The Historical Manuscripts Commission at 150
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21291910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arike Oke (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 33-43 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archives The Journal of the British Records Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9535 • E-ISSN: 2516-8975 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3828/archives.2020.11 |
| OpenAlex | W3094839253 |
| Language | EN |
The 150th anniversary of the Historical Manuscripts Commission invites the opportunity for reflection on how the commission characterises and influences the development of the archives profession. This article considers archival practice as linked to the mood and character of a nation, in this case Britain. It uses the historiography of post-war identity building to begin to investigate and critique the British archives sector, and asks questions about the future of archives and archivists. The article is adapted from a keynote lecture at the HMC150 commemoration, 14 October 2019
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Archival science · Art · Character (mathematics) · Commission · Historiography · Identity (music) · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · History · Law · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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