Quotes About Archives

August 23, 1793. (THE LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA)

Notes pinned to babies left on church doorsteps by mothers who couldn't take care of them are preserved in the archives of the Society of Charity of New York, at the Foundling Hospital.

How might we trace new genealogies of imperial governance that are not constricted and policed by the colonial archives themselves—or by the dominant readings of them?

Access to presidential materials should be as wide as possible.

Natural selection is all about the differential success of rival DNA in getting itself transmitted vertically in the species archives.

It would be a librarian.

The concept of preserving history, collating full archives, making them as usable as possible so the public have access to them, I really feel that it allows the public an ability to engage with their own history.

I used to collect computer punch cards from the data centers.

The Tleilaxu secret must be in their sperm. Our tests prove that their sperm does not carry forward in a straight genetic fashion. Gaps occur. Every Tleilaxu we have examined has hidden his inner self from us. They are naturally immune to an Ixian Probe! Secrecy at the deepest levels, that is their ultimate armor and their ultimate weapon.   —Bene Gesserit Analysis, Archives Code: BTXX441WOR       On

The Bodleian Library, next to the Sheldonian, is one of the great libraries of the world. As well as holding most of the books printed in England since the first quarter of the 17th century, it houses priceless printed texts, manuscripts, and collections.

Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!

About sixty thousand subscribe to my free e-mail newsletter at hsperson.com, where there are now hundreds of articles and blog posts I have written over the years, all archived so that you can search and find something on almost every aspect of being highly sensitive. This is all because you have discovered that you are highly sensitive. I know that for many of you it has changed your life, so we have reason to celebrate this growth over twenty-five years.

Libraries are forever.

The archival document is a tear in the fabric of time, an unplanned glimpse offered into an unexpected event.

When working in the archive you will often find yourself thinking of this exploration as a dive, a submersion, perhaps even a drowning … you feel immersed in something vast, oceanic.

For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should) preserve every message that passed through their wires. Millions of telegrams - in fireproof safes. Imagine the possibilities for history!

Libraries keep the records on behalf of all humanity. the unique and the absurd, the wise and the fragments of stupidity.

Wellesley's president, Nannerl Overholser Keohane, approved a broad rule with a specific application: The senior thesis of every Wellesley alumna is available in the college archives for anyone to read - except for those written by either a 'president or first lady of the United States.'

Since Brooks Brothers is a 189-year-old company, there are plenty of references and inspirations I can draw from their archives and catalogs. The wearer of Black Fleece may not be all that different from mine, in that I imagine that it would be someone who is a true individual, and independent thinker. This is for both men and women.

Als ik op mijn geheugen af moet gaan heeft een halve eeuw Indië korter geduurd dan een willekeurige valkenjacht op Het Loo, het bezoek van Adeline Renselaar en haar feestcommissie langer dan een weekeinde in Scheveningen. De archieven van je geest kennen geen index, hooguit een paar steekwoorden.

L'ordine deve regnare su tutto, negli archivi come nella società. In caso di emergenza, si riprendono i fascicoli, gli si dà una spolveratina, e via! Nel cuore della notte, macchine nere emergono inesorabili dai depositi sotterranei e sfrecciano nelle vie deserte per andare a liberarci di chi osa minacciare la nostra pace sociale.

All my high school papers were written in the rare book room.

I rather think that archives exist to keep things safe - but not secret.

Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters.