>>> LMCLEMOR <[log in to unmask]> 03/09/06 1:39 PM >>> [snip] Third, historically there has been an intellectual and social bias against "ordinary folk." [snip] The preservation and documentation of the lives of common people is a fairly recent development. [snip] This is starting to sound like the discussions we have in the genealogical community about the prejudice of many historians against "those genealogists," perhaps because genealogy tends to be more of an amateur activity, and in times past, many genealogists were only "name collectors." People give examples of going to a library to do "historical research" and being welcomed, or going to the same library to do "genealogical research" and being sneered at. But the fact is, it takes people to make history; without genealogy, there wouldn't be any history! Christine Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer Information Services Librarian Conrad N. Hilton Library: http://www.ciachef.edu/admissions/about/library.asp The Culinary Institute of America 1946 Campus Drive Hyde Park, NY 12538 (845) 451-1322 fax (845) 451-1092 [log in to unmask] Learn more about The World's Premier Culinary College at www.ciachef.edu A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>