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Peter Wosh
Researcher at American Bible Society
Publications - 3
Citations - 12
Peter Wosh is an academic researcher from American Bible Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agency (philosophy) & Professional association. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 12 citations.
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Research and Reality Checks: Change and Continuity in NYU's Archival Management Program
TL;DR: The authors traces the origins and development of New York University's Program in Archival Management and Historical Editing in order to explore its changing conceptualizations of research, and examine the ways in which all archival educators can strengthen this programmatic component.
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Smaller Archives and Professional Development: Some New York Stories
Peter Wosh,Elizabeth Yakel +1 more
TL;DR: In 1987, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission funded a two-year project designed to improve religious archives in the New York metropolitan area as discussed by the authors, and the results illustrate the difficulties of interinstitutional cooperation, weaknesses in traditional archival training methods, and the profession's failure to address realistically the nature, role, importance, and uniqueness of smaller archives.
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Bibles, benevolence, and bureaucracy: the changing nature of nineteenth century religious records
TL;DR: The American Bible Society's founders conceived the organization in 1816 as a traditional missionary moral reform agency as discussed by the authors, but by the mid-nineteenth century, the ABS more closely resembled a modern national nonprofit corporate bureaucracy.