The legendary As-Shams jazz label has released the first of several compilation albums recovered from its archive.
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Many of these women worked hours to make the work of psychiatrists accessible to a general readership without any recognition
The Wales Broadcast Archive in Aberystwyth brings together the archives of the BBC, ITV and S4C under one roof.
These disappearances demonstrate deep flaws in the way Australia maintains our rich cartoon heritage.
Cole was a master of portraying the violence of apartheid through scenes of everyday life.
Theatre censorship laws stifled Black playwrights for more than 200 years – here’s what we found in the archive.
In a post-truth era, with limited resources, archivists face difficult decisions about what should be preserved, but the problem is not new.
Over the past 16 years, Twitter has amassed an incredible amount of user-generated data which contains a detailed and extensive record of cultural moments. Musk’s takeover threatens these archives.
A project to transcribe Dutch colonial records of the weather in Cape Town can benefit modelling of future climate scenarios and assist in forecasting weather now.
The Mapungubwe site offers evidence of precolonial innovation and technology.
The unprecedented declassification of French nuclear archives sheds light upon the nuclear tests in Algeria circa 1960.
The national broadcaster has a special role in preserving audio and visual materials, not least to underpin its own reportuing
Australia’s stunning galleries of rock art are vast repositories of knowledge that can teach us much.
National archive documents raise questions about how definitive British efforts to prevent arms transfers to Iran really were after the revolution that toppled the Shah.
History always served as a weapon in the former Soviet Union, a way to control the narrative and deny the truth of the past. Vladimir Putin is now attempting to control this narrative through war.
On Dec. 2, 1941, a publication date was set for Mori’s first book. Five days later, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, upending the writer’s life and throwing the book’s publication into doubt.
Archives are working had to document stories from Protestants, Catholics, Nationalists, Unionists and even the British Forces.
Nottingham Black Archive is recovering the stories of those who made important contributions to the national story of Black British history. The UK needs more like it.
Historians, archivists and other researchers got in touch with tales of their archival finds and bizarre research moments. These ranged from the quirky to the disturbing to the profound.
Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists and everyday citizens.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Data & Society, The University of Edinburgh
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Ph.D. Student in Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Archivist, Germaine Greer Archive, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Curator for History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
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Professor of History, University of Waterloo
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Lecturer in History, Flinders University
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Adjunct Fellow, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Curator of Scientific Collections, University of Cambridge
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Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
