The History Of Archives

  the history of archives: The Birth of the Archive Markus Friedrich, 2018-02-26 The dynamic but little-known story of how archives came to shape and be shaped by European culture and society
  the history of archives: Processing the Past Francis X. Blouin Jr., William G. Rosenberg, 2012-12-18 Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management, and hence the relations between historians and archivists. Written by an archivist and a historian, it shows how these changes have been brought on by new historical thinking, new conceptions of archives, changing notions of historical authority, modifications in archival practices, and new information technologies. The book takes an archival turn by situating archives as subjects rather than places of study, and examining the increasingly problematic relationships between historical and archival work. By showing how nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historians and archivists in Europe and North America came to occupy the same conceptual and methodological space, the book sets the background to these changes. In the past, authoritative history was based on authoritative archives and mutual understandings of scientific research. These connections changed as historians began to ask questions not easily answered by traditional documentation, and archivists began to confront an unmanageable increase in the amount of material they processed and the challenges of new electronic technologies. The authors contend that historians and archivists have divided into two entirely separate professions with distinct conceptual frameworks, training, and purposes, as well as different understandings of the authorities that govern their work. Processing the Past moves toward bridging this divide by speaking in one voice to these very different audiences. Blouin and Rosenberg conclude by raising the worrisome question of what future historical archives might be like if historical scholars and archivists no longer understand each other, and indeed, whether their now different notions of what is archival and historical will ever again be joined.
  the history of archives: Processing the Past Francis X. Blouin Jr., William G. Rosenberg, 2011-01-21 Processing the Past explores the dramatic changes taking place in historical understanding and archival management, and hence the relations between historians and archivists. Written by an archivist and a historian, it shows how these changes have been brought on by new historical thinking, new conceptions of archives, changing notions of historical authority, modifications in archival practices, and new information technologies. The book takes an archival turn by situating archives as subjects rather than places of study, and examining the increasingly problematic relationships between historical and archival work. By showing how nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historians and archivists in Europe and North America came to occupy the same conceptual and methodological space, the book sets the background to these changes. In the past, authoritative history was based on authoritative archives and mutual understandings of scientific research. These connections changed as historians began to ask questions not easily answered by traditional documentation, and archivists began to confront an unmanageable increase in the amount of material they processed and the challenges of new electronic technologies. The authors contend that historians and archivists have divided into two entirely separate professions with distinct conceptual frameworks, training, and purposes, as well as different understandings of the authorities that govern their work. Processing the Past moves toward bridging this divide by speaking in one voice to these very different audiences. Blouin and Rosenberg conclude by raising the worrisome question of what future historical archives might be like if historical scholars and archivists no longer understand each other, and indeed, whether their now different notions of what is archival and historical will ever again be joined.
  the history of archives: Making the Archives Talk James L. W. West, 2011 A collection of essays by editor, biographer, bibliographer, and book historian James L. W. West III, covering editorial theory, archival use, textual emendation, and scholarly annotation. Discusses the treatment of both public documents (novels, stories, nonfiction) and private texts (letters, diaries, journals, working papers)--Provided by publisher.
  the history of archives: The Allure of the Archives Arlette Farge, 2013-09-24 DIVArlette Farge’s Le Goût de l’archive is widely regarded as a historiographical classic. While combing through two-hundred-year-old judicial records from the Archives of the Bastille, historian Farge was struck by the extraordinarily intimate portrayal they provided of the lives of the poor in pre-Revolutionary France, especially women. She was seduced by the sensuality of old manuscripts and by the revelatory power of voices otherwise lost. In The Allure of the Archives, she conveys the exhilaration of uncovering hidden secrets and the thrill of venturing into new dimensions of the past. Originally published in 1989, Farge’s classic work communicates the tactile, interpretive, and emotional experience of archival research while sharing astonishing details about life under the Old Regime in France. At once a practical guide to research methodology and an elegant literary reflection on the challenges of writing history, this uniquely rich volume demonstrates how surrendering to the archive’s allure can forever change how we understand the past./div
  the history of archives: Guardian of Heritage National Archives (U.S.), 1985
  the history of archives: Archival Afterlives , 2018-07-10 Archival Afterlives explores the posthumous fortunes of scientific and medical archives in early modern Britain. If early modern natural philosophers claimed all knowledge as their province, theirs was a paper empire. But how and why did naturalists engage with archives, and in particular, with the papers of their dead predecessors? This volume makes a firm case for expanding what counts as scientific labour, integrating scribes, archivist, library keepers, editors, and friends and family of deceased naturalists into the history of science. It shows how early modern natural philosophers pursued new natural knowledge in dialogue with their recent material past. Finally, it demonstrates the sustaining importance of archival institutions in the growth and development of the “New Sciences.” Contributors are: Arnold Hunt, Michael Hunter, Vera Keller, Carol Pal, Anna Marie Roos, Richard Serjeantson, Victoria Sloyan, Alison Walker, and Elizabeth Yale.
  the history of archives: A History of Archival Practice Paul Delsalle, Margaret Procter, 2017-07-31 This revised translation of the classic 1998 Une histoire de l’archivistique provides a wide-ranging international survey of developments in archival practices and management, from the ancient world to the present day. The volume has been substantially updated to incorporate recent scholarship and provide additional examples from the English-speaking world. These new additions complement the original text and offer a broad and up-to-date survey, with examples spanning Europe, Africa, Asia and North and South America. The bibliography has also been updated with new material and supplementary English language sources, making it an accessible and up-to-date resource for those working and researching in the field of archives and archival history. This book is an essential reference volume for both archivists and historians, as well as anyone interested in the history of archives.
