C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
D A V I D B. G R A C Y II
Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise
School of Information The University of Texas at Austin 78712-0390
(512) 471-8291 [email protected]
EDUCATION
Texas Tech University, Ph.D. in History, 1971 University of Texas (Austin), M.A. in History, 1966 University of Texas (Austin), B.A. in History, 1963
CERTIFICATION
Certified Archivist (Academy of Certified Archivists), 1989, 1997, 2002
DISTINCTIONS
Fellow Texas State Historical Association, 1992 Fellow Texas State Genealogical Society, 1981 Fellow Society of American Archivists, 1979
Katherine Drake Hart History Preservation Award, Austin History Center Association, 2005 San Jacinto Award San Jacinto Descendants (for distinguished service to Texas History), 1993 Texas Excellence in Teaching Award Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 1987 Distinguished Alumnus Department of History, Texas Tech University, 1987 Certificate of Award Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Austin Chapter, 1981 Certificate of Merit Society of Southwest Archivists, 1978 Certificate of Merit Society of Georgia Archivists, 1976 Distinguished Service Award Organized Labor and Workmen's Circle, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976 Award of Merit Society of American Archivists, for Georgia Archive, 1975
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October, 2006 Award of Merit American Association for State and Local History, for Littlefield Lands, 1968
Election to honorary societies: Beta Phi Mu (Library and Information Science) (Honorary) Omicron Delta Kappa (Leadership) Phi Alpha Theta (History) Phi Kappa Phi (Service)
POSITIONS HELD -- TEACHING
Full Courses
School of Information (formerly Graduate School of Library and Information Science), The University of Texas at Austin
Positions Governor Bill Daniel Professor in Archival Enterprise, 1986- Senior Lecturer, 1982-1985 Lecturer, 1980-1981
Courses taught Information Studies Core courses Introduction to Information Studies Introduction to Library and Information Studies Understanding and Serving Users Organization of Records Information Administration of Information Resources (Doctoral Seminar) Indexing and Abstracting History of Library and Information Studies: Library History in the Modern Era
Archival and Records Enterprise Introduction to Issues in Records Information Introduction to Archival Enterprise Archives and Manuscripts (cross-listed in History and English) Archives, Records, and Preservation in the Modern World Seminar in Archival Enterprise Records Management Seminar in Forged Historical Documents The Archival Facility (seminar)
Preservation Preservation of Library and Archival Material Seminar in Preservation of Archival and Library Material
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Humanities/Freshman Seminar Fakes, Facsimiles, and Forgeries
School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona
Visiting Professor, Summer, 2003, 2004, 2006 Advanced Issues in Information Resources: Archival Appraisal in Concept and History Introduction to Archives
School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, Southern California Campus
Visiting Professor, Fall, 2001 Archives and Manuscripts
School of Urban Life, Georgia State University
Associate Professor, 1976-1977 Assistant Professor, 1971-1976 Directed Readings courses in archival administration
DeKalb Community College (Decatur, Georgia)
Adjunct Professor of History, 1973-1974 American History to 1865 American History since 1865
Texas Tech University, Department of History
Part-time Instructor, 1970-1971 American History to 1865 American History since 1865
Short Courses (1-2 weeks in duration)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology An Introduction to Archival Enterprise: Archival Administration and Records Management, 1998
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin Creating and Running an Archives: The Basics for the 1990s, 1996
Georgia Archives Institute (sponsored each year by: the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta-Clark University, Emory University, Georgia Department of Archives and History, the University Center of Georgia) Introduction to Archival Enterprise, 1987-1999 (not held in 1996)
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 3 Western Archives Institute (sponsored by the Society of California Archivists) An Introduction to Archival Enterprise, 1994, 1996, 2005
Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil Introduction to Archival Enterprise and to Archival Administration in the United States, 1995
University of the Philippines An Introduction to Archival Enterprise, 1991
Presidential Commission on Culture and the Arts (Philippines) An Introduction to Archival Enterprise, 1991
Rare Book School (Columbia University) Developing Local History Collections, 1985 An Introduction to Archives, 1984
Workshops/Seminars (Sole Presenter, 1-3 days in duration)
Putting It All Together: Developing the Small Archives From the Ground Up, 1994 Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin
Archival Appraisal, 1992 Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 2006
When Disaster Happens Is When You Don't Plan For It: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Libraries and Archives, 1990 Texas State Library (presentations were made in Amarillo, Midland, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas)
An Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts An Introduction to Archival Enterprise Modern Archives Institute, National Archives and Records Administration (day-long, opening lecture of two-week workshop) (Washington, D.C.), 1985- Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 1990 Society of Southwest Archivists (Ft. Worth), 1986 Utah State Archives (Salt Lake City), 1984 Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas), 1981 Special Libraries Association, 1979 (Honolulu), 1981 (Atlanta)
Oral History Texas Trans-Pecos Library System, 1979
Lectures
American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 2006
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 4 Archives Begin with “A”, But Where Do Archives End?
Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, 1995 Faculty of the Humanities Oral History, Archives, and History
School of Library and Information Science, 1995 The Archival Consciousness Appraisal for Archival Preservation Concepts of Preservation of Archival Material Marketing of Archives
POSITIONS HELD -- ADMINISTRATION
School of Information (formerly Graduate School of Library and Information Science), University of Texas at Austin
The Center for the Cultural Record, Director, 2000-2004
Launched and guided the first inter-field center established by the School. Fields included in the Center were: Archival and Records Enterprise, Preservation and Conservation Studies, and Museum Studies.
Duties included: Directing Preservation and Conservation Studies Program, developing the Museum Studies concentration, stimulating and facilitating inter-field research projects, and fund raising.
Principal Investigator, Russian History Online, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Grant, 2003, to create a history course on the Nikita Khrushchev administration, built around image resources of the Krasnogorsk Russian State Film and Photograph Archives.
Preservation and Conservation Studies, Interim Director, 1999-2000
Responsible for administration of this program, one of five study tracks of the School, jointly funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the University with an annual budget of approximately $450,000, and comprised of four faculty members, one administrative staff position, and approximately 30 students.
Duties included: Overseeing the budget, supervising the administrative staff, coordinating planning for program direction and future grant requests, managing relations with both the profession at large and the program’s advisory bodies.
Associate Dean, 1991-1995
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 5 Responsible for assisting dean in administration of this School of up to 500 students, 18 full-time faculty, nearly a dozen FTE adjunct faculty, and nearly 20 FTE support staff, with an annual budget of more than $1.5 million.
Duties included: Scheduling classes, supervising the office staff and the Media and Information Processing laboratories, coordinating development activities, and assisting the dean in managing the affairs of the School.
Texas State Archives
Director, 1977-1986
Responsible for administration of the division of the Texas State Library charged to gather, preserve, and make available the permanently valuable records of state government, as well as personal papers and institutional records that are a vital part of Texas' documentary heritage.
Duties included: supervision of staff of up to 30 employees, interpretation of division programs to the public, administration of budget in excess of $450,000, advising governmental and private entities throughout the state on establishment and maintenance of archival programs.
Southern Labor Archives and University Archives, University Library, Georgia State University
Associate Professor (with tenure) and Archivist, 1976-1977 Assistant Professor and Archivist, 1971-1976
Established two archival programs: the University Archives for maintenance of university records, and the Southern Labor Archives as a center for research on organized labor throughout the South.
Duties included: recruiting, training, and supervising staff of 9, establishing all procedures, promoting the archival program within the university and to units of organized labor from Virginia to Mississippi, travel gathering material for the Southern Labor Archives. Given special Distinguished Service Award from the Organized Labor and Workmen's Circle of Atlanta.
Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University
Archivist, 1966-1971
Directed program for administration of university records and collecting, preserving, and making available personal papers and records of organizations from throughout West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.
Duties included: directing staff of 6-12 employees, travel collecting materials for the archives, developing procedures manual, overseeing day-to-day operation of the archives staff.
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University Archives, The University of Texas [Austin]
Library Assistant, 1961-1963 Arranged and described holdings, assisted patrons in research room.
Texas State Archives
Archival Assistant, 1959 Arranged and described holdings, assisted patrons in research room, and assisted in editing volume III of The Indian Papers of Texas.
POSITIONS HELD -- EDITORIAL
Libraries & the Cultural Record (formerly Libraries & Culture)
Editor, 2005-
Responsible for editing and publishing the 40-year-old journal that began as the Journal of Library History, then changed its name to Libraries & Culture as it broadened its scope from library history alone to the history of libraries within their broader societal environment. Initiated and accomplished changing the name to Libraries & the Cultural Record to reflect a yet broader focus on the historical relationships of the fields of libraries and librarianship, archival and records enterprise, preservation administration and conservation of library and archival materials, and museums and museum administration coalescing into the Information domain.
Duties include: Selecting all content for the journal, supervising a half-time Managing Editor, part time graduate assistant, and volunteer assistants, working with two boards to enhance the academic and informational contribution of the journal, and developing a marketing campaign to introduce the new focus of the journal.
Georgia Archive (subsequently Provenance)
Founding Editor, 1972-1976
Established, edited, and designed and managed publication of this, the second journal serving the archival profession in the United States. Georgia Archive received an Award of Merit from the Society of American Archivists, 1975
Texas State Historical Association
Editorial and research staff, 1963-1966
Served as Editorial Assistant on the Southwestern Historical Quarterly and as Associate Editor of The Junior Historian; conducted research on entries for the Handbook of Texas.
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Studies in History (Student Publication, Department of History, Texas Tech University)
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Volume I, 1971
Created and designed this journal, solicited and edited content, and oversaw publication. The principal purpose of the journal was to give History graduate students experience in publishing scholarly articles.
