"The Surest Proof:" A Utilitarian Approach to Appraisal

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  • Mark Greene

Author Biography

Mark Greene

Mark Greene received his MA in history, with a cognate in archival administration, from the University of Michigan and served as Archivist of Carleton College from 1985 through 1989, when he assumed his current position, Curator of Manuscripts Acquisition at the Minnesota Historical Society. In that position, he is the Society's "lead worker" on acquiring and appraising business records, congressional collections and records of philanthropy, and has led two major reappraisal projects. He has published eleven archival and historical articles, and was the recipient of the Margaret Cross Norton Award from Archival Issues in 1995. He has served as President of the Midwest Archives Conference, Chair of the Society of American Archivists' Manuscripts Repository Section and SANS Congressional Papers Roundtable, and co-chair of SAA's Committee on Education and Professional Development.

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Published

1998-01-01

How to Cite

Greene, Mark. 1998. “‘The Surest Proof:’ A Utilitarian Approach to Appraisal”. Archivaria 45 (January):127-69. https://archivaria.dev.publicknowledgeproject.org/index.php/archivaria/article/view/12229.

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Archivaria 45 (Spring 1998)

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Counterpoint

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