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finding aid exercises

• Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:07:46 -0400
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Leonard DeGraaf <Leonard_DeGraaf@nps.gov>
• Subject: finding aid exercises
• Message-ID: 00D67CB6.C22031@nps.gov

     Dear Colleagues,
     
     I am giving a 2-hour session on creating finding aids for a group of 
     National Park Service archivists, museum curators and historians. Some 
     of the participants will be familiar with finding aids, others will 
     not.
     
     I would like to know if anyone has any ideas or samples of exercises I 
     can give this class to help illustrate the elements of finding aids. I 
     will not have access to any archival material during this training.
     
     Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
     
     Leonard DeGraaf
     Archivist
     Edison National Historic Site
     National Park Service
     973-736-0550, ext 22