Our archives, our selves: Documentation strategy and the re-appraisal of professional identity

American Archivist

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-202

  Johnson, Elizabeth Snowden ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79959293273     PISSN: 03609081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17723/aarc.71.1.81386n13w71j15v3     Document Type: Article

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