Working in the Archives: Practical Research Methods for Rhetoric and Composition Book

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction Alexis E. Ramsey Wendy B. Sharer Barbara L'Eplattenier Lisa S. Mastrangelo 1

Part 1 General Information for Using Archives

Invigorating Historiographic Practices in Rhetoric and Composition Studies Cheryl Glenn Jessica Enoch 11

Archival Survival: Navigating Historical Research Lynée Lewis Gaillet 28

Open to the Possibilities: Seven Tales of Serendipity in the Archives Lori Ostergaard 40

Interview: David Gold-On Keeping a Beginner's Mind 42

Interview: Peter Mortensen-"I Had a Hunch" 45

Part 2 Accessing the Archives

Invisible Hands: Recognizing Archivists' Work to Make Records Accessible Sammie L. Morris Shirley K Rose 51

Viewing the Archives: The Hidden and the Digital Alexis E. Ramsey 79

Locating the Archives: Finding Aids and Archival Scholarship in Composition and Rhetoric Chris Warnick 91

Searching and Seeking in the Deep Web: Primary Sources on the Internet Elizabeth Yakel 102

Finding and Researching Photographs Helena Zinkham 119

Looking for Letters Margaret J. Marshall 135

Interview: Lynée Lewis Gaillet-The Unexpected Find 149

Interview: Jessica Enoch-Striking Metaphors 152

Part 3 Working with/through Archival Material

Reading the Archive of Freshman English Thomas Masters 157

Journeying into the Archives: Exploring the Pragmatics of Archival Research Katherine E. Tirabassi 169

(En)Gendering the Archives for Basic Writing Research Kelly Ritter 181

Archival Research as a Social Process Neal Lerner 195

Emergent Taxonomies: Using Tension and Forum to Organize Primary Texts Tarez Samra Graban 206

The Guilty Pleasures of Working with Archives LindaS. Bergmann 220

The Personal as Method and Place as Archives: A Synthesis Liz Rohan 232

Interview: Kathryn Fitzgerald-"I'm Open to Whatever I Discover" 248

Interview: Kenneth Lindblom-Spinning Gold from Old Straw 250

Interview: Lindal Buchanan-Making Fortunate Connections 253

Part 4 Creating the Archive as Research Process

Keeping the Conversation Going: The Archive Thrives on Interviews and Oral History Brad E. Lucas Margaret M. Strain 259

Deep Sea Diving: Building an Archive as the Basis for Composition Studies Research Lynn Z. Bloom 278

Autobiography of an Archivist Nan Johnson 290

Contributors 303

Index 309