The primary purpose of this study was to describe the historical development of archives and to relate that development to the development of archives in higher education, particularly in two-year institutions. Research methodology was modified historical research. Books, documents, journal articles, and computer data base searches were utilized. / The secondary purpose was to identify the role, scope, and nature of archives in two-year colleges in the southeastern United States. Research methodology used was descriptive survey. The population consisted of 320 public and private two-year colleges in 11 southeastern states identified in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' 1983 Member List. A two-stage survey was conducted. The first survey instrument contained four basic questions which defined which of the 320 queried institutions had an archive. To those institutions answering "Yes" to one or more of the basic questions, a second comprehensive survey instrument was mailed. / Since a study of this nature had never been conducted with two-year institutions, the author used, with adaptations, major aspects of a study by Burckel and Cook (1982) on college and university archives in the United States. / Findings of this study basically corroborated results set forth by Burckel and Cook (1982), namely that archives do not appear to have a high priority in their parent institutions; nor are the existing archives in two-year institutions utilized to their highest capabilities. However, interest does exist among the responding institutions in founding and/or expanding archives in the future. / Recommendations are: that a follow-up survey be conducted within a 10-year period to plot the progress of archival activity in the selected institutions; and that all remaining two-year institutions of higher education be surveyed for archival activity, under the auspices and control of each state's association of archivists. Upon completion of the regional surveys, results would be compiled and published by the Society of American Archivists. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: A, page: 0414. / Major Professor: Marion Neil. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76234 |
| Contributors | Oldenburg, Adele Louise., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 210 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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