Texas Military History (Quarterly of the National Guard Association of Texas)
Editorial Assistant, 1963
Responsible for editing and proofing all contents of the publication. When editorial funds were cut, I was promoted to the editorial board.
CONSULTANTSHIPS
General partner in “David B. Gracy II & Associates” since 1989
City of San Antonio, Texas, 2004- Conduct a survey of archival records in offices of the City of San Antonio and the County of Bexar preliminary to making recommendations for the establishment of a joint City-County Archives.
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, Houston, Texas, 2001-2002 Recommendations for and oversight over archivist hired to process the DeBakey Papers.
Texas Folklife Resources, Austin, Texas, 2001-2002 Oversee a study of the archival resources and the records management needs of the organization, creation of a procedure manual, and work developing both an archival and a records management operation.
San Antonio Conservation Society, San Antonio, Texas, 2000-2001 Assessment of needs for Society library and archives, and recommendations for space, policy, and administrative changes.
Sonora Main Street Program and Sutton County Historical Society, Sonora, Texas, 2000 Recommendations on an archival program for the Sutton County Historical Society.
Archives Division, Texas Collection, Baylor University, 1998 Program review and recommendations for changes in policies and procedures.
Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas, 1998 Conduct a study of the potential for, and recommend both policies and procedures for, a corporate archives.
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 8 Temple Memorial Library and Archives, Diboll, Texas, 1998, 2000 Recommend policies and procedures appropriate for an archival repository that serves several distinct and important constituencies. Reviewed and made recommendations on building plans
Irving Public Library, Irving, Texas, 1997 Conduct a Focus Group meeting on the nature and possibilities of developing the Irving Archives branch of the Irving Public Library into a history center function., and write a report giving options for development of the Irving Archives.
Charles E. Butt, San Antonio, Texas, 1997 Recommendations on archival processing of the Papers of Mary Holdsworth Butt and oversight of the processing.
Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, 1996 Recommendations on an archival and records management program for the institution and on appropriate space for the archival activity.
Texas Historical Records Advisory Board, Austin, Texas, 1995-1996 Preparation of a white paper on the state of archival enterprise, records management, and preservation in Texas in 1995, with recommendations for improvement, to serve as the basis of a two-year strategic planning project of the Board
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1995 Review of and recommendations on plans to invigorate the archival program of the University of Texas at San Antonio
State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1994-1998 Consulting on design of a new state archives/records center and state library building
Texas Warehouse and Machinery Movers, Austin, Texas, 1993 Consulting on company's bid for moving National Archives into Archives II
F & S Partners (Architects), Dallas, Texas, 1993 Consulting on plans for renovation of building to house Texas Collection at Baylor University
Diocese of Galveston-Houston (Catholic), Houston, Texas, 1990-1991 Recommendations on starting archival and records management programs
Doctors Ought to Care, Houston, Texas, 1990 Recommendations on starting an archives
Palestine Public Library, Palestine, Texas, 1989 Archival processing
Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1989 Design of archival space
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 9 Alamo Archives and Library, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, San Antonio, 1989 Program review
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1988-1989 Program review and space utilization
Hertzberg Circus Collection, San Antonio (Texas) Public Library, 1988 Analysis of preservation needs
National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling, Jonesborough, Tennessee, 1988- Recommendations on starting and developing the National Archives of Storytelling
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1987-1989 Recommendations on starting an archives
King Ranch, Kingsville, Texas, 1987 Recommendations on starting an archives
Southwest Texas State University, Department of History, San Marcos, Texas, 1981-1984 Recommendations on the establishment of a program in Public History
Brackenridge Hospital, Austin, Texas, 1983-1984 Recommendations on the writing of a history of the hospital
Catholic Archives of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1982 Program review
Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1980 Analysis of archival component of a grant-funded Public History Program
Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1978 Recommendations on developing an archival program
Gillespie County, Texas, 1978 Recommendations on starting an archives
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, National Church Archives, Austin, Texas, 1978 Program review
Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Archives of Civil Rights, 1976- 1981 Participated in writing a grant request and then overseeing a three-year project for the processing of Dr. King's Papers funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities for a figure in excess of $300,000
National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C., 1975-1979, 1995 Grant proposal reviewer
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Fort Valley State College, Department of History, Fort Valley, Georgia, 1974 Recommendations on a program in Public History
GRANTS
Principal Investigator, Carnegie Corporation of New York grant in support of Russian History Online, a project to produce a course on the Khrushchev Period of Soviet History, rich in moving image material, mounted on the web, for delivery in Russia, 2003-
