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Doing Archival Research in Political Science Doing Archival Research in Political Science EDITED BY Scott A. Frisch, Douglas B. Harris, Sean Q Kelly, and David C.W. Parker Copyright 2012 Cambria Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to: [email protected], or mailed to: Cambria Press 20 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 188 Amherst, NY 14228 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Doing archival research in political science / Scott A. Frisch ... [et al.], editors p. cm. . -- (Politics, institutions, and public policy in America Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-60497-802-5 (alk. paper) 1. Political science--Research--Methodology. 2. Political science--Archival resources. I. Frisch, Scott A., 1964- JA86.D65 2012 320.072--dc23 2012003352 Table of Contents List of Figures................................................................ vii List of Tables.................................................................. ix Introduction: Taking the Road Less Traveled Scott A. Frisch, Douglas B. Harris, Sean Q Kelly, and David C. W. Parker.................................................. 1 Part I: Political Science and the Archives.............................. 33 Chapter 1: Political Science and Archival Research Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly............................. 35 Chapter 2: Behavioral Reality and Institutional Change Douglas B. Harris.............................................. 59 Chapter 3: Pulling Back the Curtain Linda A. Whitaker and Michael Lotstein..................... 99 Part II: Political Science in the Archives.............................. 155 Chapter 4: Why Archives? David C. W. Parker........................................... 157 Chapter 5: If This Is Tuesday, It Must Be Albuquerque David C. W. Parker........................................... 165 Chapter 6: The Search for the Elusive Executive Brandon Rottinghaus.......................................... 199 Chapter 7: Rummaging Through the Attics of the CIA and Congress David M. Barrett.............................................. 223 Chapter 8: Public Opinion in the Archives Amy Fried...................................................... 239 vi Doing Archival Research in Political Science Chapter 9: Digging Through Trash Kathleen Sullivan and Patricia Strach...................... 271 Chapter 10: In Search of Influence Tracy Roof.................................................... 293 Part III: On the Road.................................................... 323 Chapter 11: Hitting the Road Without Hitting the Potholes Sean Q Kelly and Linda A. Whitaker...................... 325 Appendices.................................................................. 349 Index......................................................................... 353 About the Contributors.....................................................365 List of Figures Figure 1: Page 1 of a list of members that the Carter White House liaison team suggested President Carter contact. The handwritten notes are the president’s, reflecting his thoughts on each call. ........................................... 44 Figure 2: Whip counts from the papers of Representative Tom Bevill help illustrate how he built a coalition in support of his Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project ............... 45 Figure 3: Archivist Mary Anne Hamblen in the storage warehouse with the Ted Stevens Papers Collection (2010). ............. 118 Figure 4: Personal and political papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater before processing (2003) ..........................121 Figure 5: Personal and political papers of Senator Barry M. Goldwater after processing (2009) ............................ 122 Figure 6: Payroll, Department of Public Works, 1883 ................. 284 List of Tables Table 1: The data available in archival collections. ...................... 49 Table 2: Ready and latent data in congressional papers collections. ......................................................... 50 Table 3: Container list from the 1964 presidential campaign series in the Goldwater papers. ........................................ 138 Table 4: Senator John Glenn and going home, 1987–1992. ........... 176 Table 5: Senator Barry Goldwater and going home, 1975– 1980 ............................................................... 176 Table 6: Comparison of Republican vote percentages in Republican, swing, and Democratic precincts in Maricopa and Pima Counties, 1976–1980 ................................ 179 Table 7: Change in voter turnout between 1976 and 1980 in Republican, swing, and Democratic precincts in Maricopa and Pima Counties ............................................... 180 Table 8: Library of Congress presidential manuscript collections ......................................................... 202 Table 9: NARA presidential library websites and locations ........... 203 Table 10: Budget worksheet ............................................... 349 Table 11: Travel checklist ................................................. 351