...A History of the Ford Motor Company Archives, With Reflections on Archival Documentation of Ford of Europe's History Elizabeth W. Adkins, Certified Archivist Director, Global Information Management Ford Motor Company Introduction: The Ford Motor Company Archives and the Story of the Company The history of the Ford Motor Company Archives is intertwined with the efforts to tell the story of the company. Both of these initiatives – the creation of the Archives and the telling of the Ford Motor Company story – began with the approach of the fiftieth anniversary. Company executives and the Ford family realized the importance of Henry Ford and his company in the development and progress of the twentieth century. They accepted the obligation to gather and organize the company's historical legacy to ensure that the broader story could be told. As a result, the first fifty years of the company (including its early international expansion) are fairly well documented and accessible to the public in research materials and in books. The historical record of the next fifty years, including the company's modernization and further international development under Henry Ford II, is less complete. By the early 1960s, for various reasons, the Ford Archives began to experience the "down side" of the up and down cycle that characterizes the history of American corporate archives. Most of the Ford archival holdings were donated to a nonprofit educational institution, Henry...
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...MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER The Federal Archives Fonds (Barbados) Ref N° 2008-01 PART A – ESSENTIAL INFORMATION 1 SUMMARY The West Indies Federation (1958-1962) was a political federation of ten territories in the Anglophone West Indies. Its formation signaled the beginning of a new era of decolonization for the region of the West Indies in the post-World War II period. The history of the West Indies is inextricably linked with the histories of other former British colonies, which include portions of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America. The Federal Archives reflect the interconnectivity of these histories and document one of the decisive periods of twentieth century history when territories, under the colonial rule of the British Empire, first flexed their ‘political muscles’ and sought to become sovereign nation-states. Undoubtedly, the West Indies Federation shared some commonalities with other contemporary federations particularly with regard to issues such as constitutional reform and overcoming nationalist interests. However, the West Indian experience was unique and distinct from all others mainly as a result of the geographical separateness of the territories by sea and the insularity of the territories, which historically related bi-laterally with England. Additionally, there was the impact of extra- and intra-regional migrations on account of the colonial plantation economies that were...
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...the Battle of Antietam was one of the historical circumstances surrounding the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. President Abraham Lincoln, would issue the proclamation, however, he would only issue the proclamation for the border states that owned slaves. The issue of the proclamation would also be for the border states that remained loyal to the union. He issued that those states would be exempt from this proclamation. His advisors encouraged him to hold off on making the announcement of the proclamation, to see if the Battle of Antietam, would result in a confirmed union victory (U.S. National Archives & Records Administration). Finally, in September of 1862, word was given, the Battle of Antietam had been won. As a result, President Lincoln had issued his first announcement that the slaves in these areas of rebellion, would be set free. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln made a final announcement for the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared, all salves would be set free to include rebellious states (Wilson, DiIulio, Jr. and Bose)....
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...President Reagan’s use of rhetoric in his speeches throughout his political career was essential in establishing a cohesive and successful relationship with the American people. His charismatic nature and unfaltering authenticity in every single speech defined him as a true leader – one who might finally be able to restore faith in the American presidency in a country perpetually traumatized by the Watergate Scandal. Reagan brought indisputable political beliefs established on a solid sense of conservatism as well as a solid moral code built on firm religious values. These two features that Reagan exemplified laid the groundwork for an administration that was characterized by consistent and unyielding principles. The perfect example of this aspect of his administration is prevalent in his rhetoric. His small anecdotes, perfect word choice, and references to past great leaders all underscored his incredible ability to communicate the successes and lessen the defeats that faced his administration. Through his use of consistent and unique rhetoric from his first major speech in 1964 continued to his farewell speech in 1989, Ronald Reagan established motifs of freedom, limited government, moral renewal, and hope for the future that ultimately rescue American pride in the executive branch and in the country as a whole. In Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural address, which spans just over three pages, he used the word freedom 17 times. He took one of the most complex and hard to achieve...
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...1. Abstract This paper provide an overview perservation and conversation in archive. Preservation and conservation are two related concepts that are used interchangeably by people outside the archives. Digital preservation builds on a base level of disaster recovery, extending the scope of concern into the distant future. Digital preservation goes beyond addressing problems with restoring data to its current state to creating processes and infrastructure capable of carrying data forward hundreds of years, assuming that any formats, media, and equipment in place today will be obsolete and unsupported. It is usually impposible to identify the current owners of the copyright in archival materials. Other than that, any material or records that are sent and received by an individual or government agency. Fluctuations are more damaging than high temperature and humidity. The material is exposed to light can damage the archive materials. The electronic security devices such as the CCTV camera, electronics gates system, fire protection devices should be provided by the relevant authorities. To control safe storage and provide for future rendering of the digital documents, extra functionality was needed. Archiving policies and the required sets of metadata and file types to be archived are difficult to generalize because individual archives have different historical and cultural backgrounds, which means the requirements for the archiving system are quite different. ...