Projector Administrator, National Endowment for the Humanities grants in support of the Preservation and Conservation Studies Program, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, 1999-
Honorarium and expenses for research and writing of book Moses Austin: His Life, Beretta Foundation of San Antonio, TX, 1978-1982
Project Administrator (Initial), National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant to Society of Georgia Archivists, 1976-1977, to produce a slide/tape presentation on the importance of archives to the citizens of Georgia
Project Administrator, Rockefeller Foundation grant to Southern Labor Archives, 1976, to establish an annual meeting--the Southern Labor History Conference--of persons interested in the history and present of organized labor in the South
Fellowship from American Association for State and Local History and National Endowment for the Humanities, 1975, to attend Seminar on Historical Publications
Research grant, Georgia State University Foundation, 1971, to complete work on article “Selling the Future: A Biography of William Pulver Soash”
EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS
H-Net Info Advisory Editor, 2006-
Libraries & Culture Editorial Board, 1985-2005
ICAEDS Listserv ([email protected]), Section on Archival Education and Training, International Council on Archives Listmaster, 1996-2003
Provenance (Society of Georgia Archivists)
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 11 Editorial Board, 1997-2003
ICA Education and Development News (Section for Archival Education and Training and the Commission on Archival Development of the International Council on Archives) Editor, 1989-1996
The New Handbook of Texas (Texas State Historical Association) Bibliography advisory board, 1988-1994
Georgia Archive Editorial Board, 1977-1978
Anglican and Episcopal History (formerly Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church) Editorial Board, 1980-1989
Military History of Texas and the Southwest (formerly Texas Military History) Associate Editor, 1963-1988
American Archivist Editorial Board, 1976-1979
BOARD APPOINTMENTS Active
Littlefield Lands/Duggan House Museum (Littlefield, Texas), 2004-
UT Heritage Society (Texas Ex-Students Association) Steering Committee Member, 2004-
Concluded
National
Council on Library and Information Resources, 1991-2000 Secretary, 1997-2000
National Archives of the Episcopal Church Member, 1986-1998 Vice Chair, 1995-1998
Commission on Preservation and Access, 1991-1997
Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, Board of Directors, 1978-1989
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 12 National Historical Publications and Records Commission (appointment of Society of American Archivists), 1980-1985
National Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, 1978-1980
U.S. Latino-Latina World War II Oral History Project, 2002-2005
Georgia
State Historical Records Advisory Board of Georgia (gubernatorial appointment), 1976
Texas
Houston Metropolitan Research Center Advisory Board, 1977
Texas Historical Records Advisory Board, Coordinator (gubernatorial appointment), 1979-1986
Records Management and Preservation Advisory Committee [of Texas] (statutory appointment), 1983-1986
Texas Preservation Task Force (appointed by State Librarian), 1988-1990
Summerlee Commission on Texas History, 1989-1993 Chair, Task Force on Archives
Friends of Libraries and Archives of Texas, 2001
Austin History Center Association, 2001-2006 Executive Committee, 2002-2003
COMMITTEES AND OFFICES
University organizations
Georgia State University
General Faculty, Buildings and Grounds Committee, 1975-1976 Library Faculty, Secretary, 1975-1976
The University of Texas at Austin
School of Information (formerly Graduate School of Library and Information Science)
Committees
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 13 Awards Committee, 1986-1993 Capstone Experience (ad hoc), 2004-2005 Continuing Education Committee, 1981-1999 , Chair, 1986-1999 Colloquium Committee, Chair, 1986-1992 Consultative Committee on the Selection of a Dean, 1989-1990, 1998-1999 Curriculum Committee, 1999, 2004- Curriculum Advisory Committee, Chair, 1995- 1996 Executive Committee, 1988-1998, 1999-2000, 2001-2006 Executive Education Committee, Chair, 1995-1996 Faculty Search Committee, 2004-2005 Fiftieth Anniversary, 1998 Graduate Studies Committee, 1986- , Chair, 2005- Hearts of Texas Campaign, Chair, 1996 Houston Courses (ad hoc), Chair, 1990 Joint History-Library and Information Science Degree Program, Chair, 1990- 1991 Strategic Planning, 2005- Student Recruitment and Diversity, Chair, 2003-2004
Faculty sponsor for: Society of American Archivists, Student Chapter, 1993- MARRBLE Roundtable (organization of students interested in Manuscripts, Archives, Records management, Rare Books, Library history, Etcetera), 1989-1993 Graduate Library and Information Science Students' Association, 1990-1996
Littlefield Fund for Southern History, General Libraries, 2001-
Texas Theme Steering Committee, 1998-1999 Book subcommittee, chair, 1998-1999
University Council, 1988-1992 Faculty Senate, 1988-1992 External Affairs Committee, 1988-1989 Nominating Committee, 1989 Research Committee, 1989-1990 Committee on Teaching-Research Balance, 1991-1992
Division of Housing and Food Service Faculty Fellow, 1994-1995
Ex-Students Association UT Heritage Society Steering Committee, 2004-
Professional Organizations
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 14 ARCHIVAL ORGANIZATIONS -- INTERNATIONAL
International Council on Archives
Committee on Professional Training and Education and Commission on Archival Development Editor of joint newsletter, 1989-1996
Section on Archival Education and Training Vice President, 1996-2000 Listmaster, ICAEDS listserv, 1996-2003
Pan American Institute of Geography and History
Archives Committee United States Representative, 1982-1997
