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This is a list of archives from around the world. An
archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual ...
is an establishment that collects, stores and preserves knowledge in several formats:
book
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical ...
s,
manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced i ...
s,
journal
A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to:
*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
*Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
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newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...
s,
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
s, sound and music
recordings
A record, recording or records may refer to:
An item or collection of data Computing
* Record (computer science), a data structure
** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity
** Boot sector or boot record, r ...
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video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) sy ...
s, play-scripts,
patent
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
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database
In computing, a database is an organized collection of data stored and accessed electronically. Small databases can be stored on a file system, while large databases are hosted on computer clusters or cloud storage. The design of databases ...
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map
A map is a symbolic depiction emphasizing relationships between elements of some space, such as objects, regions, or themes.
Many maps are static, fixed to paper or some other durable medium, while others are dynamic or interactive. Although ...
s,
stamps,
prints
In molecular biology, the PRINTS database is a collection of so-called "fingerprints": it provides both a detailed annotation resource for protein families, and a diagnostic tool for newly determined sequences. A fingerprint is a group of conserved ...
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drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which an artist uses instruments to mark paper or other two-dimensional surface. Drawing instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayo ...
s and more. The
International Council on Archives
The International Council on Archives (ICA; French: ''Conseil international des archives'') is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up in 1948, wi ...
comprises 1400 members in 199 countries.
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Archives in Afghanistan
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Albania
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Algeria
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Archives in Andorra
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Archives in Angola
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Archives in Antigua and Barbuda
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Archives in Argentina
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Armenia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Australia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Austria
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Azerbaijan
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Archives in the Bahamas
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Archives in Bahrain
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Archives in Bangladesh
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Archives in Barbados
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Belarus
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Archives in Belgium
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Archives in Belize
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Archives in Benin
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Archives in Bhutan
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Archives in Bolivia
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Archives in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Archives in Botswana
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Archives in Brazil
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Brunei
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Archives in Bulgaria
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Archives in Burkina Faso
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Archives in Burma
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Archives in Burundi
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Archives in Cambodia
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Archives in Cameroon
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Canada
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Cape Verde
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Archives in the Central African Republic
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Archives in Chad
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Archives in Chile
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Archives in China
On the basis of the General Rules for Archives published in 1983, historical archives were being expanded at the provincial and county levels. Two of the most important archives were the First Historical Archives of China (FHAC), located in Beiji ...
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Archives in Colombia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Comoros
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Archives in Costa Rica
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Archives in Croatia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Cuba
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Archives in Cyprus
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Archives in the Czech Republic
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Archives in Denmark
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Archives in Djibouti
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Archives in Dominica
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Archives in East Timor
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Archives in the Dominican Republic
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Archives in Ecuador
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Archives in Egypt
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Archives in El Salvador
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Archives in Equatorial Guinea
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Archives in Eritrea
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Archives in Estonia
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Archives in Ethiopia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
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Archives in the Federated States of Micronesia
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Archives in Fiji
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Archives in Finland
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Archives in France
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Archives in Gabon
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Archives in the Gambia
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Archives in Georgia
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Archives in Germany
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
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Archives in Ghana
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Archives in Greece
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Archives in Greenland
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Archives in Grenada
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Archives in Guatemala
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Archives in Guinea
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Archives in Guinea-Bissau
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Archives in Guyana
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Archives in Haiti
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Archives in Honduras
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Archives in Hong Kong
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
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Archives in Hungary
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Archives in Iceland
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Archives in India
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Indonesia
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Archives in Iran
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Archives in Iraq
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Archives in Ireland
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Archives in Israel
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Italy
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Ivory Coast
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Archives in Jamaica
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Archives in Japan
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Archives in Jordan
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Archives in Kazakhstan
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Archives in Kenya
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Archives in Kiribati
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Archives in Kuwait
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Archives in Kyrgyzstan
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Archives in Laos
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Archives in Latvia
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Archives in Lebanon
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Archives in Lesotho
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Archives in Liberia
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Archives in Libya
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Archives in Liechtenstein
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Archives in Lithuania
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Archives in Luxembourg
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Archives in Macau
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Archives in Madagascar
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Archives in Malawi
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Archives in Malaysia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in the Maldives
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Archives in Mali
