archive

(noun)

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc. ) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

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Examples of archive in the following topics:

  • Historical Records

    • Historical records developed due to advancements in printing technology and archival science.
    • In 1540, Jacob von Rammingen (1510-1582) wrote the manuscript of the earliest known archival manual.
    • He was an expert on registries, or Registraturen, the German word for what later became known as archives.
    • Rammingen can be considered the father of archival science since this was the earliest published work dealing with that subject.
    • Therefore it is impossible to establish exactly when archival science was "born".
  • Cluny

    • In 1793, its archives were burned and the church was delivered to plundering.
  • Rituals

    • Preservation of meaning in library, archival, and museum collections involves understanding spiritual, ritual, or cultural perceptions of value for specific objects, and ensuring these values are maintained and respected.
  • The Hittites

    • Archaeological expeditions have discovered in Hattusa entire sets of royal archives in cuneiform tablets.
  • The Drawing Process

    • Acid-free, archival quality paper keeps its color and texture far longer than wood pulp based paper such as newsprint, which will turn yellow and become brittle much sooner.
  • Minoan Architecture

    • However, the small rooms and excavation of large pithoi, storage vessels, and archives led researchers to believe that these palaces were actually administrative centers.
  • Introduction to Ancient Greece

    • The Minoan civilization stretches from 3700 BCE until 1200 BCE, and thrived during their Neopalatial period (from 1700 to 1400 BCE), with the large-scale building of communal "palaces. " Numerous archives have been discovered at Minoan sites; however their language, Linear A, has yet to be deciphered.
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