maymi-Sugranes, Hector J.
  Latin American Archival Theory and Practice during the 1970s and 1980s. Libraries & Culture 34:3(Summer 1999)222+ http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~landc/fulltext/LandC_34_3_MaymiSurgranes.pdf.
• Thomassen, Theo
  The development of archival science and its European dimension. Zagrebacko arhivisticko drustvo. http://www.daz.hr/arhol/thomassen.htm.

  2000

• Duranti, Luciana
  The Impact of Technological Change on Archival Theory. InterPARES Project, 2000. http://www.interpares.org/documents/ld_sevilla_2000.pdf.
• Gilliland-Swetland, Anne J.
  Enduring Paradigm, New Opportunities: The Value of the Archival Perspective in the Digital Environment. Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 2000. Document (PDF and HTML) http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub89abst.html.
• Jimerson, Randall C., ed.
  American Archival Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2000. 658 p.
  Especially Jimerson's Introduction: American Archivists and the Search for Professional Identity. 1-17; new in this volume.
• Scritti di teoria archivistica italiana : rassegna bibliografica [Writings on italian archival theory] Roma : Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Ufficio Centrale per i Beni Archivistici, 2000. 200pp.

  2001

• Cook, Terry
  Appraisal Methodology: Macro-Appraisal and Functional Analysis, Part A: Concepts and Theory. National Archives of Canada, 2001. http://www.archives.ca/06/061101_e.html
• Duranti, Luciana
  The Impact of Digital Technology on Archival Science. Archival Science 1:1(2001)39-55 .
• Edwards, Robert
  "With Respect to Original Order": Changing Values in Archival Arrangement. AABC Newsletter 11:1(Winter 2001). http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/newsletter/11_1/with_respect_to_original_order.htm
• Maher, William J.
  Fundamentals of Archival Theory and Practice for Law Librarians. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001. http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/workpap/fundamentalsaall.pdf.
• McKemmish, Sue
  Placing Records Continuum Theory and Practice. Archival Science 1:4(2001)333-359.
• Menne-Haritz, Angelika
  Access - The Reformulation of an Archival Paradigm. Archival Science 1:1(2001)57-82 .
• Tamble, Donato
  Archival theory in Italy today. Archival Science 1:1(March 2001)83-100.

  2002

• Gehrlich, James L.
  The Archival Imagination of David Bearman, Revisited. Journal of Archival Organization, 1:1(2002)5-18.
• Cook, Terry and Joan M. Schwartz
  Archives, Records, and Power: From (Postmodern) Theory to (Archival) Performance. Archival Science 2:3-4(2002)171-185.
• Quann, Kara A.
  Remapping Archives: Cartographic Archives In Theory And Practice At the Provincial Archives of Manitoba. M.A Thesis. Department of History (Archival Studies). University of Manitoba. 2002. grad.usask.ca/gateway/quanncartographicarchives.pdf
• Boatman, René
  A New Archival Model?: An Examination of Documentation Strategy via The Fales Library & Special Collections' Downtown New York Collection. Journal of Archival Organization, 1:2(2002)41-51.
• Schwartz, Joan M. and Terry Cook
  Archives, records, and power : from (postmodern) theory to (archival) performance. Archival Science 2(2002)171-185.

  2003

• Baier, Helmut
  Compatibility of archival theory and practice in European Union. Atlanti (2003) 7-18.
• Hallam Smith, Elizabeth
  Customer Focus and Marketing in Archive Service Delivery: Theory and Practice. Journal of the Society of Archivists 24:1( 2003)35-53.
• Nitse, Philip S., and Kevin R. Parker
  Library Science, Knowledge Management, Competitive Intelligence: Archive Theory-The Common Link. Reference Librarian 38:79/80 (January 2003)395-407.

