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ARCHIVES Research access to and knowledge about archives in the Russian Federation since 1991 have been key factors in the opening of historical and cultural inquiry in what had previously been a predominantly closed society. Yet the opening of archives would have had much less impact on society... Read more |
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National Archives
NATIONAL ARCHIVES NATIONAL ARCHIVES. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is America's national record keeper. By law NARA is charged with safeguarding records of all three branches of the federal government. Its mission is to assure federal agencies and the American public... Read more |
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Herrnhut
Herrnhut , town, Saxony, SE Germany. It was founded (1722) by Graf von Zinzendorf as a colony of Moravian Brethren (see Moravian Church ), and is today a Moravian center with archives, a publishing house, and a museum.... Read more |
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Sir Arthur George Doughty
Sir Arthur George Doughty , 1860-1936, Canadian historian and archivist, b. England. As archivist (1904-35) of the dominion, he largely created the archives of the nation. He wrote The Canadian Archives and Its Activities (1924). Doughty's historical works include The Fortress of Quebec (1904)... Read more |
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Georgetown University
Georgetown University in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll , chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and about persons important in... Read more |
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oral history
oral history compilation of historical data through interviews, usually tape-recorded and sometimes videotaped, with participants in, or observers of, significant events or times. Primitive societies have long relied on oral tradition to preserve a record of the past in the absence of written... Read more |
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Jules Michelet
Jules Michelet , 1798-1874, French writer, the greatest historian of the romantic school. Born in Paris of poor parents, he visualized himself throughout his life as a champion of the people. He headed the historical section of the national archives and was professor of history at the Collège... Read more |
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Metropolis
METROPOLIS Germany, 1927 Director:Fritz Lang Production:Universum-Film-Aktiengesellschaft (Ufa) studios; black and white, 35mm, silent; running time: about 2 hours originally, no complete master copy now exists but the Staatliches Archiv in East Berlin... Read more |
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John Russell Pope
John Russell Pope 1874-1937, American architect, b. New York City, studied at the College of the City of New York and the School of Mines, Columbia (Ph.B., 1894). He won a fellowship (1895) to the American Academy in Rome. Pope's firm, established in New York City in 1900, consistently produced... Read more |
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Philip Saint Neri
Caesar Baronius , 1538-1607, Italian ecclesiastical historian, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He went to Rome c.1557 and soon came under the tutelage of St. Philip Neri . His chief work, the Annales ecclesiastici a Christi nato ad annum 1198 [ecclesiastical annals from the nativity to... Read more |
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