The Story of a real life “Fellowship of the Ring”Shepherd High School class ring returned to owner 25 years after it was lost
I Did Start the FireIn the late fall of 2007 I took the accumulated personal history of 15 years and set it aflame in a bbq grill in a backyard in Charlottesville, Virginia. Now I am an archivist, fighting to save the materials of history. I don’t really regret either decision.
how to save my life ?will my archives be relevant for the future ?I don’t pretend to be Winston Churchill or Simone de Beauvoir. So my archives are of not great value.However they might become the day I pass away and my partner would want to recollect some…
What they should say as you go into an archive is “If you’ve been to Argos, you’ll be fine”You can believe Iain Duncan Smith resigned yesterday over disability benefit cuts or because of the EU referendum or because he can no longer serve under a man who did…
The Domesday IronyA Lesson in Digital ObsolescenceOver the last decade or so, there has been a curious new addition to our amalgamation of clutter accumulating in our closets, under our beds, and - for those of us lucky enough to have them - in our basements and…
The artist at the centre of the conversationMark WaughThe protocols of reading in our era are strange. We have access to an infinity of sources but often find ourselves drawing together ideas from the spray of the net. Contemplating the place of the artist within the…
Media on ascension of Elisabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in February 1952 after her father’s death. This is what…
Privilege in Archival SpacesAbout a week ago, I had a conversation with a faculty person about why most archives (my own academic institutional archives included) have so many materials by white creators, and so little from everyone else. It’s probably the thorniest and most persistent problem in the…
