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Table of Contents of
Corporate Archives and History: Making the Past Work

edited by
Arnita A. Jones and Philip L. Cantelon

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CONTENTS


Editors                                                                   vii
Preface                                                                    ix
Introduction-Donn C. Neal                                                   1



PART 1: GETTING STARTED: RECENT CASE STUDIES ON
        THE DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS ARCHIVES

The Practice of History in Corporate America: Business Archives
    in the United States
    Philip E Mooney                                                         9
Starting an Archives: Texas Instruments as a Case Study
    Nancy M. Merz                                                          21
Developing the Texas Instruments Archives
    Sally L. Merryman                                                      27
Banking on the Past: Wells Fargo & Company
    Harold P. Anderson                                                     37
The Aerospace Corporation Archives: Preserving the
    Common Thread
    Edward L. Galvin                                                       45
Putting the Mouse to Work: Management Strategies at the
    Walt Disney Archives
    Paula M. Sigman                                                        53


PART II: MANAGING THE CORPORATE MEMORY

"If Only We Had Talked with	Before": Oral History and
    the Corporation
    Philip L. Cantelon                                                     67
Access Policies for Corporate Archives
    Anne Van Camp                                                          77
Arrangement and Description of Business Archives
    Pennie Pemberton                                                       81
Disaster Recovery Planning for the Corporate Archives
    Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg                                                91
Corporate Records and Environmental Liability in the Era of
    Superfund
    Shelley Bookspan                                                      109
The Impact of Automation on Our Corporate Memory
    Richard N. Katz and Victoria A. Davis                                 115


PART III: THE CORPORATE ARCHIVIST: PROFESSIONAL
     CONCERNS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

An Historical Look at Business Archives
    David R. Smith                                                        127
Resources for Corporations: An Archival Primer
    Philip E Mooney                                                       135
Credentials for Corporate Archivists: Changing Perspectives and
    the New Professional
    Frederick J. Stielow                                                  141
Internships:An Employer's Perspective
    Anne Millbrooke                                                       145
Archives and the One World of Records
    Nancy M. Merz                                                         153


PART IV: THE USABLE PAST

Present Value of Corporate History
    George David Smith and Laurence E. Steadman                           163
How a Research Organization Can Put the Past to Work
    Spencer R. Weart                                                      177
Why Companies Can't Afford to Ignore the Past
    George David Smith                                                    183


APPENDIXES

A.  National Council on Public History Ethical Guidelines                 195
B.  A Code of Ethics for Archivists	197
C.  Code of Ethics for Certified Records Managers                         199
D.  List of Addresses                                                     201

Index                                                                     203

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