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. ...more

Archive Fever: A Freudian Impression
Dust: The Archive and Cultural History (Encounters: Cultural Histories)
Arranging & Describing Archives & Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals Series II)
The Allure of the Archives
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Understanding Archives & Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals Series)
Archive Stories: Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History
The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation
Archives: Principles and Practices
An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures
Developing and Maintaining Practical Archives: A How-To-Do-It Manual (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Libraries)
The Archival Turn in Feminism: Outrage in Order
Processing the Past: Contesting Authority in History and the Archives
Archives Power: Memory, Accountability, and Social Justice
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Suddenly Supernatural Books 1 and 2 by Elizabeth Cody KimmelThe Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima
Trip to the Archives
2 books — 1 voter
From the Erzgebirge to Potosi by Sean   DalyThe Rape of Europa by Lynn H. NicholasCivil War St. Louis by Louis S. GerteisMetropolis and Hinterland by Neville MorleyConnecting the Dots by Lia Russ
Serious History Books
38 books — 7 voters

Records and Information Management by Patricia C. FranksBest of Both Worlds by G. Wayne CloughSpecial Collections 2.0 by Beth M. WhittakerArchive Fever by Jacques DerridaDiplomatics by Luciana Duranti
Archival Nonfiction
20 books — 2 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Archive Porn
3 books — 4 voters

Ilana Masad
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.
Ilana Masad, Beings

Radovan Kavický
To become feminist you need just two things. First accept reality that women are still not equal & then to have an opinion and say very loudly that they should be equal.
Radovan Kavický

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