title: The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
author:  Marc Bloch 
description: Reflection on the nature and uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of those who write it.
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  # A Guide to Methods and Observation in History
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Calvin Olin Davis
  
  
  This page formatted 2007 Blackmask Online.
  
  
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  * [INTRODUCTION](hihi_split_2.html#1_0_2)
  
  
  * [I. Definitions.](hihi_split_3.html#1_0_3)
  
  
  * [II. Aspects of History.](hihi_split_4.html#1_0_4)
  
  
  * [III. Source Material for History.](hihi_split_5.html#1_0_5)
  
  
  * [IV. Conceptions of the Purpose and Content of
  
  
  History.[1]
  
  
  * [V. Some Notable Influences and Persons that have
  
  
  modified the Conception of the Meaning of History in the Last Century.
  
  
  
  
  
  * [VI. History in the Curriculum.](hihi_split_8.html#1_0_8)
  
  
  * [VII. Values and Aims of History.](hihi_split_9.html#1_0_9)
  
  
  * [VIII. Elements of History.](hihi_split_10.html#1_0_10)
  
  
  * [IX. Methods of Approach to the Study of History.](hihi_split_11.html#1_0_11)
  
  
  
  
  
  * [X. The Process of Learning History.](hihi_split_12.html#1_0_12)
  
  
  * [XI. The Organization of History in High Scho