Introduction -- pt. 1. Basic advocacy principles and methods -- Advocacy for archives and archivists -- pt. 2. Case studies in advocacy for archives -- Case studies in archival advocacy -- Archival advocacy: institutional archives in corporations -- Advocacy and fundraising at the Oberlin College archives -- Observations on thirty years of advocacy -- Thoughts on the reinvention of the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan -- Building an archives for Butte, America -- Leadership, advocacy and program development: transforming New York's Local Government Record Program, 1981-1995 -- Advocacy for the Archives and History Office of the SLAC -- Advocating within the Institution: twenty-five years for the New York Philharmonic Archives -- Starting the Archives for Women in Medicine: advocacy in creation, survival--and beyond? -- The Jacob's Pillow Archives: creating and nurturing an indispensable resource -- Advocacy in the service of archives: a continuing issue at the Vermont State Archives -- To know us...is to love us...is to support us: the creation and evolution of the New York State Archives Partnership Trust -- Making the case: using court records to win friends and influence politicians -- What the case studies tell us -- pt. 3. Perspectives on advocacy issues -- Teaching advocacy -- Building a community of supporters: the role of new technologies in advocacy -- Advocacy at the federal level -- pt. 4. Further recommendations -- Parting thoughts: advocacy and the archives profession -- Selected additional readings - Contributors -- Index