Documents in my archives can be used for historical study, but they can also be used to study anthropology, sociology, art, music, city planning, hydraulic engineering, costume design, and a limitless number of other fields. I have documents from the 1880s that were used by NASA to help plan a Martian probe. I don't want to be a spoil sport for an exchange that's been fun and interesting, but instead of discussing how to better teach history, why aren't we discussing how we as professional archivists can more effectively teach students and the public about the nature of archives, the value of archives, and how to use the documents archives preserve? Lee ---- Leon C. Miller, Manuscripts Librarian Special Collections, Jones Hall Tulane University Libraries New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 ph: 504-865-5685, fx: 504-865-5761, [log in to unmask] http://specialcollections.tulane.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]>