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...Comics as Archives: MetaMetaMaus Hillary Chute | University of Chicago Abstract: In the view of some critics, the form of comics is a locus of the archival, a place where we can identify an archival turn. Art Spiegelman’s Maus first and perhaps most forcefully established the connection between archives and comics. His groundbreaking work documenting his father’s experience in WWII Poland, where he survived internment in Auschwitz, is a visual narrative based on oral testimony that consistently heightens our awareness of visual, written, and oral archives, and where they interact, overlap, or get transposed one into the other. Hillary Chute recounts and interprets her collaboration with Spiegelman in the process of assembling MetaMaus, a book compiling interviews and archival materials on the making of Maus. MetaMaus, argues Chute, reflects the tension between different kinds of extant archives—oral, written, photographic—and the cross-discursive work of (re)building new archives that motivates Maus. Its defining feature is that it shows the materiality of Spiegelman’s archive; it is about the embodiment of archives. The subject of Maus is the retrieval of memory and ultimately, the creation of memory…. It’s about choices being made, of finding what one can tell, and what one can reveal, and what one can reveal beyond what one knows one is revealing. Those are the things that give real tensile strength to the work—putting the dead into little boxes. – Art Spiegelman (MetaMaus...
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...the past. They also have to be sure that the sources are very accurate. Historians have to compare and contrast the different sources. While historians face those challenges, mathematicians and scientists face other challenges. Scientists focus on proving their theories and testing their hypotheses. They also do things to try to predict the future, while historians do things to prevent historical events from repeating itself. Mathematicians' challenges are closer to scientists than historians. Mathematicians try to prove their theories by using letters and numbers, while historians have to interpret the past. Archives are not always easy to access for researchers because of time restrictions and you might need permission. Archives may have partial or incorrect information because people use their own perspectives. They may also have very old, unsecured objects that are damaged or deteriorated, which can limit the resources for the study. Researchers have to sort through and analyze the historical records in which they were created. Sometimes historians come across an obstacle where the historical pieces are everywhere across the world, which would be very difficult for them to find. You can check out the resources by looking at the author’s experiences in the area. Another way is to pay attention to the publication dates from when the source was published. To verify the information, check the more accurate sources to make...
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...Historical Context: The first source by Zeman talks about how at the time many magazines praised the atomic bomb for its technological advancements, but did not mention its effects. The magazine “Popular Science” mentions the atomic bombs for the first time in September 1945. They also wrote about the bombs again after the September 1945 issue. The second source by Miles says that there were other alternatives to a land invasion and a bombing, but they were widely ignored by those who could make the decision. After the bombings, the American people would not know if there were other ways because they would not have this knowledge until years later. Influence of Historical Context: Since the magazines and media talked positively of the atomic bombs, that is what the public thought of them. After the bombings in Japan, American citizens thought how the atomic bombs would be a window to nuclear technology, and not just destruction. The decision to drop the bombs versus other decisions has had great effect. The use of the nuclear bombs may have prevented them from being used again because they are so deadly. The use is widely debated due to the bombings...
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...iConnect Enterprise Archive St. Mary’s Hospital | Athens, GA Long-Standing Partner CUSTOMER PROFILE • St. Mary’s Hospital, located in Athens, GA, is a non-profit Catholic system whose mission is to be a compassionate healing presence in their community • St. Mary’s is a 199-bed facility that performs about 100,000 imaging procedures per year CUSTOMER CHALLENGES • Improve critical results delivery across the enterprise • Eliminate workflow challenges and decrease report turnaround time in cardiology department • Consolidate cardiology and radiol ogy PACS into one archive for easy image access via their EMR SUCCESS WITH MERGE • Customizable real-time worklists have improved results delivery and speed to treatment • Went from up to six days to one day for report-turnaround time with cardiology digital reporting • Consolidated silos and centralized storage so cardiology and radiology images could be accessed via their EMR and reliably stored in one location Since 2003, St. Mary’s, who performs about 100,000 imaging procedures per year, has selected five Merge solutions to help them address workflow challenges, improve report turnaround time, speed critical results delivery, and better execute image storage and management. “We believe that working with Merge for all of our enterprise imaging and interoperability needs helps St. Mary’s be a better provider. We have one number to call for any question, any issue. That simplifies...
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...Research proposal on “RECORD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ICT ENVIRONMENT” Case study: Prime Minister Office – Regional Administration and Local Government TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Overview of business records management in Tanzania 5 1.2 Statement of the Problem 6 1.2.1 Legal requirements: 7 1.2.2 Policy instruments: 8 1.2.3 The current situation 9 1.3 Objectives of the study 10 1.3.1 General objective 10 1.3.2 Specific objectives 11 1.4 Research Questions 11 1.5 Significance of the study 12 2 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 13 2.1 Introduction 13 2.2 DATA, INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT 13 2.2.1 An overview of data, information, knowledge and records 13 2.2.2 Role of data, information, knowledge and records in organizations 14 2.2.3 Information and knowledge as critical resources in development 15 2.3 Meaning of Record 17 2.3.1 Records Management 17 2.3.2 Record keeping principles 18 2.3.3 Management of Public Records 27 2.3.4 Functions and responsibilities of a records office 28 2.4 Record management policies 29 2.5 Managing electronic records 30 2.6 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY 31 2.6.1 Records life-cycle 31 2.6.2 Records continuum 33 2.6.3 Hybrid records life-cycle theory 36 2.6.4 Linking the theoretical framework to the research problem 37 3 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Research area 39 3.3 Research design 39 3.4 Population and sampling procedure 39 3.5...
