Series: 6. Many Happy Returns: Advocacy in the Development of Archives, 1972-2012
Scope and Content Note: The files here include Hackman’s rough initial ideas for such a publication, reactions and suggestions he sought from other archivists, drafts of Hackman's proposal in response to the SAA's RFP which had called for a publication on advocacy and outreach, and other issues prior to formally beginning work on the publication itself. Also there are exchanges with the chair of the SAA's Publications Board throughout the proposal and publications process, folders documenting Hackman's many interactions through extensive reviews, recommendations and revisions with individual authors of proposed case studies and essays, including with several authors whose drafts were ultimately not accepted or who decided to withdraw. Additionally, there are the reactions and recommendations by the two readers selected by SAA to review the initial draft of the publication, reviews of the publication in archival journals in the United States and several other countries, reactions to the publication by several participants, and outlines for Hackman's presentations after publication.

Development of and Reaction to the SAA's 2011 Publication, "Many Happy Returns: Advocacy in the Development of Archives," 1972-2012