Credits for "Research Using Primary Sources"

This guide provides an orientation to doing research in special collections by stepping users through some of the methods of finding, using and understanding special collections materials. Comments and suggestions are welcome as we continue to improve this resource. .

Research in Special Collections is aimed towards anyone interested in gaining a basic understanding of special collections.

Development Team

• Deena Adelman (Graduate Assistant, Archives and Manuscripts Department)
• Joanne Archer (Collections Curator, National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection)
• Ann Hanlon (Project Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts Department)
• Jennie A. Levine (Curator for Historical Manuscripts, Archives and Manuscripts Department)

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the following people for providing information on which many of the materials on this site were based.

• Doug McElrath (Curator, Marylandia and Rare Books and the National Trust Library): Primary and Secondary Sources
• Anne Turkos (University Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts Department): Rules of Thumb