Author Archives: David Sutton

Caribbean perspectives: Why literary archives matter

Posted on 8 February 2024 by David Sutton

This text is taken from the Caribbean Literary Heritage website: Why literary archives matter In many ways, the archive shapes what is seen to constitute Caribbean literature, authorship and literary history. In a context where the colonial past forced exclusions and … Continue reading →

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Placing Papers

Posted on 25 December 2023 by David Sutton

Amy Hildreth Chen: Placing papers; the American literary archives market. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]. This is a book about literary archives in the USA, which may have been less noticed because it was published during the COVID pandemic. … Continue reading →

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MARCO : Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

Posted on 3 November 2023 by David Sutton

A new manuscripts catalogue covering materials held in both the Bodleian Library and Oxford college libraries was launched in October 2023. It is known as MARCO. Funded by The Mellon Foundation, this new service – Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford … Continue reading →

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Répertoire des manuscrits littéraires français du XXème siècle

Posted on 18 August 2023 by David Sutton

Description La base Palme signale plus de 120 000 documents conservés dans 430 institutions aussi diverses que bibliothèques municipales, archives, mais aussi musées et centres de recherche publics ou privés. Les notices sont succinctes et visent surtout à signaler l’ensemble … Continue reading →

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Les valises de Jean Genet

Posted on 1 July 2023 by David Sutton

Exhibition, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris Two weeks before his death in April 1986, Jean Genet gave his lawyer Roland Dumas two suitcases of manuscripts. What did they contain that was so precious? His entire life. At first glance, a … Continue reading →

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Diasporic Literary Archives Network: new website

Posted on 1 June 2023 by David Sutton

SLA’s long-time partners, the Diasporic Literary Archives Network (DLAN), has launched a new website in 2023. This follows a decision by the University of Reading to bring DLAN in-house as one of its ongoing research projects. The new web-address is: … Continue reading →

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A Literary Collection in Hungary

Posted on 21 May 2023 by David Sutton

The National Széchényi Library in Budapest holds the largest collection of manuscripts and personal papers in Hungary and one of the most significant in Europe. Among the highlights are a Theatre History Collection and a Music Collection. There is also … Continue reading →

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A Literary Collection in Switzerland

Posted on 8 April 2023 by David Sutton

Switzerland is one of the countries which has a dedicated literary archive institution for the country. This is the Swiss Literary Archives. The Swiss Literary Archives holds a wide range of literary manuscripts and correspondence, both collections and individual items. … Continue reading →

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Caribbean Literary Heritage project

Posted on 2 December 2022 by David Sutton

The website of our sister Caribbean Literary Heritage project is now nearing completion. It includes a cartographic location register of Caribbean literary archives, and innovative new work, notably on recovering forgotten writers and creating a fuller literary history of the … Continue reading →

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Disputed Archival Heritage

Posted on 14 October 2022 by David Sutton

SLA members will be interested to learn of the publication (October 2022) of a new book entitled Disputed Archival Heritage, edited by James Lowry. The book is available on open access here. Among the essays included the one entitled ‘Diasporic, … Continue reading →

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