Nearby history : exploring the past around you /
David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty.
- 3rd ed.
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
- xiv, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- American Association for State and Local History book series .
- American Association for State and Local History book series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface to the third edition ; Acknowledgments ; 1: Why Nearby History? ; 2: What can be done Nearby? ; 3: Traces and storytelling ; 4: Published documents ; 5: Unpublished documents ; 6: Oral documents ; 7: Visual documents ; 8: Artifacts ; 9: Landscapes and buildings ; 10: Preserving material traces ; 11: Research, writing, and leaving a record ; 12: Linking the particular and the universal ; Appendices ; A: Forms to request information from federal agencies ; B: Sample gift agreements ; C: Sources of archival storage products and information ; D: Using the World Wide Web (WWW) in Nearby History ; Index ; About the author.
Acclaimed for nearly thirty years as the most comprehensive introduction to research in North American family and community history, and now thoroughly updated, this book is essential for aspiring and practicing public and local historians.