War history on scraps of paper
Exhibitions of Documents at the Australian War Memorial, 1922-1954
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4901189 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Marie Conde, Anne‐Marie Condé (Australian War Memorial, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public history review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-9851 • E-ISSN: 1833-4989 |
| Publisher | University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5130/phrj.v14i0.301 |
| OpenAlex | W1813417958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article is partly concerned with defining the history of history exhibitions in Australia as a field of enquiry. Its specific departure point is the notion that the use of archival documents within exhibitions repays historical examination. I discuss how documents have been selected for and used in exhibitions at the Australian War Memorial between 1922 and 1954. The Memorial's collections began with the acquisition of archival records, and from the beginning, archives were fundamental to of the development of the institution and the exhibitions in it. I argue that documents were used to legitimise the historical interpretation the Memorial offered in its exhibitions. I also contend that words on paper had a power of their own to evoke visitors' imaginings and memories
Ancient history · Archaeology · Archival science · Art · Art history · Biography · Exhibition · First world war · Historical record · Institution · Media studies · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Digital and Traditional Archives Management · History · Law · Museology · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |