Professional education Society of American Archivists THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS, GRADUATE ARCHIVAL EDUCATION, AND PROGRESS: A STUDY OF THE HISTORY OF ARCHIVAL EDUCATION AND CURRENT CURRICULA by

This paper studies the history of archival education and traces its evolution from seminars and workshops to full-fledged, university-based graduate programs. It examines the continuing roles of library and information science and history in the development of graduate archival education, and the relationships and differences among the three disciplines. The curricula of the sixteen United States-based archival education programs listed in the Society of American Archivists Directory of Archival Education are analyzed and the results compared to those of earlier, similar studies. The results indicate that there has been real progress in defining the core body of archival knowledge, and in the development of strong archival programs. Headings