Category Archives: International perspectives

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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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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A Literary Collection in Cuba

Posted on 5 April 2022 by David Sutton

One of the first things you see as you pass into the hallway of the Fundación Alejo Carpentier, in the elegant Havana suburb of Vedado, is a photograph of Carpentier with his arms around his two great protégés, Carlos Fuentes … Continue reading →

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Enhancing ePADD with Preservation Functionality – ePADD+

Posted on 27 May 2021 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Email is one of the critical forms of documentation of life in the digital age, and the preservation of email is central to the mission and values of archives and archivists. Harvard University, The University of Manchester, and Stanford University … Continue reading →

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Call for papers for special issue of Archival Science on born-digital and digitized archives in the humanities

Posted on 11 February 2021 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Archival Science is calling for papers on the special theme issue of ‘Challenges and Prospects of Born-digital and Digitized Archives in the Digital Humanities’. The issue will be guest edited by Dr Lise Jaillant (l.jaillant@lboro.ac.uk), Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), English … Continue reading →

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Safe Havens for Archives at Risk: Guiding Principles

Posted on 18 September 2020 by David Sutton

The Guiding Principles for Safe Havens for Archives at Risk have been approved by ICA and published on the official ICA website. They were produced by an international group of experts, convened by swisspeace, with input from ourselves, among many … Continue reading →

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COVID-19, UNESCO and documentary heritage

Posted on 2 July 2020 by David Sutton

The latest issue (June 2020) of the Newsletter of SCEaR – the Sub-Committee on Education and Research of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme – includes a number of important reflections on the effect of the current pandemic on … Continue reading →

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