ARCHIVAL ORGANIZATIONS -- AMERICAN
Academy of Certified Archivists
President, 1999-2000 Vice-President and President-Elect, 1998-1999 Board of Regents, 1990-1993 Regent for Nominations, 2000-2001 Committees Credentials Appeals Committee, 1989-1990
Austin Archivists
President, 1978-1981
Society of American Archivists
President, 1983-1984 Vice-president and President Elect, 1982-1983
Council, 1976-1980 Executive Committee, 1979-1980 Publications Committee, 1978-1980, Chair, 1978-1979
Committees Awards, 1981-1983, Ernst Posner Fellows' Award, 1994-1995 Develop a Publications Program (ad hoc), 1974-1975 Education Office Advisory Board, 1994-1997, Chair, 1995-1997 Ethics, Chair, 1977 Fellows, 1998
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 15 Finding Aids, 1972-1976, Chair, 1974-1976 Labor Archives, 1973-1974 Local Arrangements, Chair, 1984-1985 Nominating, 1979-1980, 2005-2006 (membership election) Personnel, 1984-1985 Professional Standards, 1984-1989, Chair, 1986 Program, 1976, 1982
Task Force Archives and Society, 1984-1988, Chair, 1984-1985
Society of Georgia Archivists
President, 1972-1974 Board of Directors, 1974-1975
Committees Nominations, Chair, 1974 Publications, Chair, 1971-1972 Workshop, 1973-1976
Society of Southwest Archivists
Committees Awards, Chair, 1980-1982 Professional Development, 1978-1980, 1989
BAR ORGANIZATIONS
State Bar of Texas
Committee on History and Traditions of the Bar and Historical Preservation, 1986- 2004
Texas Bar Historical Foundation
Board of Trustees, 1990-
HISTORY ORGANIZATIONS
Georgia Association of Historians Committee on Career Opportunities for Historians, Chair, 1975
Southern Labor History Conference Planning Committee, Chair, 1975-1976
Texas State Historical Association
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 16 Membership Committee, 1974-1975, 1986-1987 Program Committee, 1977-1980, Chair, 1978-1979 Coral H. Tullis Prize Committee, 1992-1994, Chair, 1993-1994 Archives Committee, Chair, 2003-2006
Western History Association Membership Committee, 1975
INFORMATION CATALYST ORGANIZATION
Council on Library and Information Resources Secretary, 1997-2000
LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Library and Information Science Education SAA-ARMA Liaison Committee, 1988-1991 Convenor, Archives and Records Management Special Interest Group, 1993-1994 Convenor, Assistant/Associate Deans Special Interest Group, 1994-1995
Texas Library Association Program Committee, 1985-1986
PRESERVATION ORGANIZATION
Commission on Preservation and Access Task Force on Preservation Education, 1989-1990
RECORDS MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS
Association of Records Managers and Administrators
International Education Committee, 1988-1989 ARMA-SAA Joint Committee, 1999-2001
Austin Chapter President, 1980-1981 Board, 1986-1988 Chapter Member of the Year Committee, 1981-1982, Chair, 1981
Friends Organization
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 17 Austin History Center Association Board, 2001-2006; Executive Committee, 2001-2003 Audray Bateman Randle Lecture Series Committee, 1998- Chair, 2002- Building Committee, 2001- , Chair, 2003- Exhibits and Publications Committee, 2001-2003
Patriotic Organization
Sons of the Republic of Texas Secretary-General, 1979-1980
Supreme Court of Texas
Task Force on Retention of Records, 1998
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LISTINGS
Contemporary Authors (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1971)
Directory of American Scholars, Volume I (History), (6th Edition; Tempe, Arizona: Jacques Cattell Press, 1974)
Dictionary of International Biography 1970 (London: D.I.B. Co., 1969)
Dictionary of International Biography 1974 (London: D.I.B. Co., 1974)
Green, Lola Beth, and Dahlia Terrell, Bold Land: A Bibliography (Lubbock: Texas Tech University, 1970; Library Bulletin No. 8)
Men of Achievement--1973 (Cambridge, England: Melrose Press, Ltd., 1973)
Who's Who in America (Chicago: Marquis, 1992, and subsequent editions)
Who's Who in American Education (Chicago: Marquis, 2003)
Who's Who in the South and Southwest (Chicago: Marquis, 1979, and subsequent editions)
Who's Who in Texas Today (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1968)
The Writers Directory 1973-1975 (London: St. James Press, 1976)
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 18 MEMBERSHIPS
Academy of Certified Archivists Austin History Center Association American Association for State and Local History Association of Records Managers and Administrators Australian Society of Archivists International Council on Archives Midwest Archives Conference Society of American Archivists (Life) Society of Georgia Archivists Society of Southwest Archivists Texas Library Association (Life) Texas Museum Association Texas State Historical Association (Life)
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS, BOOKLETS, AND MEDIA PRODUCTIONS
Assistant editor of Dorman H. Winfrey, ed., Texas Indian Papers, 1846-1859 (Vol. III; Austin: Texas State Library, 1960)
Editor, Maxey's Texas (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1965)
Littlefield Lands: Colonization on the Texas Plains, 1912-1920 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1968). Recipient of Award of Merit, American Association for State and Local History, 1968
Compiler with J. M. Skaggs and Roy Sylvan Dunn, Irrigation in the Southwest: A Center for Historical Research in the Southwest Collection (Lubbock: Texas Technological College, 1968)
Introduction to Stephen F. Austin, Establishing Austin's Colony: The First Book Printed in Texas, With the Laws, Orders and Contracts of Colonization (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1970)
With Faye Gamel, Robert C. Dinwiddie, Seth Wigderson, Where Would YOU Go? Documenting American Labor, Fifteen-minute slide-tape presentation for the Southern Labor Archives, 1976
Archives and Manuscripts: Arrangement and Description (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1977) Issued through 7 printings.
