exploring the past around you Kyvig, David E. creator Marty, Myron A. text bibliography mdu Lanham, Md Rowman & Littlefield Publishers c2010 2010 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xiv, 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. 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 ; 3: Traces and storytelling ; 4: Published documents ; 5: Unpublished documents ; 6: Oral documents ; 7: Visual documents ; 8: Artifacts ; 9: Landscapes and buildings ; 10: Preserving material traces ; 11: Research, writing, and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. David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- United States History, Local Estados Unidos Historia 002 E 180.5 K99n 2010 973 9780759112490 (cloth : alk. paper) 0759112495 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780759113008 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0759113009 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780759113015 (electronic) 0759113017 (electronic) 2010014475 DLC 100402 20230404125756.0 129516