[AAACE-NLA] Conflicting Paradigms-update

[AWilder106@aol.com]

Dear George,

I am only bringing up attribution because in the final analysis reputation, 
one's name, is all one has.   By reputation, I mean the regard of one's 
colleagues, friends, family, employers, all those whose support is essential.   The 
nifl lists are in a way public, though most of the public doesn't know about 
them, they are government sponsored. 

I agree that the list servs are an education, and I bless those who have 
replied to my endless   questions and have read and commented on what I have 
written.   I may in the future ask their permission to   quote   or paraphrase what 
they have said, for my own work for the foundation that employs me;   if they 
want to have their names attached that will be up to them. 

I have twice been damaged, once   professionally, the second time personally, 
over   issues of    reputation that   only tangentially concerned me.   For 
my sake and others whose work you are using, I hope that   you are being very 
careful about the use of names,   and the context of words, thoughts,   ideas.  
 In the social sciences there are usually built in protections to guard 
against potential harm.

I don't like to bring this up, believe me, especially since I regard the 
lists as such a   treasure, as you do, also.   I know you are an historian by 
training and the use of documents   is somewhat different in your field.

Yours in scholarship,

Andrea
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