A Note on the Archives of the Propaganda Fide and Capuchin Archives

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 341-344
Author(s):  
John K. Thornton
Keyword(s):  
Reading Room ◽  
Centralize Control ◽  
History Of ◽  
Personal Visit ◽  
Relevant Material

The formation of the Holy Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith in 1622 as a part of the Papacy's attempt to centralize control over overseas missions in Roman hands led to the formation of one of the most important archival deposits in Europe for documentation pertaining to Africa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Archivio “De Propaganda Fide” in Rome. This Roman-directed missionary organization sent its priests to every corner of the globe, relying especially for its African enterprises on Italian clergy of the Capuchin order. In connection with research on the history of the kingdom of Kongo in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, I have worked extensively with materials frcm both the archives of the “Propaganda Fide” and various deposits of the Capuchin order, including a personal visit to the “Propaganda Fide” in January 1978.The Archivio “De Propaganda Fide” is located in Rome at Piazza di Spagna, 48, and when I visited it, it was open only four hours a day from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. every day except Sunday and holidays. Aside from the short hours, however, the archive is a pleasant place to work. The staff is friendly and helpful and the reading room well-lighted and well-appointed. In addition, the material is extremely well indexed and easy to use, so that the researcher who knows the system will have no difficulty in locating relevant material with a minimum of leafing and surveying. Fr. Lowrie J. Daly, has described the organization of the collection.

scholarly journals ‘Civilizing the warlike Indians:’ A Confrontation of the Rutherford Library's Glyde Mural

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
History Of ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The Glyde mural in the University of Alberta’s Rutherford Library is a testament to the history of Alberta as it was understood by white society in the 1950s. A contemporary viewer described the painting as depicting “the civilizing influences in the early life of the Province.” The prominent historical heroes in the mural represent the main institutions that were involved in this process of ‘civilizing the savages'. An artefact of modern colonial racism, it has overshadowed the threshold of the library’s South reading room since 1951. This article brings the ideas of several historical theorists to bear on the impact and implications of the historical memory invoked by the mural.

The German Maps at the East Africana Collection, University Library of Dar Es Salaam

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 495-498
Author(s):  
Karin Pallaver
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
General Information ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Central Administration ◽  
University Library ◽  
National Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University

The documents originated by the German colonial administration in German East Africa are located in two main archives: the Tanzania National Archives in Dar es Salaam, where they are identified under the name “German Records,” and the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, where they are collected under the classification R 1001. This note aims to provide some general information regarding a part of the German Records, referred to as “German Maps,” which is collected at the University Library of Dar es Salaam.The German Records are a part of the holdings of the Tanzania National Archives, which also include the records of the British administration and various documents of the post-independence period. The German Records are a very well-known source for the history of the German presence in East Africa and they can be divided in two main categories: the documents of the Central Administration, cataloged with the numbers G 1-G 65, and the Private Archives, with the classification G 66-G 86. These records are very well cataloged and easily accessible thanks to the work of archival reorganization done by Peter Geissler between 1967 and 1969. His work was published in 1973 in a two-volume guide with the title Das Deutsch-Ostafrika-Archiv: Inventar der Abteilung “German Records” in Nationalarchiv der vereinigten Republik Tansania, Dar es Salaam. This guide offers a very useful overview of the records of the German colonial administration and is available for consultation in the Reading Room of the Tanzania National Archives. Also available in the Reading Room is a manual catalog which, in some cases, could be helpful in finding some documents that, owing to print errors in the edited catalog, have become difficult to find.

scholarly journals "Jewish Myths" in the National History: Jews in Ancient Russia

TECHNOLOGOS ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Aleksandrova Nadezhda
Keyword(s):  
Jewish Studies ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
National History ◽  
Historical Representation ◽  
Decisive Importance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Relevant Material

This article is devoted to the consideration, formation and development of two historical myths in Russian Jewish studies: the "Khazar myth" and the "Kenaanites myth." The key works of A.Ya. Garkavi devoted to the statement of "Jewish myths" in Jewish studies have been discussed in the article. The author reveals the background of this problem appearance in Jewish studies and prerequisites which determined its father’s interest in this topic. The need to turn to the consideration of "Jewish myths" in the historiography of the problem "the history of Jews of Ancient Russia" is dictated primarily by the actualization of scientific interest in the beginning of the history of Jewish diasporas in Russia. Discussions between historians and researchers of Jewish studies have obtained the characteristic of the "modern historical paradox," as far modern researchers turn to the long-forgotten hypotheses of historians of the 19th century with the aim of proving them today on the basis of relevant material. The purpose of this article is to consider two forms of historical representation on the example of studies of two Jewish myths (the Khazar myth and the later Kenaanites myth). We pose a problem to analyze the process of myth formation, its interpretation during this formation and the growth of its thematic content. The theoretical basis of the article is P. Ricoeur's ideas about the "historiographic process." Although the philosopher recognizes strict methodological operations and methods he nevertheless attributes the decisive importance to the historical intentionality of the researcher and the skill of representing the historical narrative. At the end of the article the author makes a conclusion about the difference between the forms of representation of the Khazar myth and the myth of Kenaanites in the works of modern Russian researchers in Jewish studies.

scholarly journals Powstanie domu akademickiego przy Wałach Leszczyńskiego 6

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Magdalena Heruday-Kiełczewska
Keyword(s):  
Reading Room ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Incoming Students

Uniwersytet Poznański, powstały w 1919 r., szybko odczuł potrzebę powstania domu akademickiego dla przybywających do Poznania studentów. W latach 1925-1929, wysiłkiem Poznańskiego Komitetu Wojewódzkiego do Spraw Pomocy Polskiej Młodzieży Akademickiej, przy Wałach Leszczyńskiego powstał istniejący do dziś gmach (obecnie akademik „Hanka” przy al. Niepodległości), w którym mieściły się studenckie pokoje oraz pomieszczenia, takie jak czytelnia, kaplica czy stołówka. Budowa domu była inicjatywą, którą wsparło całe społeczeństwo Wielkopolski, i która przysłużyła się nie tylko młodzieży, ale również posłużyła jako kwatera dla gości przybywających na Powszechną Wystawę Krajową. Pomimo iż w zamyśle właścicielem budynku miał być Uniwersytet. Do 1939 r. nie udało się jednak uregulować kwestii własności, mimo usilnych starań Rektora. The History of the Dormitory at Wały Leszczyńskiego 6 Poznań University was established in 1919 and it quickly became clear that it was necessary to build dormitories for incoming students. Between 1925 and 1929, with the efforts of Poznań Voivodeship Committee for Helping Young Polish Students, the building that exists until the present day (now “Hanka” dormitory at Aleje Niepodległości) was built at Wały Leszczyńskiego. It had rooms for students and common rooms, e. g. a reading room, a chapel and a canteen. The construction was an initiative supported by the community of Greater Poland and it catered not only for students’ needs, but also for guests coming to Poznań to see the Polish General Exhibition. Initially, the University was supposed to be the owner of the building. However, until 1939, it was impossible to regulate the ownership, despite Vice-chancellor’s efforts.

Guide to the Sources for the History of the Nations

Itinerario ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36
Author(s):  
M.P. Roessingh
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
National Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Manuscript Collections ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
Relevant Material

In 1958, Unesco and the International Council on Archives (ICA) decided to anticipate the needs of historical research in the newly emancipated Third World by creating the Guide to the Sources for the History of the Nations. This was intended to make accessible the documentary sources for the history of Latin America, Africa, Asia and Oceania preserved in Europe and the United States. An International Technical Committee was set up, consisting of representatives from the various national archives. This Committee formulated specifications for the preparation of the guides. In each national volume, sources were to be described according to the individual repository, and, within each repository, by grouping or series. According to the nature of each group, descriptions will concentrate on the speciality and functions of the organisation producing the records or on the subjects which can be studied with their help. To this are added data about the size of the archives, the available inventories or other entries and their value. The guides will also include privately-owned archives (family and business archives), manuscript collections in libraries, maps and plans, iconographic materials, sound archives and microfilms. In describing maps and iconographic materials, emphasis will be laid on MSS and printed material from before 1700. It is not intended to replace the existing inventories, catalogues or indexes (printed or not), but to provide a first entry to the sources, with a maximum of information in a condensed and usable form. In several cases, however, summary listing of source material will be unavoidable, for instance when relevant material in a collection of individual documents or in a map collection has never been adequately described.

The Sources for a Bibliography of Irish History, 1500-1700

1939 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-403
Author(s):  
K. Povey
Keyword(s):  
Irish History ◽  
Direct Contribution ◽  
Primary Object ◽  
History Of ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Relevant Material ◽  
Limited Period

If a librarian who makes no claim to any Special knowledge of history needs an excuse for contributing to this Journal, it may be found in the boldness with which some historians undertake bibliographical tasks without admitting the ignorance they do not feel. But an acquaintance with bibliographical method is a necessary part of the equipment of every scholar, and to promulgate the theory of it is very much the business of librarians. The primary object of a published bibliography is to enable users of it to identify books in the catalogues of libraries, and it must therefore consist of accurate descriptions made on recognisable principles. A valuable secondary object is to help librarians to supply the deficiencies of their collections, and this cannot be done unless the bibliography is competently Condensed from a survey of all the relevant material. This essay, then, is not intended to be a direct contribution to the history of Ireland ; I have merely chosen a limited period of Irish history from which to draw examples illustrating some principles of bibliographical compilation.