  the history of archives: The Social History of the Archive Liesbeth Corens, Kate Peters, Alexandra Walsham, 2016 This Supplement builds on a burgeoning body of research that approaches the archive not merely as the object, but also as the subject of enquiry. It explores the phenomenon of record keeping in the early modern period in the context of signifi cant ecclesiastical, political, intellectual and cultural developments that served as a stimulus to it: state formation, religious reformation, and economic transformation; the advent of the mechanical press, the spread of educational opportunity, and the expansion of literacy; changing epistemological conventions, shifting attitudes towards history and memory, and new modes of self-representation. Focusing attention on the impulses behind the surge in public and private documentation in Europe between 1500 and 1800, the contributors to this volume place the processes by which individual, collective and institutional records were created, compiled, authorised, and used under the microscope. They examine the activities of curators and scribes, analyse the issues of credibility and authenticity to which their endeavours gave rise, and evaluate the role of textual, pictorial, material and fi nancial records in managing knowledge and giving expression to senses of identity. Stretching traditional, technical defi nitions of the record and archive, they investigate how writing and document-making of various kinds was shaped by dynamic interactions between ordinary people and by the politics of everyday life. They also illuminate the multiple ways in which archives mediate and construct the past, preserving some traces of it for posterity while consigning others to oblivion.--
  the history of archives: Creating Family Archives Margot Note, 2019 Not just a gift. It's history in the making. Family history is important. Photos, videos, aged documents, and cherished papers--these are the memories that you want to save. And they need a better home than a cardboard box. Creating Family Archives is a book written by an archivist for you, your family, and friends, taking you step-by-step through the process of arranging and preserving your own family archives. It's the first book of its kind offered to the public by the Society of American Archivists. Gathering up the boxes of photos and years of video is a big job. But this fascinating and instructional book will make it easier and, in the end, much better--
  the history of archives: Understanding Archives & Manuscripts James M. O'Toole, Richard J. Cox, 2006 This volume introduces students and beginning practitioners to the fundamentals of working with and preserving archival records and manuscripts. Sample topics include the history of the archives profession, the organization of archival records, and the values that inform practice. A new chapter on contemporary challenges in the archival world has been added for the second edition, and the bibliographic essay has been updated.
  the history of archives: A Time to Gather Jason Lustig, 2021-12-14 How do people link the past to the present, marking continuity in the face of the fundamental discontinuities of history? A Time to Gather argues that historical records took on potent value in modern Jewish life as both sources of history and anchors of memory because archives presented oneway of transmitting Jewish culture and history from one generation to another as well as making claims of access to an authentic Jewish culture. Indeed, both before the Holocaust and in its aftermath, Jewish leaders around the world felt a shared imperative to muster the forces and resources ofJewish life and culture. It was a time to gather, a feverish era of collecting and conflict in which archive making was both a response to the ruptures of modernity and a mechanism for communities to express their cultural hegemony.Jason Lustig explores these themes across the arc of the twentieth century by excavating three distinctive archival traditions, that of the Cairo Genizah (and its transfer to Cambridge in the 1890s), folkloristic efforts like those of YIVO, and the Gesamtarchiv der deutschen Juden (Central or TotalArchive of the German Jews) formed in Berlin in 1905. Lustig presents archive-making as an organizing principle of twentieth-century Jewish culture, as a metaphor of great power and broad symbolic meaning with the dispersion and gathering of documents falling in the context of the Jews' longdiasporic history. In this light, creating archives was just as much about the future as it was about the past.
  the history of archives: Manuscripts and Archives Alessandro Bausi, Christian Brockmann, Michael Friedrich, Sabine Kienitz, 2018-02-19 Archives are considered to be collections of administrative, legal, commercial and other records or the actual place where they are located. They have become ubiquitous in the modern world, but emerged not much later than the invention of writing. Following Foucault, who first used the word archive in a metaphorical sense as the general system of the formation and transformation of statements in his Archaeology of Knowledge (1969), postmodern theorists have tried to exploit the potential of this concept and initiated the archival turn. In recent years, however, archives have attracted the attention of anthropologists and historians of different denominations regarding them as historical objects and grounding them again in real institutions. The papers in this volume explore the complex topic of the archive in a historical, systematic and comparative context and view it in the broader context of manuscript cultures by addressing questions like how, by whom and for which purpose were archival records produced, and if they differ from literary manuscripts regarding materials, formats, and producers (scribes).
  the history of archives: Archives Sue McKemmish, Michael Piggott, Barbara Reed, Frank Upward, 2005-06-01 Archives: Recordkeeping in Society introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It explores the role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information: new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is the relationship between evidence and memory in archives and in archival discourse. It also explores recordkeeping and accountability, memory, societal power and juridical power, along with an examination of issues raised by globalisation and interntionalisation.The chapter authors are researchers, practitioners and educators from leading Australian and international recordkeeping organisations, each contributing previously unpublished research in and reflections on their field of expertise. They include Adrian Cunningham, Don Schauder, Hans Hofman, Chris Hurley, Livia Iacovino, Eric Ketelaar and Ann Pederson.The book reflects broad Australian and international perspectives making it relevant worldwide. It will be a particularly valuable resource for students of archives and records, researchers from realted knowledge disciplines, sociology and history, practitioners wanting to reflect further on their work, and all those with an interest in archives and their role in shaping human activity and community culture.
  the history of archives: The Mustang Archives Agnieszka Helman-Wazny, Charles Ramble, 2020-10-13 The proposed book explores locally-produced documents from Mustang, Nepal, mostly dated to the year within the last two centuries. The archives are from five communities: Tshognam, Geling, Lubrak, and Jharkot. The documents were preserved in wooden or metal boxes, baskets or bags as a loose assemblage of folded sheets of paper. Some of the collections are from private households, whereas others are the communal property of villages, in which case they could be opened and photographed only in the presence of community representatives. The documents are of several different kinds, including contracts, petitions, edicts, letters, dispute resolutions, tax records and community regulations. Besides being an important source of information for the reconstruction of Mustang's social history, are an extremely valuable source of knowledge about local paper- and book-production. It is not only their content but their material that provides information essential to tracing a past history, clarifying, among other things, the economic factors that shaped their production.