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Malta
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Archives in the Marshall Islands
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Archives in Mauritania
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Archives in Mauritius
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Archives in Mexico
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Moldova
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Archives in Monaco
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Archives in Mongolia
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Archives in Montenegro
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Archives in Morocco
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Archives in Mozambique
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Archives in Myanmar
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Archives in Namibia
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Archives in Nauru
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Archives in Nepal
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Archives in the Netherlands
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in New Zealand
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Nicaragua
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Archives in Niger
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Archives in Nigeria
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Archives in North Korea
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Archives in North Macedonia
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Archives in Norway
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Oman
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Archives in Pakistan
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Archives in Palau
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Archives in Panama
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Archives in Papua New Guinea
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Archives in Paraguay
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Archives in Peru
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Archives in the Philippines
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Poland
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Portugal
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Archives in Qatar
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Archives in the Republic of the Congo
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Archives in Romania
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Archives in Russia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Rwanda
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Archives in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Archives in Saint Lucia
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Archives in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Archives in Samoa
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Archives in San Marino
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Archives in São Tomé and Príncipe
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Archives in Saudi Arabia
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Archives in Senegal
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Serbia
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Seychelles
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Archives in Sierra Leone
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Archives in Singapore
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Archives in Slovakia
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Archives in Slovenia
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Archives in the Solomon Islands
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Archives in Somalia
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Archives in South Africa
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in South Korea
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in South Sudan
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Archives in Spain
This is a list of archives in Spain. There are more than 30,000 archives in Spain.
Archives in Spain Andalusia
* Archivo General de Indias
* Archivo Histórico Provincial de Almería
* Archivo Histórico Provincial de Cádiz
* Archivo Hi ...
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Archives in Sri Lanka
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Archives in Sudan
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Archives in Suriname
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Archives in Swaziland
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Archives in Sweden
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Switzerland
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Archives in Syria
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Archives in Taiwan
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Tajikistan
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Archives in Tanzania
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Archives in Thailand
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Archives in Timor-Leste
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Archives in Togo
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Archives in Tonga
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Archives in Trinidad and Tobago
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Archives in Tunisia
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Archives in Turkey
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Archives in Turkmenistan
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Archives in Tuvalu
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Archives in Uganda
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Archives in Ukraine
An archive is an accumulation of Historical document, historical records or Historical source, materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
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Archives in the United Arab Emirates
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Archives in the United Kingdom
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in the United States
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...
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Archives in Uruguay
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Archives in Uzbekistan
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Archives in Vanuatu
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Archives in Vatican City
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Archives in Venezuela
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Archives in Vietnam
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Archives in Yemen
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Archives in Zambia
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Archives in Zimbabwe
By format
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List of film archives
This is a list of film archives and cinematheques. Film archives collect, restore, investigate and conserve audiovisual content like films, documentaries, television programs and newsreel footage. Often, every country has its own film archive to ...
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List of sound archives
This is a list of sound archives.
A sound archive(s) is a specialized archive that is often maintained by a nation, state, university, non-profit organization, or corporation. This article contains a list of sound archives.
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See also
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Archival science
Archival science, or archival studies, is the study and theory of building and curating archives, which are collections of documents, recordings and data storage devices.
To build and curate an archive, one must acquire and evaluate recorded ...
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Archivist
An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an archivist can consi ...
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List of archivists
This is a list of archivists. An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. Some of the people list ...
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Data proliferation
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International Council on Archives
The International Council on Archives (ICA; French: ''Conseil international des archives'') is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up in 1948, wi ...
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Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...
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List of archivists
This is a list of archivists. An archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. Some of the people list ...
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List of libraries by country
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List of museums
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List of national archives
National archives are central archives maintained by countries. This article contains a list of national archives.
Among its more important tasks are to ensure the accessibility and preservation of the information produced by governments, both ...
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List of historical societies
This is a partial List of historical and heritage societies from around the world. The sections provided are not mutually exclusive. Many historical societies websites are their museums' websites. List is organized by location and later by special ...
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Preservation (library and archival science)
In library and archival science, preservation is a set of preventive conservation activities aimed at prolonging the life of a record, book, or object while making as few changes as possible. Preservation activities vary widely and may include m ...
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Web archiving
Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web to ensure the information is preserved in an archive for future researchers, historians, and the public. Web archivists typically employ web crawlers for automated captu ...
References
External links
ICA (International Council on Archives)*
ICA Section for Archives of Literature and Art (SLA): World-Wide Directory of Repositories holding Literary Archives 2019
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Archives
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual o ...