Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-227) and index.
Contents:
Writing Desiderata: Defining Evidence in the Field -- On the Margins: Paper Systems of Classification -- Ordering Devices and Indian Files: Cataloguing Ethnographic Specimens -- Pragmatic Classification: The Routine Work of Description After 1950 -- Object, Specimen, Data: Computerization and the Legacy of Dirty Data.
Subject Terms:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) -- Case studies. | Cataloging of archival materials -- Case studies. | Cataloging of special collections in libraries -- Case studies. | Museums -- Collection management -- Case studies. | Ethnological museums and collections -- Case studies. | Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Case studies. | Museums and Indians -- Case studies. | National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) | Cataloging of special collections in libraries. | Cataloging of archival materials. | Ethnological museums and collections. | Indians of North America -- Material culture. | Museums and Indians. | Museums -- Collection management. | ART / Museum Studies.