  the history of archives: Making Archives in Early Modern Europe Randolph C. Head, 2019-06-27 Compares the archives of European states after 1500 to reveal changes in how records supported memory, authority and power.
  the history of archives: Trying Biology Adam R. Shapiro, 2013-05-21 In Trying Biology, Adam R. Shapiro convincingly dispels many conventional assumptions about the 1925 Scopes “monkey” trial. Most view it as an event driven primarily by a conflict between science and religion. Countering this, Shapiro shows the importance of timing: the Scopes trial occurred at a crucial moment in the history of biology textbook publishing, education reform in Tennessee, and progressive school reform across the country. He places the trial in this broad context—alongside American Protestant antievolution sentiment—and in doing so sheds new light on the trial and the historical relationship of science and religion in America. For the first time we see how religious objections to evolution became a prevailing concern to the American textbook industry even before the Scopes trial began. Shapiro explores both the development of biology textbooks leading up to the trial and the ways in which the textbook industry created new books and presented them as “responses” to the trial. Today, the controversy continues over textbook warning labels, making Shapiro’s study—particularly as it plays out in one of America’s most famous trials—an original contribution to a timely discussion.
  the history of archives: From the Ashes of History Carlos Aguirre, Javier Villa-Flores, 2015-07-23 The formation, organization, and accessibility of archives and libraries are critical for the production of historical narratives. They contain the materials with which historians and others reconstruct past events. Archives and libraries, however, not only help produce history, but also have a history of their own. From the early colonial projects to the formation of nation states in Latin America, archives and libraries had been at the center of power struggles and conflicting ideas over patrimony and document preservation that demand historical scrutiny. Much of their collections have been lost on account of accidents or sheer negligence, but there are also cases of recovery and reconstruction that have opened new windows to the past. The essays in this volume explore several fascinating cases of destruction and recovery of archives and libraries and illuminate the ways in which those episodes help shape the writing of historical narratives and the making of collective memories.
  the history of archives: The History of Archives Administration Frank Bernard Evans, 1979 UNESCO pub. Bibliography, history, archives and records maintenance.
  the history of archives: Reference Information Papers National Archives (U.S.), 1955
  the history of archives: Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts Dennis Meissner, 2019-10-31 In Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts, Dennis Meissner provides a solid foundation in the history, theory, and standards supporting arrangement and description. In addition, he clearly demonstrates the approaches, methods, and mechanics required to process archival collections.
  the history of archives: Archives and Human Rights Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio, Antonio González Quintana, 2021-02-09 Why and how can records serve as evidence of human rights violations, in particular crimes against humanity, and help the fight against impunity? Archives and Human Rights shows the close relationship between archives and human rights and discusses the emergence, at the international level, of the principles of the right to truth, justice and reparation. Through a historical overview and topical case studies from different regions of the world the book discusses how records can concretely support these principles. The current examples also demonstrate how the perception of the role of the archivist has undergone a metamorphosis in recent decades, towards the idea that archivists can and must play an active role in defending basic human rights, first and foremost by enabling access to documentation on human rights violations. Confronting painful memories of the past is a way to make the ghosts disappear and begin building a brighter, more serene future. The establishment of international justice mechanisms and the creation of truth commissions are important elements of this process. The healing begins with the acknowledgment that painful chapters are essential parts of history; archives then play a crucial role by providing evidence. This book is both a tool and an inspiration to use archives in defence of human rights. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/ISBN, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
  the history of archives: Applied Art Pedro Joseph Lemos, 1920
  the history of archives: Archives for the Lay Person Lois Hamill, 2013 Collections management can be a daunting task for volunteers and employees alike. Archives for the Lay Person provides practical, step-by-step guidance for those managing all facets of archival collections at small organizations.
  the history of archives: Organizing Archival Records David W. Carmicheal, 2004 David Carmicheal's classic guide for organizing a small archive, now updated to include real-life examples, information on computer use in organizing records, and a bonus CD-ROM.
  the history of archives: Archives, Documentation, and Institutions of Social Memory Francis Xavier Blouin, William G. Rosenberg, 2007-08-02 Essays exploring the importance of archives as artifacts of culture
  the history of archives: Archives 101 Lois Hamill, 2021-04-01 Archives 101 is a manual for people who care for historical records, photographs, and collections and a textbook for those who want to learn. Lois Hamill provides practical, step-by-step guidance for managing all facets of archival collections, from acquisition, arrangement, and description to storage and security. The book also offers advice on how to integrate description in PastPerfect software with archival finding aids to optimize the strengths of each. Archives 101 is written for those who manage cultural collections regardless of their professional education or institution type. This comprehensive, practical, ready reference is authoritative yet accessible to all readers. It addresses all phases in the process of managing cultural collections including use by researchers, for exhibits, work with other specialists such as conservators or appraisers and more. The chapter on description incorporates the professional descriptive standard Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS) into finding aids. Guidance on the management of digitization projects for text documents and photographs includes equipment, technical specifications, file naming and management, workflow, delivery methods, and copyright with examples and forms. The Additional Reading/Resources features many new resources that are reliable and free, all URLs have been verified. A convenient Glossary, examples, forms and ready-reference appendices round out this handy volume.
