Archival Research. For each undertaking the City will consult the DHR VCRIS database and prepare a map showing all properties contained in VCRIS that are within or adjacent to the APE. Where applicable the file will contain copies of the survey files for previously documented properties found VCRIS.
Archival Research. Archival or background research is generally undertaken prior to any field survey. Where identification is undertaken as part of a comprehensive planning process, background research may have taken place as part of the development of the historic contexts (see the Guidelines for Preservation Planning). In the absence of previously developed historic contexts, archival research should address specific issues and topics. It should not duplicate previous work. Sources should include, but not be limited to, historical maps, atlases, tax records, photographs, ethnographies, folklife documentation, oral histories and other studies, as well as standard historical reference works, as appropriate for the research problem. (See the Guidelines for Historical Documentation for additional discussion.)
Archival Research. This task includes identification and analysis of literature, documents, technical studies, photographs, and other records found in libraries, government agencies, private firms, and archives that are pertinent to the management of cultural resources in a specified project area. The task includes an analysis of the documentation and the preparation of a report in accordance with Attachment J-3 General Report Specifications of Section J, which incorporates the data gathered.
Archival Research. Archival research would help establish a basic direction for the field survey by providing the information required to place historic resources in their appropriate historical and cultural contexts, which in turn will ensure that all of the surveyed resources are properly understood and evaluated in terms of their potential architectural and historical significance to The County. In developing these historic contexts, EPEI would consult archival sources including, but not limited to: ● Previous survey and planning efforts: EPEI would first assemble existing information regarding any historic resource surveys, National Register nominations, design guidelines, preservation plans, downtown and comprehensive master plans, and other studies, previously prepared for The County. These studies would be reviewed and assessed for relevant architectural, historical, and planning data, possible information gaps, and community development patterns, that would provide a broader understanding of significant contexts and values that might be embedded in historic properties identified during the field survey. ● Property records: Tax/appraisal records for each parcel within the survey area would be consulted to assist in determining construction dates and property boundaries for individual properties and any ancillary structures, alterations, and/or additions associated with these properties. The results of this data collection would be cross- checked for accuracy during the field survey. ● Historic mapping/imagery: Various forms of graphic material such as architectural drawings, plat maps, photographs, Xxxxxxx maps, and bird’s-eye views would be reviewed to analyze street layouts, property floor plans, and general development patterns within the period of significance established for the survey. ● Local historical accounts: Primary and secondary source material on the broader developmental history of the survey area, as well as historical information on select properties within the survey area, would be consulted as needed to supplement the architectural and historical data collected from the sources referenced above.
Archival Research. The locations of materials related to the history of the IHVM were identified through publications, interviews with knowledgeable experts, and telephone calls.111 Several source locations were identified and subsequently visited that held original documents and records associated with the IHVM and its activities. These locations were the Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Xx. History of Medicine Collection at the Xxxxx Medical Library of the University of Texas Medical Branch, the Presbyterian Historical Society, and the Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University. Additionally, several other schools associated with leaders of the Institute during the period of the IHVM’s work were visited: Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Department of Humanities & Xxxxxx Center for Humanistic Medicine, Penn State University, the Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, and the Institute for Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch. These visits included review of available materials mainly derived from meetings and interviews with knowledgeable faculty and staff at these 111 The search for the main collection of SHHV and IHVM files began with an initial interview with Xxxxxx XxXxxxxxxx, Ph.D., the Director of Programs for the IHVM, on July 19, 2014. He provided direction that materials may still be held at the Presbyterian Historical Society as indicated in his 2001 publication with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx. (XxXxxxxxxx 2001) This publication provided a list of the eighteen published reports of the IHVM held at the Presbyterian Historical Society (PHS). A telephone call to the PHS archives provided information that the majority of files had been moved to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, the last home of the SHHV. Four boxes remained at the PHS, two open and two sealed. Access to the sealed boxes was given by the PHS administration in 2016 for use in this dissertation study. locations. These visits will be further described in the Interviews section of this “Methods” chapter. The archives of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) were also accessed. The archivists at the AAMC provided valuable information. The contact at the NEH was not able to provide assistance or information.
Archival Research. Archival research involve the analysis of data from existing data archives, such as the review of literature, articles and previous studies, surveys and public records. These sources were my first primary analyses. They are also baseline and primary data for my research using other methods, as in combined methods research.
