title: The History of Archives and the History of Science: Comment.
abstract: Drawing on Terry Cook's famous challenge to the relationship of historians to the archive, this comment responds to the four preceding Focus essays, offering an examination of the roles, in particular, of acquisition and appraisal, canon formation, and place or location in the relationship that historians of science have with the archive.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D001109:Archives / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*