  2004

• Manoff, Marlene
  Theories of the Archive from Across the Disciplines. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 4:1(January 2004)9-25.
• Greene, Mark A., Frank Boles, Bruce Bruemmer, and Todd J. Daniels-Howell
  The Archivist's New Clothes; or, the Naked Truth about Evidence, Transactions, and Recordness. 4-Feb-2004 http://hdl.handle.net/1805/42
• Roberts, John
  Archival Appraisal: Theory and Practice. Archivaria, 58(Fall 2004)211-213.
• Cappon, Lester J.
  Lester J. Cappon and the Relationship of History, Archives and Scholarship in the Golden Age of Archivial Theory. Edited with an introduction by Richard J. Cox. Chicago, Society of American Archivists, 2004.
• Craig, Barbara Lazenby
  Archival appraisal : theory and practice. Munchen : K.G. Saur, 2004.
• Kilkki, Jaana
  Bearmania: Frosting Finnish Archival Practice with Imported Archival Theory. Comma 2004.1.
• Matienzo, Mark A.
  Uncovering our Tracks: Ideology and the Archival Enterprise. 2004. http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1313/

  2005

• Nesmith, Tom
  Reopening Archives: Bringing New Contextualities into Archival Theory and Practice. Archivaria, 60(Fall 2005)259-274.
• Kretzschmar, Robert
  Archival Appraisal in Germany: A Decade of Theory, Strategies, and Practices. Archival Science, 5(December 2005)219-238.
• Reilly, Terry
  From Provenance to Practice: Archival theory and 'return to community.' First Nations, First Thoughts Conference, University of Edinburgh, 2005. http://www.cst.ed.ac.uk/2005conference/papers/Reilly_paper.pdf

  2006

• Lutterbach Rodrigues, Ana Marcia
  A teoria dos arquivos e a gestao de documentos. (Portuguese) / Archival theory and records management. (English). Perspectivas em Ciencia da Informacao, 11:1(Jan-Apr 2006)102-117. http://portaldeperiodicos.eci.ufmg.br/index.php/pci/article/viewFile/449/260 (Portuguese: pdf)
• Dunbar, Anthony W.
  Introducing critical race theory to archival discourse: getting the conversation started. Archival Science, 6:1(March 2006)109-129.
• Grossman, Ruth
  Our Expectations About Archives: Archival Theory Through a Community Informatics Lens; A paper for the Conference Proceedings of Constructing and Sharing Memory: Community Informatics, Identity and Empowerment, CIRN Prato, October 9-11, 2006. http://www.ccnr.net/?q=node/248
• Williams, Caroline
  Studying Reality: The Application of Theory in an Aspect of UK Practice. Archivaria, 62(Fall 2006)77-101.
• Dodge, Bernadine
  Lester J. Cappon and the Relationship of History, Archives, and Scholarship in the Golden Age of Archival Theory. Archivaria, 62(Fall 2006)199-201.
• Jimerson, Randall C.
  American historians and European archival theory: the collaboration of J.F. Jameson and Waldo G. Leland. Archival Science, 6:3-4(December 2006)299-312.
• Nesmith, Tom
  The concept of societal provenance and records of nineteenth-century Aboriginal-European relations in Western Canada: implications for archival theory and practice. Archival Science, 6:3-4(December 2006)351-360.
• Lin, Su-Kan
  The Development of Archival Appraisal Theory in America. Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 44:4(2007)435-454.

  2007

• Hammel, Andrea and Anthony Grenville, eds.
  Refugee archives: theory and practice Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2007. 197pp. (The yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Australian Exile Studies ; 9)

  2008

• Craven, Louise, ed.
  What are Archives? Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives: A Reader. Burlington: Ashgate, 2008. 196 pp.
• Procter, Margaret
  Life before Jenkinson - the development of British archival theory and thought at the turn of the Twentieth Century. Archives 33(2008)119, 140-161.
• Prom, Christopher J., and Ellen D. Swain, eds.
  College and University Archives: Readings in Theory and Practice. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2008. 360 pp.
  Little theory, more practice.
• Woodward, Eddie
  Social History and Local Records: Historical Methods, Archival Theory, and the Library of Virginia. Journal of Archival Organization, 6:1/2(2008)81-101.

  2009

• Ridener, John
  From Polders to Postmodernism: A Concise History of Archival Theory. Duluth: Litwin, 2009. 184 pp.

  2010

• Conway, Paul
  Modes of seeing: Digitized photographic archives and the experienced user. American Archivist, 73:2(2010)425-462.
• Ilerbaig, Juan
  Specimens as records: Scientific practice and recordkeeping in natural history research. American Archivist, 73:2(2010)463-4482.

  2012

• Sternfeld, Joshua
  Archival Theory and Digital Historiography: Selection, Search, and Metadata as Archival Processes for Assessing Historical Contextualization. The American Archivist 74(Fall/Winter 2011)544-575.