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Cover, Clio 1973 CLIO, the muse of history, is published by the Sigma Eta
Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta (the International History Honor Society), in cooperation with the Western Connecticut State College History Club. This issue of CLIO was financed by Student Government Association funds and is free of charge to any member of the student body. The editor of the first issue of CLIO is Richard Ducey, President of the Sigma Eta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. This journal would not have boon possible without the cooperation of many individuals, In particular we would like to thank Mr. Clare Ingram, who designed our cover and assisted in the printing of CLIO; Dr. Herbert Janick, Chairman of the History Department, for encouragement and support and two history professors, Dr. David Detzer and Dr. John Leopold, who took time out from their faculty duties to write articles for us. Dr. Leopold is also the faculty adviser for both Phi Alpha Theta and tho History Club. Finally, recognition must go to the many students who volunteered for hours of work in an attempt to make WESCONN a better school.
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Library of Congress is divided into two buildings: the Main Building and the Annex. The Main Building contains books and the Annex stores newspapers and periodicals. As for location, the buildings are behind the Capital with the Main Building first and the Annex second."
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Archival Research: Germany Archival research is a solitary but satisfying experience, The very nature of the work demands a painstaking exambation of documents. Everyone working at an archive pursues his individual topic with the persistence of a physical scientist who spends long hours peering through the lens of his microscopz. In busy research centers such as the Federal Archives at Koblenz, a spirit of camaraderie may develop among the researchers, but most of the day is spent in self-directed study. Just holding the original documents and perusing private correspondence can be an engaging experience best understood perhaps by arm-chair detectives, voyeurs and paper fetishists.
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ADMISSION TO LAW SCHOOL: IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS I have discovered that the process of trying to gain admission to law school can indeed be a very disheartening one. Through lack of information easily available to the students, many interested in law school do not meet certain deadlines or perhaps become exasperated early in the "struggle." The obstacles can be conquered, however, and with the aim of shedding some light on how to reach this goal I would like to enumerate a whole list of my impressions and ideas.
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THE KOREAN CONNECTION: OR DEALING WITH THE STUDENT DIRECTED STUDY In the spring of 1973 four of us worked together on a single historical enquiry -- Who began the Korean War? Most Americans have assumed that the North Koreans attacked the South without warning, but a few historians have suggested that the South Korean government secretly initiated the fighting. We tried to discover which of these two ideas was correct.
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HISTORICAL RESEARCH: THE INTERVIEW The novice interviewer will find such a project challenging and frightening, but also bearing the potential of considerable rewards. Many students ignore interviewing as a research tool because the logistics problems appear, at first glance, to be immense. Furthermore, the popular concept of an interview implies that the interviewee must be a celebrity. In fact, while interviewing very prominent persons may indeed be fruitful, it is an axiom that the best subjects are often relatively obscure. Depending upon the topic under investigation, a historian may wish to interview persons from various walks of life. The best subject for your interview might be a former goverment official, but it could also be your next-door neighbor. The prudent historian explores all possible sources of information.
