Thoughts on Instruction: Teaching Primary Sources By Marc Brodsky This article appeared in the Volume 1, Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2019 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. What is the nature of Special Collections instruction for an archivist working at an institution in the Appalachian region? Certainly, it is not any single thing. There are a wide variety of responses based on the differences found at a range of institutions. Collections differ—materials on hand—as do the purposes or objectives of any given class we may be called on to teach. Most of us that offer this kind of instruction—I presume—provide one-shot sessions…
