Learning about history through archives can help historians expand the way they acquire and interpret information. Cecilia Morgan, from the University of Toronto, discusses how archives have influenced …
Historians understand that there are things we know about the past and much that eludes us. Generative AI tools risk promoting an illusion that the past is fully knowable.
Many characteristics of historians’ information needs and use have not changed in a generation: informal means of discovery like book reviews and browsing remain important, as does the need for …
Since many squadron historians are appointed to their position without any particular experience in the responsibilities and work of the historian, we have assembled in this handbook as much information …
The major sources of information for historians are government and institutional records, newspapers, journals, periodicals, magazines, photographs, films, personal letters, diaries as well as unpublished …