  the history of archives: Science in the Archives Lorraine Daston, 2017-04-04 Archives bring to mind rooms filled with old papers and dusty artifacts. But for scientists, the detritus of the past can be a treasure trove of material vital to present and future research: fossils collected by geologists; data banks assembled by geneticists; weather diaries trawled by climate scientists; libraries visited by historians. These are the vital collections, assembled and maintained over decades, centuries, and even millennia, which define the sciences of the archives. With Science in the Archives, Lorraine Daston and her co-authors offer the first study of the important role that these archives play in the natural and human sciences. Reaching across disciplines and centuries, contributors cover episodes in the history of astronomy, geology, genetics, philology, climatology, medicine, and more—as well as fundamental practices such as collecting, retrieval, and data mining. Chapters cover topics ranging from doxology in Greco-Roman Antiquity to NSA surveillance techniques of the twenty-first century. Thoroughly exploring the practices, politics, economics, and potential of the sciences of the archives, this volume reveals the essential historical dimension of the sciences, while also adding a much-needed long-term perspective to contemporary debates over the uses of Big Data in science.
  the history of archives: Performing Archives/Archives of Performance Gunhild Borggreen, Rune Gade, 2013-07-12 <i>Performing Archives/Archives of Performance</i> contributes to the ongoing critical discussions of performance and its disappearance, of the ephemeral and its reproduction, of archives and mediatized recordings of liveness. The many contributions by excellent scholars and artists from a broad range of interdisciplinary fields as well as from various locations in research geographies demonstrate that despite the extensive discourse on the relationship between performance and the archive, inquiry into the productive tensions between ephemerality and permanence is by no means outdated or exhausted. New ways of understanding archives, history, and memory emerge and address theories of enactment and intervention, while concepts of performance constantly proliferate and enable a critical focus on archival residue. The contributions in <i>Performing Archives/Archives of Performance</i> cover philosophical inquiries as well as discussions of specific art works, performances, and archives.<br><br> <b>Contributions by</b>: Heike Roms, Amelia Jones, Julie Louise Bacon, Peter van der Meijden, Emma Willis, Rivka Syd Eisner, Rachel Fensham, Sarah Whatley, Tracy C. Davis, Barnaby King, Laura Luise Schultz, Malene Vest Hansen, Mette Sandbye, Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen, Margeritha Sprio, Annelis Kuhlmann, Morten Søndergaard, Martha Wilson, Catherine Bagnall, Paul Clarke, Solveig Gade, Gunhild Borggreen, Rune Gade, Louise Wolthers, Mathias Danbolt, Marco Pustianaz.<br><br> <b>Gunhild Borggreen</b> is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.<br><br> <b>Rune Gade</b> is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen.
  the history of archives: White House Diary Jimmy Carter, 2010-09-20 The edited, annotated New York Times bestselling diary of President Jimmy Carter--filled with insights into his presidency, his relationships with friends and foes, and his lasting impact on issues that still preoccupy America and the world. Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. He offered unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders; he narrated the progress of secret negotiations such as those that led to the Camp David Accords. When his four-year term came to an end in early 1981, the diary amounted to more than five thousand pages. But this extraordinary document has never been made public--until now. By carefully selecting the most illuminating and relevant entries, Carter has provided us with an astonishingly intimate view of his presidency. Day by day, we see his forceful advocacy for nuclear containment, sustainable energy, human rights, and peace in the Middle East. We witness his interactions with such complex personalities as Ted Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Joe Biden, Anwar Sadat, and Menachem Begin. We get the inside story of his so-called malaise speech, his bruising battle for the 1980 Democratic nomination, and the Iranian hostage crisis. Remarkably, we also get Carter's retrospective comments on these topics and more: thirty years after the fact, he has annotated the diary with his candid reflections on the people and events that shaped his presidency, and on the many lessons learned. Carter is now widely seen as one of the truly wise men of our time. Offering an unprecedented look at both the man and his tenure, White House Diary is a fascinating book that stands as a unique contribution to the history of the American presidency.
  the history of archives: Paper Cadavers Kirsten Weld, 2014-03-21 In Paper Cadavers, an inside account of the astonishing discovery and rescue of Guatemala's secret police archives, Kirsten Weld probes the politics of memory, the wages of the Cold War, and the stakes of historical knowledge production. After Guatemala's bloody thirty-six years of civil war (1960–1996), silence and impunity reigned. That is, until 2005, when human rights investigators stumbled on the archives of the country's National Police, which, at 75 million pages, proved to be the largest trove of secret state records ever found in Latin America. The unearthing of the archives renewed fierce debates about history, memory, and justice. In Paper Cadavers, Weld explores Guatemala's struggles to manage this avalanche of evidence of past war crimes, providing a firsthand look at how postwar justice activists worked to reconfigure terror archives into implements of social change. Tracing the history of the police files as they were transformed from weapons of counterinsurgency into tools for post-conflict reckoning, Weld sheds light on the country's fraught transition from war to an uneasy peace, reflecting on how societies forget and remember political violence.
  the history of archives: The Silence of the Archive David Thomas, Simon Fowler, Valerie Johnson, 2017-05-11 Foreword by Anne J Gilliland, University of California Evaluating archives in a post-truth society. In recent years big data initiatives, not to mention Hollywood, the video game industry and countless other popular media, have reinforced and even glamorized the public image of the archive as the ultimate repository of facts and the hope of future generations for uncovering ‘what actually happened’. The reality is, however, that for all sorts of reasons the record may not have been preserved or survived in the archive. In fact, the record may never have even existed – its creation being as imagined as is its contents. And even if it does exist, it may be silent on the salient facts, or it may obfuscate, mislead or flat out lie. The Silence of the Archive is written by three expert and knowledgeable archivists and draws attention to the many limitations of archives and the inevitability of their having parameters. Silences or gaps in archives range from details of individuals’ lives to records of state oppression or of intelligence operations. The book brings together ideas from a wide range of fields, including contemporary history, family history research and Shakespearian studies. It describes why these silences exist, what the impact of them is, how researchers have responded to them, and what the silence of the archive means for researchers in the digital age. It will help provide a framework and context to their activities and enable them to better evaluate archives in a post-truth society. This book includes discussion of: enforced silencesexpectations and when silence means silencedigital preservation, authenticity and the futuredealing with the silencepossible solutions; challenging silence and acceptancethe meaning of the silences: are things getting better or worse?user satisfaction and audience development. This book will make compelling reading for professional archivists, records managers and records creators, postgraduate and undergraduate students of history, archives, librarianship and information studies, as well as academics and other users of archives.
