Lessons Learned and to be Learned in Intergovernmental Appraisal

Authors

Kathy Roe Coker, United States Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon Archives

Publication Date

January 1987

Abstract

Seneca, Roman politician, poet, and essayist, succinctly echoed the Roman view of cooperation, efficiency, and practicality when he wrote "one hand washes the other." Centuries later archivists are still struggling to learn and apply Seneca's maxim. Although archivists have not successfully implemented Seneca's maxim in the realm of cooperative appraisal, they have for some time recognized the need.