"This book contains a selection of papers presented at an international conference, 'Political Pressure and the Archival Record,' held in Liverpool, U.K. in July 2003"--Pref.

The Asian-Pacific War and the fate of archives / Masahito Ando -- Whispers in the archives : finding the voices of the colonized in the records of the colonizer / Jeannette Allis Bastian -- Title company v. county recorder : a case study in open records litigation, 1874-1918 / Dwayne Cox -- Governmental rule and archivists : the historical experience of the 20th century in Central Europe / Friedrich Kahlenberg -- "... And grant German and foreign scholars access at all times" : archival access in West Germany during the Cold War / Astrid M. Eckert -- Official secrecy and the right to a fair trial : the case of the HMS Thetis / Maureen Spencer -- The Tuskegee syphilis study : access and control over controversial records / Tywanna Whorley -- The role of private archival centres in storing, preserving and providing access to political records in Belgium / Godfried Kwanten -- Ethics issues for creators, managers, and users of records / Rick Barry -- The role of the archives in protecting the record from political pressure / Chris Hurley -- Archives, politics, and justice / Verne Harris -- "Any tangible thing" : the USA Patriot Act and its impact on higher education administration / Jackie R. Esposito -- The Bush administration and "information lockdown" / Thomas James Connors -- "But who watches the watchers?" Security intelligence records in New Zealand : a case study / Rachel Lilburn -- Beware of the leopard? police archives in Great Britain / Chris Williams and Clive Emsley -- From Solferino to Sarajevo : armed conflict, international law, and archives / George Mackenzie -- Archives in service to state / Trudy Huskamp Peterson -- Srebrenica : a Balkan tragedy and the making of a Dutch affair / Agnes E.M. Jonker -- The relevance of archival practice within "e-democracy" / Claire Johnson -- "Brave new world?" Electronic records management : who will be in a position to influence the archival record in the future? / Malcolm Todd.