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Archives
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities.
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There are many ways to be seen, and the Archivist firmly believes in the importance of witnessing the past through the detritus it leaves behind, more or less preserved.
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Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyond the reach of accident.
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Welcome, May memories guide you to find what was once always on your mind.
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The Library and Archives is the most comprehensive repository of materials relating to the histo…more
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last active 11 years ago
Our goal is to engage ARLIS/NA members and individuals who are interested in exhibitions for lib…more
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last active 6 years ago
Are you an archivist, special collections librarian, researcher or scholar? Do you spend your da…more
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