With Christopher LaPlante, Marilyn von Kohl, and Michael J. Dabrishus, It's Your Heritage: The Archives of Texas, Sixteen-minute slide-tape presentation for Texas State Archives, 1977
With Fred Toler and Jean Carefoot, Ships of the Texas Navy (Austin: Presidial Press, 1979)
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An Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts (New York: Special Libraries Association, 1981)
Moses Austin: His Life (San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1987; acquired by University of Texas Press, 1989)
The Dr. David B. Gracy II Lectures (Manila, Philippines: National Commission on Culture and the Arts, 1994)
This Best But Last Chance: Representative Bill Daniel’s Fight for a State Courts and Office Buildings in Texas, 1949-1954 (Austin: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 1995)
“Too Lightly Esteemed in the Past”: Archival Enterprise, Records Management and Preservation Administration in Texas (Austin: Texas Historical Records Advisory Board, 1995)
Sunrise! Governor Bill Daniel and the Second Liberation of Guam (Under consideration for publication)
The Centennial History of the Texas State Library (to be published by University of Texas Press; research in progress)
ARTICLES
“With Danger and Honor: George W. Littlefield, 1861-1864,” Texana, I (Winter, Spring, 1963), 1- 19, 120-152
“Why?--Editorial,” The Junior Historian of the Texas State Historical Association, XXIII (May, 1963), 1, 21, 19
With Roger D. Abrams, “Some Plantation Remedies and Recipes,” Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, XXIX (June, 1963), 29-34
“Jean Lafitte and the Karankawa Indians,” East Texas Historical Journal, II (February, 1964), 40-44
“George Washington Littlefield: Portrait of a Cattleman,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, LXVIII (October, 1964), 237-258
Editor, “New Mexico Campaign Letters of Frank Starr, 1861-1862,” Texas Military History, IV (Fall, 1964), 169-188
Editor with Helen J. H. Rugeley, “From the Mississippi to the Pacific, An Englishman in the Mormon Battalion,” Arizona and the West, VII (Summer, 1965), 127-160
“Mennonites at Littlefield: An Instance in the Colonization of the Texas Plains,” Mennonite Quarterly Review, XLII (July, 1968), 184-192
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“Arthur P. Duggan and the Early Development of Littlefield,” West Texas Historical Association Year Book, XLIV (October, 1968), 38-47; Reprinted, Leader-News (Littlefield), October 26, November 2, 1969
“Irrigation Sells Littlefield Lands,” Irrigation Age, 3, No. 3 (December, 1968), 16/s9-10; Reprinted, Leader-News (Littlefield), March 2, 1969
“George W. Littlefield--From Cattle to Colonization, 1871-1920,” in John A. Carroll, ed., Reflections of Western Historians (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1969)
“A Preliminary Survey of Land Colonization in the Panhandle-Plains of Texas,” The Museum Journal, XI (1969), 53-79
“The Writing of Regional History,” West Texas Historical Association Year Book, XLV (October, 1969), 161-170
“Windmills, Plains, and People,” The Cross Section (High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1), Vol. 16, No. 9 (September, 1970), 3
“Train Ticket West,” Old West, 7, No. 3 (Spring, 1971), 27, 62-64
“The Archives: Treasure Trove For Historians,” The Texas Historian, XXXI, No. 3 (January, 1971), 32-33
“Starting an Archives,” Georgia Archive, I (Fall, 1972), 20-29; Reprinted, Mid-Atlantic Archivist, 2 (February, 1973), 6-8; Reprinted, Newsletter of the Midwest Archives Conference, I, No. 2 (April, 1973), 16-17
“Business and Books,” Texas Libraries, 35 (Summer, 1973), 83-90
“Irrigation on the High Plains--A Perspective,” Red River Valley Historical Review, I (Summer, 1974), 127-131
“Peanut Butter and Spilt Milk: A New Look at Collecting,” Georgia Archive, III (Winter, 1975), 20-29
“Data in the Raw: A Guide to Atlanta's Archives,” Georgia Archive, III (Summer, 1975), 116-124
“Mildred Satterwhite Littlefield (1811-1880),” in Evelyn M. Carrington, ed., Women in Early Texas (Austin: Pemberton Press, 1975; reprinted: Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1995), 163-168
“Finding Aids Are Like Streakers,” Georgia Archive, IV (Winter, 1976), 39-47
Inventories and Registers: A Handbook of Techniques and Examples (A Report of the Committee on Finding Aids; Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1976)