  the history of archives: Libraries, Archives, and Museums Suzanne M. Stauffer, 2021-08-17 This is the first book to consider the development of all three cultural heritage institutions – libraries, archives, and museums – and their interactions with society and culture from ancient history to the present day in Western Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The text explores the social and cultural role of these institutions in the societies that created them, as well as the political, economic and social influences on their mission, philosophy, and services and how those changed throughout time. The work provides a thorough background in the topic for graduate students and professionals in the fields of library and information science, archival studies, and museum resource management, preservation, and administration. Arranged chronologically, the story begins with the temple libraries of ancient Sumer, followed the growth and development of governmental and private libraries in ancient Greece and Rome, the influence of Asia and Islam on Western library development, the role of Christianity in the preservation of ancient literature as well as the skills of reading and writing during the Middle Ages, and the coming of the Renaissance and the rise of the university library. It continues by tracing the gradual division between archives and libraries and the growth of governmental and private libraries as independent institutions during and after the Renaissance and through the Enlightenment, and the development of public and private museums from the “cabinets of curiousities” of private collectors beginning in the 17th century. Individual chapters explore the further growth and development of libraries, archives, and museums in the 19th and 20th centuries, exploring the public library and public museum movements of those centuries, as well as the rise of the governmental and institutional archive. The final chapter discusses the growing collaboration between and even convergence of these institutions in the 21st century and the impact of modern information technology, and makes predictions about the future of all three institutions.
  the history of archives: Intrinsic Value in Archival Material , 1982
  the history of archives: Archives, Ancestors, Practices Nathan Schlanger, Jarl Nordbladh, 2008-06-01 In line with the resurgence of interest in the history of archaeology manifested over the past decade, this volume aims to highlight state-of-the art research across several topics and areas, and to stimulate new approaches and studies in the field. With their shared historiographical commitment, the authors, leading scholars and emerging researchers, draw from a wide range of case studies to address major themes such as historical sources and methods; questions of archaeological practices and the practical aspects of knowledge production; ‘visualizing archaeology’ and the multiple roles of iconography and imagery; and ‘questions of identity’ at local, national and international levels.
  the history of archives: The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, 2018-08-20 Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of “The Federalist Papers”, a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. “The Federalist”, as it was previously known, was constructed by American statesman Alexander Hamilton, and was intended to catalyse the ratification of the United States Constitution. Hamilton recruited fellow statesmen James Madison Jr., and John Jay to write papers for the compendium, and the three are known as some of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755–1804) was an American lawyer, journalist and highly influential government official. He also served as a Senior Officer in the Army between 1799-1800 and founded the Federalist Party, the system that governed the nation’s finances. His contributions to the Constitution and leadership made a significant and lasting impact on the early development of the nation of the United States.
  the history of archives: Elusive Archives Martin Brückner, Sandy Isenstadt, 2021-08-27 Elusive Archives asks how historians, librarians, and museum professionals can bring together scattered, lost, or otherwise forgotten objects into a provisional collection, an elusive archive. Addressing a wide range of objects, the authors' diverse approaches, varying formats, and broad scope of inquiries describe a new conceptual territory at the intersection of archival studies and material culture studies.
  the history of archives: A History of Participation in Museums and Archives Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-12-13 Traversing disciplines, A History of Participation in Museums and Archives provides a framework for understanding how participatory modes in natural, cultural, and scientific heritage institutions intersect with practices in citizen science and citizen humanities. Drawing on perspectives in cultural history, science and technology studies, and media and communication theory, the book explores how museums and archives make science and cultural heritage relevant to people's everyday lives, while soliciting their assistance and participation in research and citizen projects. More specifically, the book critically examines how different forms of engagement are constructed, how concepts of democratization are framed and enacted, and how epistemic practices in science and the humanities are transformed through socio-technological infrastructures. Tracking these central themes across disciplines and research from Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States, the book simultaneously considers their relevance for museum and heritage studies. A History of Participation in Museums and Archives should be essential reading for a broad academic audience, including scholars and students in museum and heritage studies, digital humanities, and the public communication of science and technology. It should also be of great interest to museum professionals working to foster public engagement through collaboration with networks and local community groups.
  the history of archives: Do Archives Have Value? Michael S. Moss, David Thomas, 2019 This book will explore ways of establishing value and measuring impact in archives and special collections.
  the history of archives: Community Archives, Community Spaces Jeannette Bastian, Andrew Flinn, 2019-12-19 This book traces the trajectory of the community archives movement, expanding the definition of community archives to include sites such as historical societies, social movement organisations and community centres. It also explores new definitions of what community archives might encompass, particularly in relation to disciplines outside the archives. Over ten years have passed since the first volume of Community Archives, and inspired by continued research as well as by the formal recognition of community archives in the UK, the community archives movement has become an important area of research, recognition and appreciation by archivists, archival scholars and others worldwide. Increasingly the subject of papers and conferences, community archives are now seen as being in the vanguard of social concerns, markers of community-based activism, a participatory approach exemplifying the on-going evolution of ‘professional’ archival (and heritage) practice and integral to the ability of people to articulate and assert their identity. Community Archives, Community Spaces reflects the latest research and includes practical case studies on the challenges of building and sustaining community archives. This new book will appeal to practitioners, researchers, and academics in the archives and records community as well as to historians and other scholars concerned with community building and social issues.
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The author discusses the genesis and history of the evolution of archival theory and practice in the major European countries through the creation of the great archival repositories, the birth …

