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Professor, Department of History

Teaching/Research Areas: Archival Administration, Information Management, US

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Teaching/Research Areas: Archival Administration, Information Management, US

Present	Faculty Member, Western Washington University ‐ Western Expert
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Present	Professor, Department of History, Western Washington University ‐ Department of History
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History and Archival Science

Archival administration, Information management, and U.S. history

Phone: (360)650-3139
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Alternate email: rand.jimerson@wwu.edu

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Articles (36)

Archival Description and Finding Aids

OCLC Systems & Services (2002)

Randall C. Jimerson

Archival arrangement and description establish physical and intellectual control over archives and manuscripts, enabling users to find the records they ...

Arrangement Techniques for Archives and Manuscripts

OCLC Systems & Services (2002)

Randall C. Jimerson

Arrangement is the process of gaining physical and intellectual control over archives and manuscripts, in accordance with archival principles. Throughout ...

Saving Room for CUSTARD

OCLC Systems & Services (2002)

Randall C. Jimerson

The Canadian‐US Task Force on Archival Description (CUSTARD) has undertaken the process of reconciling the two principal North American standards ...

The Nature of Archives and Manuscripts

OCLC Systems & Services (2002)

Randall C. Jimerson

Archives and manuscripts require special techniques based on their distinctive nature as the byproducts of transactions rather than the result ...

Margaret C. Norton Reconsidered

Archival Issue (2001)

Randall C. Jimerson

Margaret C. Norton (1891-1984) served as the first state archivist of Illinois (1922-1957). As a founding member of the Society ...

Graduate Archival Education at Western Washington University

OCLC Systems & Services (2001)

Randall C. Jimerson

As the archival profession seeks a wider role in the field of information science, the need to prepare students for ...

Review: For Courageous Fighting and Confident Dying: Union Chaplains in ...

The Journal of American History (2000)

Randall C. Jimerson

The Connecticut Labor Archives

Labor History (1990)

Randall C. Jimerson

The Connecticut Labor Archives at the University of Connecticut Library is the only state-wide program to preserve historically significant records ...

Redefining Archival Identity: Meeting User Needs in the Information Society

The American Archivist (1989)

Randall C. Jimerson

In order to avoid becoming irrelevant in the modern information society, archivists must redefine their professional identity and role in ...

The Papers of Three Hiram Binghams

The Yale University Library Gazette (1979)

Randall C. Jimerson

For three generations, men of the Bingham family shared a spirit of adventure, a commitment to public service, an impressive ...

From the Pacific Northwest to the Global Information Society: The ...

Journal of Western Archives

Randall C Jimerson

This essay examines the development of archival education in the United States during the past forty years, in context of ...

Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice

Randall C. Jimerson

Grounded in historical and social theory, this analysis of the power of archives and the role of archivists in society ...

American Archival Studies: Readings in Theory and Practice

Randall C. Jimerson

Compiling a useful volume of previously published articles is never an easy task. Should the works be a representative sample ...

The Private Civil War: Popular Thought During the Sectional Conflict

Randall C. Jimerson

Historians have given much attention to the Civil War's prominent players--its generals, politicians, and other public leaders--but they have devoted ...

Guide to the Microfilm Edition of Temperance and Prohibition Papers

Randall C. Jimerson

This guide to, and microfilm edition of, temperance and prohibition papers is a joint venture of the Michigan Historical Collections ...

Contribution to Book

Archives and Memory

Encyclopedia of Archival Science (2015)

Randall C. Jimerson

Encyclopedia of Archival Science features 154 entries, which address every aspect of archival professional knowledge. These entries range from traditional ideas ...

Contribution to Book

The Connecticut Labor Archives

Labor History Archives in the United States (1992)

Randall C. Jimerson

Contribution to Book

University of Connecticut Historical Manuscripts and Archives

Connecticut History and Culture: An Historical Overview and Resource Guide for Teachers (1985)

Randall C. Jimerson

Contribution to Book

Civil War Memoirs

The Encyclopedia of Southern History (1979)

Randall C. Jimerson

Archivists and the Call of Justice

School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia Library (2010)

Randall Jimerson

As part of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, Randall Jimerson presents on the history of recordkeeping and ...