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 21 Eleven signed sketches in Eldon Stephen Branda, The Handbook of Texas: A Supplement (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976)
“Henry Garland Bennett,” in John A. Garraty, ed., Dictionary of American Biography (Supplement; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977)
“Archives for Labor in the United States: A History and Reminiscence,” Archivaria, Number 4, Supplement (Summer, 1977), 151-165
“Selling the Future: A Biography of William Pulver Soash,” Panhandle-Plains Historical Review, LX (1978), 1-67
“Stephen Fuller Austin,” “George Washington Littlefield,” and “Southern Labor History Conference” in David C. Roller and Robert W. Twyman, eds., Encyclopedia of Southern History (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1979)
“Moses Austin,” Our Heritage, XXII (October, 1980), 5-11
“Moses Austin and the Development of the Missouri Lead Industry,” Gateway Heritage, I, No. 4 (Spring, 1981), 42-48; Reprinted in OzarksWatch, IV, Nos. 1-2 (Summer-Fall, 1992), 15-18
“A Man of Large Heart: George W. Littlefield and the Davis Obelisk,” United Daughters of the Confederacy Magazine, XLVI, No. 3 (March, 1983), 19-21
“Archives and Society: The First Archival Revolution,” American Archivist, 47 (Winter, 1984), 7- 10
“Archives and Society,” The Primary Source, 6, No. 2 (May, 1984), 1-2, 12-18
“Archives and Society: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty,” Clearinghouse, 7, No. 1 (October, 1984), 1, 11-14
“Our Future Is Now,” American Archivist, 48 (Winter, 1985), 12-21
“What's Your Totem? Archival Images in the Public Mind,” Midwestern Archivist, X, No. 1 (1985), 17-24
“Archives to Archives and Dust to Dust,” Provenance, IV (Spring, 1986), 1-9
“Is There A Future in the Use of Archives?” Archivaria, 24 (Summer, 1987), 3-9
“What Every Researcher Should Know About Archives,” in John C. Larsen, ed., Researcher's Guide to Archives and Regional History Sources (Hamden, CT: Library Professional Education, Scarecrow Press, 1988)
“The Role of Faculty in Professional Associations: The Society of American Archivists,” Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 29 (Fall, 1988), 108-112
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 22 “Archivists: You Are What People Think You Keep,” American Archivist, 52 (Winter, 1989), 72- 78; Reprinted as “Archivistes, vous etes ce que les gens pensent que vous conservez,” Archives (Association des archivistes du Quebec), 21 (ete 1989), 31-38
“Between Muffins and Mercury...The Elusive Definition of ‘Preservation’,” The New Library Scene, 9 (December 1990), 1, 5-7. Reprinted in Ross Harvey, Preservation in Libraries: A Reader (London: Bowker-Saur, 1993), 10-15
With William D. Caughlin, “Archival Education in the United States,” Records and Archives: Journal of the Japan Society of Archival Institutions, Number 4 (September 1993), 51-56
“Columbus Revisited: The Status of Archival Research Around the World in 1992,” Archivum, XXXIX (1994), 520-525
“The Imperative of Preservation Education,” Commission on Preservation and Access Newsletter, #69 (July 1994), 2
“Don’t Swat the Skunk: The Preservation Imperative,” in Barbra Buckner Higginbotham, Advances in Preservation and Access (vol. 2; Medford, N.J.: Learned Information, Inc., 1995), 24-36
“Hurtling toward our jupiter? Archival education in the information age,” Janus (1995.2), pp. 61- 67
“Imbunatirea pe masura cu trecerea timpului: Concepte fundamentale ale practicii arhivistice,” in Tendinte contemporane in biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, 1996), 23-29
“Sa faci totul bine in prima parte a vietii: Managementul de arhiva si controlul documentelor,” in Tendinte contemporane in biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, 1996), 31-37
“Mary Brown Austin,” “Moses Austin,” “George Washington Littlefield,” “Littlefield Lands Company,” “William Pulver Soash,” “James Phelps White,” “Yellow House Ranch,” in The New Handbook of Texas (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1996)
“Defying Nature or Second Nature? Distance Education for Archival Enterprise in the United States,” in Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Archival Education, held September 1 and September 2, 1996 (Beijing, P.R. China: Archives College, Renmin University of China, 1996), 47-59; Janus (1998.2), 45-50
“Stephen F. Austin” and “Moses Austin,” in Barbara A. Tennenbaum, ed., Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1996)
“Moses Austin,” in Charles Phillips and Alan Axelrod, eds., Encyclopedia of the American West (New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1996)
