Randall C. Jimerson
Rand Jimerson
Professor of History &
Director, Archives and
Records Management MA Program
Department of History
Bond Hall, Room 324
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225-9061
Ph: (360) 650-3139
Fax: (360) 650-7789
E-mail: Randall.Jimerson@wwu.edu
Teaching
Spring 2012
HIST 454 Civil War and Reconstruction syllabus
Winter 2012
HIST 530 Arrangement and Description of Archives syllabus
HIST 528 Reference, Access & Outreach syllabus
Fall 2011
HIST 525 History & Principles of Archives & Records Management syllabus
HIST 538 Advanced Seminar in Archives & Records Management syllabus
Research and scholarship
These are a few examples of my recent publications and conference papers:
Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice
(Society of American Archivists, 2009); To read excerpts, click here.
"Collective Memory and Archives"
Presentation at The Seattle Public Library's during American Archives Month
Oct. 28, 2010:Download Audio (mp3) [play time: 56 minutes /file size: 26 MB]
"Responding to the Call of Justice"
University of British Columbia (January 2010); for webcast click here
"Archivists and the Call of Justice"
Society of Archivists conference, Bristol, England (2009)
"Orwell in the Archives: Memory, Records, and Politics"
ICA/SUV conference, Dundee, Scotland (2007)
"Archives for All: Professional Responsibility and Social Justice"
"Embracing the Power of Archives"
Society of American Archivists presidential address (2005)
Interview:
While in New Zealand to speak at the ARANZ conference of archivists, I gave an interview with Bryan Crump on Radio New Zealand in August 2010:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/national/ngts/2010/08/30/archivists_and_the_call_of_justice
Curriculum Vitae
Complete curriculum vitae (pdf)