A guide to the archival and local history collections held at the …
The Kent History and Library Centre (KHLC) opened on 23 April 2012. It covers over 1300 years of Kent's history and contains more than 12.5 km (almost 8 miles) of collections. The...

Archives and history: The Author(s) 2013 Towards a history of …
This article probes the relationship between archives and history by examining the archive policy on historical research in the first modern administration state of the German lands, the …

Seeing Yourself in History: Community Archives and the Fight …
Michelle Caswell. Abstract: Building on the author’s experiences as the co-founder and a board member of the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), this article posits that …

Accountability, History, and Archives: Conflicting Priorities or ...
The relationship between archives and their value for evidence, for law and rights and justice, and for history and memory, is rooted in Western traditions and in the purposes of ancient and …

Transforming local archive services - The National Archives
Archives are integral to the history of our nation. We believe that they should be for everyone across all communities to discover and use. Together, The National Archives and the Local...

History and Archives in Practice, 2024 - The National Archives
A partnership of The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, ‘History and Archives in Practice’ (HAP) is where historians and archivists come...

(Per)Forming Archival Research Methodologies - JSTOR
Archives are now viewed as primary sources for creating knowledge rather than mere storehouses for finding what is already known. History professor James O'Toole explains, …

What difference has the opening (and closing) of archives after …
The emergence of a detailed set of notes taken by Vladimir Malin, the head of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee General Department, has allowed historians to …

The Past Is in the Present: On the History and Archives of …
Archives constitute this crucial re-source for re-collecting and researching the history of archaeology—a resource all the more valuable if, for all its inherent fragility, occlusion and …

THE MANAGEMENT OF DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, AND ARCHIVES
21 Feb 2019 · 1. The history of records and archives theories and the impact of electronic records; 2. The relationships between the life-cycle and records continuum models; 3. The …

The National Archives Womens Histories Finding Aid
This resource contains a hyperlinked list of National Archives current resources for Women’s histories on The National Archives website. It includes education resources, online exhibitions,...

Historians’ Use of Archival Sources: Promises and Pitfalls of the ...
Introduction. This paper reports on a study of historians’ use of archival resources in the historical research process. We are interested in identifying the promises and pitfalls of the digital age …

THE NATIONAL CYCLE ARCHIVE AT THE MODERN RECORDS CENTRE
National Cycle Museum Trust Archive. Cycle club records and catalogues, three boxes of correspondence, files of records relating to racing, etc., thirty boxes of press cuttings, a …

Routes of entry to the archives profession - The National Archives
Projects to widen access to skilled work in archives are ongoing in several Heritage Lottery Fund-supported projects including Opening up Archives, Royal Commission on the Ancient and...

The rewards of using archived oral histories in research: the …
Key words: oral history archives, social history, life history interview, Millennium Memory Bank, re-use, secondary analysis, single motherhood During the course of the 20th century, increasing …

Oral History Basic Information FINAL (1) - Smithsonian Institution Archives
HOW TO DO ORAL HISTORY Suggestions for anyone looking to start recording oral histories based on best practices used in the Smithsonian Oral History Program at the Smithsonian Institution Archives. What is Oral History? p. 1 The Six R’s of Oral History Interviewing p. 2 Preparing for Oral History Interviews p. 3

BT Heritage & Archives
cared for by BT Archives. An introduction to them is given in this information sheet. Private telephone companies . The Telephone Company Limited (Bell’s Patents) (1878-80) BT Archives ref: TPA . The Telephone Company Ltd (Bell's Patents) was registered on 14 June 1878 to market Bell's patent telephones in Great Britain. Its offices were

RECORDS AND ARCHIVES MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
To illustrate the development of the National Archives of Tanganyika/Tanzania in the last fifty years. Finally, we will look at the new challenges facing the National Archives in the digital environment. A Summary of the Colonial and Post-Colonial History of Record-Keeping in Tanganyika/Tanzania

Hospital records in the National Archives
The archives of the Royal City of Dublin Hospital, Baggot Street (2006/98) include minute books (1878–1965), as well as a substantial collection of ... Other smaller and more unusual sources in the NAI for the history of medicine are discussed in more detail in my colleague Aideen Ireland’s article in this journal. 3.

On the History and Function of Film Archives - efgproject.eu
The History of Film Archives The first film archives to appear in the early years of cinematography were mainly run by single individuals. And yet the wish to preserve material on a long-term basis goes back as far as the pre-cinema era. In 1894 W.K.L. Dickenson, who …

The History of Archives: The State of the Discipline
The History of Archives 333 Historians, and other scholars who rely on archives, do well to under-stand the histories that have shaped them: these histories constrain the kinds of stories that can be written from any particular archive. But the history of archives is useful not only (or even primarily) as methodological prophy-lactic.

Transforming local archive services - The National Archives
Archives are integral to the history of our nation. We believe that they should be for everyone across all communities to discover and use. Together, The National Archives and the Local Government Association want to make this ambition a reality by working in partnership with archives services across the country.

Routes of entry to the archives profession - The National Archives
Routes of entry to the archives profession Work in the archives sector now covers a multitude of areas, from research to IT expertise, and from engaging with your local community to understanding dead languages and ancient handwriting. The archives workforce includes professional archivists, archive assistants and an increasing

Nineteenth-Century Historians, the Venetian Archivio di Stato …
Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005), 159–83. For an interesting example of Napoleonic archival policy in operation, see Phillip Cuccia, “Controlling the archives: the requisition, removal, and return of the Vatican archives during the age of Napoleon”, Napoleonica. La Revue 17/2 (2013), 66 ...

THE HISTORY OF ARCHIVES IN SCANDINAVIA - DiVA
The history of archives in Scandinavia 35 A network of state archival institutions A common theme is that the history began with archival institutions for the central government in the capital. During the last half of the nineteenth century, regional state archives outside the capitals developed in all countries. Norway

STUDY OF ARCHIVES KEEPING - MS Univ
MSU / 2021-22/ PG –Colleges / M.A. History / Semester –IV /Ppr.no.17/ Core – 14 Manonmaniam Sundarnar University, Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education, Tirunelveli 2 STUDY OF ARCHIVES KEEPING OBJECTIVE : To know about the Archives Keeping and to understand the history of Archives, types of Archives, function of Archives and uses of Archives.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA RECORDS 1883–1942 - naa.gov.au
information the Archives selects, cares for and makes available to all, those records of continuing value. This collection constitutes the archives of the Commonwealth government – a vast and rich resource for the study of Australian history, Australian society and the Australian people. The collection spans almost 200 years of Australian ...