“Reference No Longer is a ‘P’ Word: The Reference Archivist as Marketer,” The Reference Librarian, 56 (1997), 171-184
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“Is teaching all that there is to it? archival educators and advocacy,” Janus, 1997.1, pp. 42-50
“Imbunatirea pe masura cu trecerea timpului: Concepte fundamentale ale practicii arhivistice,” in Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, Ed. and Trans., Biblioteci, archive & centre de informare in secolul XXI (Brasov: Universitatii “Transilvania,” 1997), 33-40
“Sa faci totul bine in prima parte a vietii: Managementul de arhiva si controlul documentelor,” in Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, Ed. and Trans., Biblioteci, archive & centre de informare in secolul XXI (Brasov: Universitatii “Transilvania,” 1997), 41-48
“Archival Enterprise in and the Archival System of the United States,” Newsletter of the Russian State Historical Archive of the Far East, II (1997), 19-21
“Records Management in the Control of Records,” Archives Science Study [Chinese Archives Society], 48, No. 4 (1998), 66-70
“Education Isn't Just For Instruction Anymore: archival education and the university,” Annals of the 10th Brazilian Congress on Archival Enterprise (CD-Rom; Sao Paulo: Association of Brazilian Archivists, 1998), 12 pps
“Archival Preservation and the Ceramic Arts: The Concept of ‘Archives’,” in Heroes, Icons, History, Memory: NCECA Journal, 19 [1999], 51-52
“Moses Austin,” in John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999), I, 776-777
“Conservarea in biblioteci, intre prajiturele si Mercur… O definitie evaziva a ‘conservarii’,” in Hermina G. B. Anghelescu and Istvan Kiraly, eds., Management Pentru Viitor: Biblioteci si Arhive, special issue of Bibliotheca Bibliologica, 21 (Cluj-Napoca, 2000), 154-159
“Tot ce avem de facut este sa predam? Profesorii de arhivistica si promovarea arhivelor,” in Hermina G. B. Anghelescu and Istvan Kiraly, eds., Management Pentru Viitor: Biblioteci si Arhive, special issue of Bibliotheca Bibliologica, 21 (Cluj-Napoca, 2000), 169-179
With William D. Caughlin, “Invatamantul arhivistic in Statele Unite ale Americii,” in Hermina G. B. Anghelescu and Istvan Kiraly, eds., Management Pentru Viitor: Biblioteci si Arhive, special issue of Bibliotheca Bibliologica, 21 (Cluj-Napoca, 2000), 160-168
“History of the Preservation and Conservation Studies Program at The University of Texas at Austin, Formerly the Conservation Education Program at Columbia University,” North American Graduate Programs in the Conservation of Cultural Property: Histories, Alumni (Buffalo, N.Y.: Association of North American Graduate Programs In Conservation of Cultural Property, 2000), 67-72
“Two Peas in a Pod: Archives For Museums,” Inside Line Feature Insert, Museline, (Spring, 2001)
Gracy, Curriculum vitae, October 2006 24 Compiler, “The ‘Texas Tornado’: Gov. Bill Daniel’s Grit and Benevolence on Guam,” Texas Bar Journal, 64 (June, 2001), 584-589
“‘Just As I Have Written It’: A Study of the Authenticity of the Manuscript of Jose Enrique de la Peña’s Account of the Texas Campaign,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly, CV (October, 2001), 254-291
With Rebecca E. Kyle, Erin R. Lawrimore, Rebecca E. Romanchuk, and Stephen A. Naron, “Where Function Meets Form: Observations and Thoughts on Housing for the Archival Enterprise,” Provenance, XVIII and XIX (2000-2001), 105-154
“What You Get Is Not What You See: Forgery and the Corruption of Recordkeeping Systems,” in Richard J. Cox and David A Wallace, Archives and the Public Good: Accountability and Records in Modern Society (Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2002), 247-263
Exhibition Review of Sunrise in His Pocket: The Life, Legend & Legacy of Davy Crockett. Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, March 2-August 18, 2002. In Southwestern Historical Quarterly, CVI (July, 2002), 158-160
“‘Wear Sunscreen,’ or the Documentary Record in the Electronic Environment,” Philosophical Society of Texas Proceedings (Austin: Philosophical Society of Texas, 2003), Vol. LXVIII, pp. 60-67
“To Build Rome in the Morning: Bill Daniel’s First Days as Governor of Guam, 1961,” in Lee D. Carter, William L. Wuerch, and Rosa Roberto Carter, eds., Guam History: Perspectives, Volume Two (Mangilao, Guam: Richard F. Taitano Micronesian Area Research Center, 2005), 283-337
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