‘Tremendous Satisfaction from Helping People to Pursue Their Research’: An Interview with Norman Fiering

Itinerario ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
J. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Spanish Colonies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Wednesday, April 14, 2004, a rainy afternoon in Providence, the city with quaint old houses, as H.P. Lovecraft put it. Inside the century-old building of The John Carter Brown Library, located on the thoroughly soaked Brown Green, a ceremony is conducted in the MacMillan Reading Room. The Ambassador of Spain to the United States, HE. Javier Ruperéz, has just been presented with the first volume of the Hakluyt Society edition of the Malaspina Expedition. After remarking on the importance of this publication, the ambassador turns his attention to the Director of the John Carter Brown Library, Dr Norman Fiering. In recognition of the services of the Library to the promotion of the culture and history of both Spain and the former Spanish colonies, Norman is appointed Commander in the Orden de Isabel la Católica.

scholarly journals Textual evidence of fandom activities: The fanzine holdings at UC Riverside's Eaton Collection

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Yung Lee
Keyword(s):  
University Of California ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
Textual Evidence ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Material Evidence ◽  
Printing Presses

The Eaton Collection at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) is one of those nexus places, an archival cantina straddling several different functions in its daily uses and visitors. Located on the fourth floor of the Rivera Library, past the operational printing presses and the glassed-in displays of SF novel covers, its sunlit reading room and cheerful student help render the Eaton Collection vaguely unintimidating—until one gets past the small anteroom and into the collection itself. This vast array of papers, drafts, novels, anthologies, and other print matter evinces a long history of accumulated fandoms, material evidence of lifetimes of passionate enthusiasm all accumulated and accounted for, archived for anyone with a library pass, a yen for context, and a good eye for buried treasure.

Representation of the Handicraft Vocabulary of the Sura Volga Region in a Thematic Dictionary: Prerequisites for Creation, Composition and Structure

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-66
Author(s):  
Mariia D. Korolkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Material Selection ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Special Method ◽  
Main Text ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Composition And Structure ◽  
Instru Ment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relevant Material ◽  
Illustrative Material

In the article, the author discusses the ways of grouping and representing the handi-craft vocabulary items of the Sura Volga region dialects in a thematic dictionary orga-nized by the onomasiological principle. First of all, the author localizes the dialects in question and gives a brief description of their emergence paralleled with the history of the territory where they are present nowadays, that is of modern Penza and Ulya-novsk Oblasts, which were colonized by Russian-speaking settlers only a couple of centuries ago. The author concludes that these secondary idioms belong mostly to the Middle Russian group of dialects and share a lot of common features, which allows regarding them as a certain continuum liable to description as a whole. The author justi-fies the necessity of a dictionary containing the dialectal handicraft vocabulary of the Sura Volga region and claims that an accurate depiction of a certain thematic group of dialectal lexical items, such as handicraft terms, demands specific principles of organi-sation. These principles widely contradict the traditional alphabetic arrangement: for example, a coherent description of a bunch of words denoting related items (e.g. craftsman, his working place and result of work), or drawing of areal maps typically used in linguistic geography. Having analyzed the terms related to felting, carpentry and weaving, the author develops a special method of representing the relevant material both via lin-guistic data, such as phonetic variants, syntactic distribution and morphological peculiari-ties of each item, and encyclopaedic information on how each handicraft action or instru-ment contributes to the result and what this final result is for each type of the handicrafts under consideration. Thus, the author has chosen to divide the words related to each handicraft into seven subgroups such as ‘actor’, ‘instrument’, ‘result’, and so on, which shows the whole picture of what handicraft activities are like and why they need the terms they actually have. If one wants to look for a certain word, not a notion, an alphabetic index at the end of the book can be addressed, where each word is provided with the information on how it can be found in the main text of the dictionary. Finally, the author describes the principles of illustrative material selection. In general, the author hopes her project can prove useful for the description of Russian dialectal handicraft vocabulary

Leaving the Reading Room: Some Personal Reflections from within the British Library

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
British Museum ◽  
British Library ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Library Catalogue ◽  
Personal Reflections

The history of the British Museum Library, so much identified with its famous Reading Room, can help inform some of the present and future obligations of The British Library. An example of this is the development and impact of various manifestations of the British Library Catalogue. Knowledge of the collections, expertise in selecting material and in database interpretation will be of high importance within a marriage of old and new skills. The new British Library building in London will be the future focus for Humanities & Social Sciences collections and reading rooms. By bringing together in one place vast and renowned collections, the new building itself will be a contribution to the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of researchers' interests and needs. The new library building should be celebrated as a cause for pride and high expectations. Just as considerable personalities of the past have created and maintained The British Library and its predecessors, so the BL must always also be looking towards the researchers of the future.

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