Archives and history: The Author(s) 2013 Towards a history of …
Archives and history: Towards a history of ‘the use of state archives’ in the 19th century Philipp Muller¨ University of Gottingen, Germany; University College London, UK¨ Abstract This article probes the relationship between archives and history by examining the archive policy on historical research in the first modern administration ...

A Guide to Researching Building History - Calgary Heritage Initiative
Building History This brochure was designed to help you understand the types and sources of information available for ... Archives The City of Calgary’s Archives holds records that you can research to learn information about the date of construction, original and subsequent ownership,

Using the Rutgers Oral History Archives and Historical Games to …
History Archives (ROHA). ROHA is an ongoing oral history program founded in 1994 as an affili-ated center of the Rutgers-New Brunswick History Department. 1 ROHA seeks to document the life experiences of Americans through its own oral history interviews and in partnership with individuals and entities within New Jersey carrying out similar work.

How to Join Walsall Archives Booklet
Archives as well as many archive services around the country. You can register for a ticket online at www.archivescard.com but archives staff can help you apply when you visit. Visits are by appointment. You can book an appointment by emailing or telephoning us. ... A History Of Walsall, C.R.J. CURRIE, M.W. GREENSLADE & D.E. JOHNSON

Researching Yorkshire Quaker history A guide to sources
Friends, Sheffield Archives, West Yorkshire Archive Service, York City Archives and the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, University of York, and to the archivists at Bootham School and The Mount School, York, and Ackworth School. The support of the Friends Historical Society, the Quaker Family History Society and the Quaker Studies

The Vatican Secret Archives
Archives have grown enormously and continue to do so. Although the history of the present Vatican Archives goes back only to their institution, the history of the archives of the Church goes back to a far more distant past. In a certain sense it can be said that the latter began with the Church herself.

What Is An Archives? A - Society of American Archivists
Archives come in all shapes and sizes. There are national archives, state archives, city archives, community archives, business archives, church archives, and more. There are archives for different types of government records, and also archives that contain the per-sonal records of people and orga-nizations. There are archives

From the Archives - JSTOR
The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2001 237 From the Archives Fiji Museum Archives and Manuscripts Collection In June 1999, Ms Sagale Buadromo, the Registrar of the Fiji Museum, asked the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau to make preservation microfilm copies of archives and manuscripts held by the Museum.

Using the Rutgers Oral History Archives and Historical Games to …
History Archives (ROHA). ROHA is an ongoing oral history program founded in 1994 as an affili-ated center of the Rutgers-New Brunswick History Department. 1 ROHA seeks to document the life experiences of Americans through its own oral history interviews and in partnership with individuals and entities within New Jersey carrying out similar work.

MARITIME ARCHIVES & LIBRARY LIVERPOOL REGISTERS OF …
All three sets of microfilms are available in the Maritime Archives & Library, microform collection. Management Records . Appointments of officers for declarations of ownership. C/EX/L/1/1 - 3 1899 - 1916, 1943 - 1965 3 Volumes . Wool Act Register .

Archives for the 21st Century CM 7744 - GOV.UK
archives to explore their family or local history.Archives have contributed to broader public policy agendas,such as community cohesion,through projects like Birmingham City Archives’ Connecting Histories and Plymouth andWest Devon Record Office’s participation in the Cultural Olympiad by documenting the build-up to the Olympic Games in ...

Winter Park History & Archives Collection
Winter Park History & Archives Collection . Oral History Holdings . CD . Number Interviewee 1 Baldwin, Richard 2 Briggs, W. Taylor 3 Colado, Mrs. Dickie (A) 4 Colado, Mrs. Dickie (B) 5 Drinkwater, Dr. Geneva 6 Foley, J. Sherwood 7 Fuller, Hellen, & Russell 8 Granberry, Dr. Julian 9 Hotard, Polly – Varner, Billie 10 Kraft, Kenneth

Telling Their Stories: Oral History Archives Project
Archives Project is an elective history course at the Urban School. Students in grades 10-12 study background history of each year’s topic. Teams of 3 students research each historical topic, prepare interview questions, conduct the actual interview, and work collaboratively to

Managing Business Archives - Society of American Archivists
archives’ place in them, vary worldwide based on cultural practices and regulations, so this book focuses on archives in the United States. This book will not discuss the history and development. 1. nor the political nature of business archives but rather the practical application of archival theory

A Revisionist History: How Archives are Used to Reverse the …
NationalGayArchivesin1979andthen,asthescopeofthecollectionexpanded, the International Gay & Lesbian Archives in 1984. In 1994 ONE Incorporated, and its vast research ...

The Archives of the History of American Psychology
The Archives of the History of American Psychology By JOHN A. POPPLESTONE and MARION WHITE McPHERSON ARCHIVES of the History of American Psychology1 is in its fifth year of existence. In the early years it profited from sophisticated advice generously given by the personnel of vari-ous established organizations. Recently, representatives of dis-

Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past - GOV.UK
The Oral History Archive (OHA) will allow victims to feel listened to. The OHA enables the therapeutic intervention of allowing voices to be heard by providing a platform for people from all backgrounds to share experiences and narratives related to the Troubles. Oral History Archive (OHA) The OHA would be set up by the Public Record

Sustaining community archives: where practice meets theory
These reports contain a number of elements which are probably common to the history of many such archives and exemplify some of their defining characteristics. Today, community archives are held in many institutions throughout New Zealand, varying in size and type from large organisations, such as museums, to small, stand-alone, voluntary ones.

