Author Archives: David Sutton

Survey of SLA members / Sondage de nos membres

Posted on 2 July 2019 by David Sutton

Dear Colleagues, The ICA Section for Archives of Literature and Art (SLA) is in the process of identifying future projects and initiatives. As a section member we’d like to hear from you about what direction and projects SLA should focus … Continue reading →

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Archives and Human Rights

Posted on 20 June 2019 by David Sutton

Congratulations to our ICA colleagues Jens Boel, Perrine Canavaggio and Antonio González Quintana, who have signed an agreement with Routledge to produce a collection of essays on the subject of Archives and Human Rights, for publication next year. Within ICA, … Continue reading →

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ICA Annual Conference, Adelaide, October 2019

Posted on 25 May 2019 by David Sutton

The Annual Conference of ICA for 2019, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia, will be a joint conference with the Australian Association of Archivists, the Archives & Records Association of New Zealand, and PARBICA (ICA’s Regional Pacific Branch), 21-25 … Continue reading →

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UNESCO SCEaR Newsletter

Posted on 2 March 2019 by David Sutton

The latest Newsletter of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme’s Sub-Committee on Education and Research (SCEaR) has recently been circulated. It includes interesting articles on various aspects of Memory of the World, together with a feature report on Literary … Continue reading →

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L’ITEM et les manuscrits littéraires vietnamiens

Posted on 1 February 2019 by David Sutton

Équipe Manuscrits francophones Groupe Manuscrits littéraires vietnamiens (Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes – ITEM) La Bibliothèque nationale de France possède depuis 1998 un fonds d’archives de Pham Van Ky (1910-1992) qui fut des auteurs vietnamiens francophones le plus publié … Continue reading →

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L’IMEC et le projet Archives éditoriales (Francophonie)

Posted on 18 January 2019 by David Sutton

L’IMEC (Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine) est partenaire d’un des plus importants projets de recherche internationale sur le monde de l’édition actuelle. Le projet Archives éditoriales vise à encourager dans la Francophonie du Nord l’acquisition, la conservation (physique et numérique) … Continue reading →

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Promoting SLA in Croatia

Posted on 13 December 2018 by David Sutton

A new issue of the Croatian archives journal @rhivi has just appeared, and includes an article in Croatian about the work of ICA’s Section for Archives of Literature and Art. Croatian-speakers can access the article here: @rhivi article: → Essay … Continue reading →

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Like London Buses …

Posted on 12 December 2018 by David Sutton

(There is a saying in London which runs “You wait for ages for a bus and then two come along together”.) 2018 has been a good year for our subject-area of Literary Archives. At the start of the year there … Continue reading →

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Literary Archives edition of ‘Comma’ published

Posted on 15 November 2018 by David Sutton

We are pleased to announce that the special literary archives edition of the ICA journal Comma has now been published (November 2018). The online version can be accessed here. The contents are as follows: * Preface * Veno V. Kauaria … Continue reading →

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Directory of Literary Archives

Posted on 4 October 2018 by David Sutton

Directories of Literary Archives and Sports Archives As reported in the recent ICA publication Flash 36, SLA Secretary Heather Dean has prepared a proposal to ICA’s Programme Commission (PCOM) for a thoroughgoing revision and updating of our World-Wide Directory of … Continue reading →

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