Re: Artifact Literature
Curt,
Have you seen:
Gaynor Kavanagh, History Curatorship (Washington, DC: Smithsonian
Institution, 1990) or Susan M. Pearce, On Collecting (New York: Routledge,
1995). Written from the European perspective, they are particularly helpful
in providing theoretical and methodological guidelines for collecting.
Otehr useful texts on artifacts (many you have seen already) are:
Edith Mayo, American Material Culture (Bowling Green: BGSU Popular Press,
1984); Thomas Schlereth,ed., Material Culture: A Research Guide (University
press of Kansas, 1985) -- contains a good bibliogrraphic essay on extant
material culture works; Simon Bronner,ed., American Material Culture and
Folklife: A Prologue and Dialogue (UMI Research Press, 1985); David Kyvig
and Myron Marty, Nearby History (Nashville: AASLH, 1982); Steven Lubar and
W. David Kingery, History From THings: Essays on Material Culture
(Washington: Smithsonian, 1993).
Nicholas P. Ciotola
Curator, Italian American Collection
Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
PS: The MAAM meeting is in Harrisburg this year. Let's try and get
together.
-----Original Message-----
From: Miner, W [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:41 AM
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Subject: dating historical artifacts
For a course on curatorial methods, I'm looking for a book that
introduces students to techniques for dating historical artifacts. I've
searched the literature and the only thing I've come up with are primers for
specific areas such as textiles, glass, etc. (e.g., Clues in the Calico, a
guide to dating quilts). Does anyone know of any title out there that
provides an overview of clues and methods for dating a broad range of
historical artifacts? On a related subject, I'm also looking for a book
that focuses specifically on methodologies for researching historical
artifacts. The best I've come up with in this regard is a frustratingly
brief chapter on researching social history collections in Thompson's
Manual of Curatorship. Would appreciate hearing what museum studies
programs use for teaching this aspect of curatorial work.
Thanks
Curt Miner
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
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