Archaeological Archive to be Publicly Accessible for the First Time in 135 Years - Archaeological Institute of America

abernard102@gmail.com 2013-08-16

Summary:

"The Archaeological Institute of America, North America’s largest and oldest non-profit organization devoted to archaeology, will make the extensive archival materials of its 135-year history available online, thanks to a grant from the Leon Levy Foundation.  The project will include the complete inventorying of the AIA Archive, digitization and translation of all documents, and deposition of the entire digital Archive at the AIA’s host institution Boston University, where it will be universally available via open access. AIA President Elizabeth Bartman applauded the grant: 'The Leon Levy Foundation’s generous support will facilitate not only an understanding of our institutional past but also of what was, at the time of the AIA’s founding in 1879, a new discipline of study.  At its heart, a study of the AIA is an exploration of intellectual history.' The vast AIA Archive includes such materials as founding documents (including those related to the AIA’s Congressional charter); presidential correspondence; minutes of board meetings; formal and legal reports; AIA publications (the early Papers, the American Journal of Archaeology, and Art and Archaeology, later renamed Archaeology); as well as materials from annual meetings, lectures, and site preservation efforts. In addition, papers record the AIA’s early archaeological work in Assos (Turkey), Crete, Croton (Italy), Cyrene (Libya), and Tarsus (Turkey), and document the AIA’s role in the foundation of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the American School of Classical Studies in Rome (later the American Academy), and the School of American Archaeology ..."

Link:

http://www.archaeological.org/news/13353?utm_campaign=AIA+e-Update&utm_content=AIA+Archives+to+Become+Publicly+Accessible&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MailerMailer

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oa.new oa.repositories oa.preservation oa.digitization oa.funders oa.aia oa.archaeology oa.boston.u oa.levy_foundation oa.announcements oa.ssh

Date tagged:

08/16/2013, 17:22

Date published:

08/16/2013, 13:22