I am at the moment working on a paper for one of my Library Science
courses. What I am trying to do is look at the way that historians of the
Civil War have used primary sources over the years. How have interpretations
of the Civil War era (in military, social, political, and economic history)
changed over the years in relation to the kinds of primary sources they have
used? Modern military studies, for example, tend to use more personal
letters and diaries from the men in the ranks then they used to, what impact
has that had on the field?
Does anybody out there know of any historiographical essays or books that
might touch on this subject. Also, I have to relate this idea to the impact
it has had on archives in general.
Thanks again, Graham Dozier (grahamd477@aol.com)
Catholic University of America
School of Library and Information Science