Museum Archives: An Introduction. - Universities of Wisconsin
Calabretta addresses the role of oral history in an archives. As many museums conduct oral history projects within their communities, the raw material presents special chal-lenges for cataloging, storage, and use. Calabretta walks the reader through the steps of designing an oral history project, selecting the equipment, conducting the interview,

What is History? How do Historians study the past as contrasted …
History is the study of change over time, and it covers all aspects of human society. Political, social, economic, scientific, technological, medical, cultural, intellectual, religious and military ... while historians do that plus go to archives in search of original records. [Historians who study non-English speaking regions must learn and ...

Ellensburg Public Library Northwest & Local History Archives and ...
Northwest & Local History Archives and Collections - Listing of Records on North Wall of Archive - Section N1 Shelf A • Historic Photograph Collection -- Bridges, Churches, Irrigation • Historic Photograph Collection -- Buildings, Historic Vol. I • Historic Photograph Collection -- Buildings, Log Structures, Houses

a guide to collections - The Royal Family
For the Royal Archives royalarchives@royalcollection.org.uk For any other enquiry: royallibrary@royalcollection.org.uk By post: Royal Library Windsor Castle Windsor sl4 inj By telephone: +44 (0)1753 868286 This is a guide to the history of the Royal Library and Royal Archives and their holdings. First published 2016 by Royal Collection Trust

National archives, national memory? How national archives …
of human actions and transactions, archives support administration and under-lie the rights of individuals, organisations and states. By guaranteeing citi-zens’ rights of access to ocial information and to knowledge of their history, archives are fundamental to identity, democracy, accountability and …

Archives of the European Parliament
European History Since 13 March 2020, the Archives Unit staff applied a strict teleworking regime in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The processing of physical files received in 2019 has been therefore suspended, since no physical files can be processed outside the premises for reasons related to conservation.

Archives of the European
makes the archives publicly accessible, assists academic researchers in retrieving them for their use, and carries out promotional activities such as events and exhibitions. The work of the Archives Unit is set out in this report, covering its activities for the year 2021.

Archives Business Case Study - History Associates
United States have established successful archives programs to leverage the bene˚ts of their most unique corporate asset: their history. Archives are the direct by-products of a company’s functions—providing a testament to its core values, accessible corpo-rate memory, and information to shape its future. Since every company has a history,

Student Internship Call Making sense of history archives@ncbs.res
Archives at NCBS . Tata Institute for Fundamental Research . GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore – 560065. India. Student Internship Call . ... One is to strengthen research collections and access in the history of science in contemporary India. The second is to push the frontiers of research in archival sciences in India,

Toward Early Modern Archivality: The Perils of History in the Age of ...
special issue of the Journal of Early Modern History , “Archives, Record Keeping and Imperial Governance, 1500 –1800.” Even as it emphasizes the centrality of Summer School - Cultures of Documentation in Persianate Eurasia (15th-19th Centuries), 2-7 June 2019, Austria (armacad.info).

A guide to historical research - Logo of the BBC
Archives Archives look after printed and handwritten documents, as well as images and films that aren’t normally on display but can be requested to be viewed. They can be particularly useful for local history or family history research. The most requested type of material is …

INAUGURATION OF THE KERALA HISTORY DIGITAL ARCHIVES
The History Archives is preserving huge number of documents which were collected by the former faculties and students. The project of scanning these materials and research dissertations were started very early but were not made available to the public. Now these are made available to the public under the name Kerala History Digital Archives.

Understanding Collections Development - The National Archives
connecting the acquisition of archives – those archives purposefully targeted and 3 Terry Cook ‘What is Past is Prologue: A History of Archival Ideas Since 1898, and the Future Paradigm Shift’ Archivaria 43 (Spring 1997) 17 – 63 (46). 4 Hilary Jenkinson The English Archivist: a new profession (London: HK Lewis, 1948)

Successfully Managing Archives in Museums
• Archives are preserved permanently as evidence. • Archives are unique. • Archives exist in many formats (including: digital, film, paper), the format of the information does not govern whether it is archival or not. • Archives can include the selected records of your own museum, if it is defined within your collecting policy.

CHESHIRE NEWSPAPERS - Cheshire Archives
Only newspaper titles shown in bold are held by Cheshire Archives and libraries. CHESHIRE NEWSPAPERS This list includes all newspapers published locally in Cheshire (both pre-1974 and post-1974 boundaries). For each year of publication it shows whether any copies are held at the Cheshire Record

MUSEUM ARCHIVES: AN INTRODUCTION - University of Pittsburgh
Alexander, Edward P. "Historical prologue: the rise of American History Museum." In Leadership for the future: changing directorial roles in American history museums and historical societies, collected essays, edited by Bryant F. Tolles, 3-9. Nashville, TN: American Association for State and Local History, 1991.

ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY – INSTRUCTIONS FOR …
Archives of Natural History. is published by Edinburgh University Press for the Society for the History of Natural History. The journal provides an avenue for the publication of papers and short notes on the history and bibliography of natural history, including botany, geology,

Quick Guide to West Virginia Death Records
microfilm, available in the Archives and History Library and elsewhere. 1917–1970: all state death certificates for these years are available free online in the WVVRR database; as uncertified copies from the Archives and History Library with a $2.50 statutory fee; or as certified copies from the Vital Registration office with a $12.00 fee.

Polish Organizations and Chicago's Polonia, 1880-1930
history will limit itself based on the individuals, organizations, and events discussed within the transcripts of the Oral History Archives of Chicago Polonia Project. This thesis is limited by the organizations provided by the oral histories, allowing some of the smaller, specific organizations to be observed and shine through.

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK PF ORAL HISTORY - docdrop.org
the editorial predicted, "history students in 2050 will know more about this genera­ tion than we know about the year 1850.''7 During the 1950s, oral history archives were developed at the University of California at Los Angeles and at Berkeley. Over time, more universities followed this lead, as did presidential libraries, government