TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE • vii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS • ix

INTRODUCTION


1. Advocating for Museum Archives • 3

RACHEL CHATALBASH, SUSAN HERNANDEZ, MEGAN SCHWENKE, AND LYNETTE STOUDT

PART I

2. The Archival Core and Beyond • 13
MAYGENE DANIELS

3. Museum Archives: Management and Institutional Support • 17
NANCY ENNEKING AND JESSICA GAMBLING

4. Information Governance: The Importance of Being an
Archivist-Records Manager • 26
SARAH R. DEMB

5. Applying Archival Fundamentals to the Museum Context • 37
SUSAN HERNANDEZ

6. Acquisition and Stewardship of Manuscript Collections • 48
BRAD BAUER AND JENNIE THOMAS

7. Providing Access and Promoting Use in Museum Archives • 59
LINDSAY TURLEY AND SAMANTHA NORLING

PART II

8. In with the Old, In with the New: Archival Processes for Audiovisual
Assets and Records • 73
SETH ANDERSON AND REBECCA CHANDLER

9. Oral History: A Primer for Creation, Outreach, and Advocacy • 85
ELLEN BROOKS AND MEGAN SCHWENKE


10. Photographs: The Heart of the Museum Archives • 94
MADELEINE THOMPSON

11. Collecting and Stewarding the Built Environment • 105
RACHEL CHATALBASH AND SUZANNE NORUSCHAT

12. Documenting Artists in Museum Archives • 116
RACHEL CHATALBASH AND HEATHER GENDRON

13. Negotiating Boundary Materials: Field Notes in Museums • 125
CHRISTINA VELAZQUEZ FIDLER, REBECCA MORGAN, AND LESLEY PARILLA

PART III
14. Holistic Fundraising: A Logical Extension of Management, Outreach, and Advocacy • 141
SUSAN ANDERSON

15. Archival Values in Museums • 152
MELISSA GONZALES, DAWN SUEOKA, AND SUSAN HERNANDEZ

16. Provenance Research in Museum Archives: Restitution, Repatriation, and Return of Cultural Heritage • 167
EMILY CONNELL AND MICHAEL PAHN

17. We Are What We Share, or Making the Case for Museum Archives • 180
KATHLEEN WILLIAMS

CONTRIBUTORS • 183

INDEX • 188