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Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin: Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents. By Elizabeth H. Dow. [Review]

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Abstract

In Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin: Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents, respected archival practitioner and library and information science educator Elizabeth H. Dow studies the conflicts that arise from “a legal action brought for the purpose of recovering specified items” (p. vii). She asserts that, despite her professional ties to the Manuscript Society (MS), she is capable of bringing to the neglected archival topic of replevin a dispassionate and independent voice when presenting the viewpoints of the community of collectors and dealers as well as those of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA). Dow concludes that each side has much “to gain by understanding the other’s perspective” (p. xiii).

How to Cite:

Baumann, R. M., (2014) “Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin: Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents. By Elizabeth H. Dow. [Review]”, Archival Issues 36(1), 58–60. doi: https://doi.org/10.31274/archivalissues.15652