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...dedicated to the history of women so it will have a lot of good information. In browsing the website, I found that there many sub-topics within the main focus of the woman’s suffrage. There is also other resources named that can be helpful as well. This is why I think this website will be a good source to use. The second source that I found when searching the internet was the CWLU HERSTORY WEBSITE ARCHIVE. The article entitled WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE USE: A NEW VIEW Although this was just an article, it hits on more than a few key points. The article outlines the history of the suffrage movement, the drive behind it, key issues and the conclusion. When using the library there were so many resources regarding the suffrage movement, I almost became overwhelmed. The first source I chose was POLITICS & GENDER (Schreiber, R. (2013). I believe this will be a good reference because it points out how the ability of studying the history of the movement and acquiring knowledge can be transforming. The second library or scholarly source that I chose was FEMINISM'S HISTORY AND HISTORICAL AMNESIA. Modern Intellectual History. This source too will be beneficial as it outlines the history of the suffrage movement, the motivation behind...
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...from Maya Angelo, have allowed us to see some of life experiences and feeling through the writings of these inspired men and women. It is easy to see the times and trials these poets dealt with through their works, you could easily see the social, economic and cultural lifestyles they lived in. One of the historical poets I have had the opportunity of reading and learning about was Langston Hughes. His work sheds light on readers of today, on the social culture and ways of the early 1900’s to mid 1900’s. The unfortunate issue of slavery and inequality was very prevalent in the writings of Mr. Hughes. He wrote with a sense of the unfairness he was dealing with, as well as being a voice for those enduring the segregation as well. Only a few of his poems allowed us to see he had a hopeful side and would appear to write on day dream type things, like the sun and the rain. I wanted to point out on two particular poems that Hughes wrote, “Democracy” and “Let America be America Again”. In these poems many of the social indiscrepencies were obviously a huge factor in the way he felt. But as I read through these poems I could almost see a few similarities with the social issues of this present time. Although the segregation and separation was indeed more prevalent in the time of Hughes, the views he shares in these two poems are quite comparable to some of the views that society may very well have today. In let “America be America Again” Hughes says “I am the people, humble, hungry...
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...for women. Her background, values, and contribution to the world all paved the way for women of future generations. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts in 1820. Her father, Daniel Anthony was a cotton manufacturer. Anthony attended school until age fifteen, at which time she became a teacher. Her family moved to Rochester, New York in 1845 and became involved in the anti-slavery movement. It was then that Anthony became interested in equal rights for everyone. Anthony’s main accomplishment was her work in women’s suffrage. However, she wasn’t always interested in women’s rights. Her work began in temperance. Temperance means “moderation in or abstinence from the use of alcoholic beverages”. She was passionate about this issue because she had grown up as a Quaker, and Quakers do not drink alcohol. Her passion transitioned into women’s rights when she was told that she could not speak at a temperance rally because she was a woman. In 1852 she joined the women’s rights movement. In 1859 she took her passion to education and argued for equal educational opportunities for all. She also thought that women should be treated equally in the workforce, backing the phrase, “equal pay for equal work”. Women at this time were earning about one-fourth of the salary that men were earning to do the same job. In 1872, Anthony was arrested after voting in New York. She defended her actions by using the Fourteenth Amendment, which says, “all persons born and naturalized in...
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...1 Liam Davidson 220131049 HINQ100 Question 1 Having considered E.H Carr’s chapter on ‘The Historian and His Facts’, and Arthur Marwick's discussion of 'Historical Facts and Historical Sources', as well as some of the other resources provided, what are some of the issues facing historians in the use of historical evidence? Question 2 Think of an historical event, person or theme that is of interest to you. Find at least one primary source, and one secondary source of relevance to your topic. Identify the sources using the correct referencing style (see the Humanities Teaching and Learning Policies Booklet). Describe your search for these materials and what you learnt from the exercise. 2 Question 1 Historians inevitably encounter some issues when using historical evidence. From finding sources and discerning fact from fiction to interpreting sources and placing them in historical context, the historian’s search for adequate sources is often not a simple one and can be fraught with pitfalls and issues that the historian must overcome. The choice of topic is an immediate issue facing an historian. The possibilities are endless as any part of history is an option for research. Issues when choosing a topic a both professional and personal, will there be sufficient sources on the chosen topic and where can they be located? Is the topic relevant? The personal opinions of a historian come into play when choosing their topic, do they agree with what they...
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... Lincoln attended very little schooling throughout his early years (Abraham Lincoln Historical Society). The total amount of schooling amounted to less than a years’ worth (Columbia University Press). He taught himself how to read and write under his father’s guidance (Abraham Lincoln Historical Society). He also picked up on how to read by listening to others and reciting what they had said (Abraham Lincoln Historical Society). While he bounced from job to job paying off debt, he also went to law school to further his studies (Columbia...
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