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For other uses of the word "Archive", see Archive (disambiguation)

Archives refers to a collection of records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. Archives are made up of records which have been created during the course of an individual or organisation's life. In general an archive consists of records which have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation. Records, which may be in any media, are normally unpublished, unlike books and other publications. Archives may also be generated by large organizations such as corporations and governments. The highest level of organization of records in an archive is known as the fonds. Archives are distinct from libraries insofar as archives hold records which are unique. Archives can be described as holding information "by-products" of activities, while libraries hold specifically authored information "products". The word 'archives' is the correct terminology, whereas 'archive' as a noun or a verb is related to computer science. *

Etymology


The word archives (pronounced Ar-kives) is derived from the Greek arkhé meaning government or order (compare an-archy, mon-archy). The word originally developed from the Greek "arkheion" which refers to the home or dwelling of the Archon, in which important official state documents were filed and interpreted under the authority of the Archon.

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【衝撃動画】 完全人格否定 ~壊す~ 真性Mへの道 ( http://maniax.team-mew.net/archives/691 )
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Browsing: 『アメーバブログ』で前代未聞の情報漏えい! 芸能人ブログのパスワード流出で芸能人「ショック」と嘆く - ガジェット通信 http://getnews.jp/archives/42934
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見てる: 新年早々『ドリームクラブ』からの年賀状テロが勃発 : はちま起稿 http://blog.livedoor.jp/htmk73/archives/2111403.html 「ピュア」というのは「隠したり混ぜ込んだりしない」と言うことかw
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African Music Archive - A history and general information on the archive at Johannes Gutenburg University, located in Mainz, Germany. The archive publishes NTAMA - The Journal of African Music and Popular Culture. In English and German.
Meta Description: [ Webseite des Archive für die Musik Afrikas am Institut fŸr Ethnologie und Afrikastudien der Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitŠt Mainz. ]

Archive of Folk Culture Collections - From The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Information, links to online publications and guides to the collections.
Meta Description: [ American Folklife Center ]

Archive of World Music - International Inventory of Musical Sources - Collection of commercial and field recordings of ethnic and folk musics, with an emphasis on the musics of Asia and the Middle East. Includes general information on the collection, a collection newsletter, and browsable collection databases.

Archives of African American Music and Culture - Repository of materials covering various musical idioms and cultural expressions from the post-World War II era. Includes a searchable database and publications listing.

Archives of Traditional Music - General information about the Indiana University Archives, including listings of journal contents and a searchable archive database.

Early American Secular Music and its European Sources - Searchable index of sources for early American and European music, covering the years from 1589-1839.

International Music Collections - The collection at the British Library includes recordings variously described as traditional, folk or 'world' music. The site includes a discography of their published CDs, and a searchable catalog of published and unpublished recordings.
Meta Description: [ The World and Traditional Music Section holds one of the world's largest collections of recordings variously described as traditional, folk or 'world' music. ]

Library African Music - International Library of African Music contains over 40,000 recordings. The site includes a searchable index, as well as sound samples of African instruments.

National Sound Archive International Music Collection - The British Library National Sound Archive contains lists of world music recordings with RealAudio samples, as well as links to other world music archives in the UK.
Meta Description: [ Homepage of the British Library Sound Archive. ]

Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers - Database and index of newspaper articles from 1690-1783.
Meta Description: [ The Performing Arts in Colonial American Newspapers. An important resource of information on early dance, music, song, theatre and performers, as published in colonial American newspapers. ]

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections - The Smithsonian archives house the Moses and Frances Asch collection, consisting of the entirety of Folkways Records, and the Rinzler Archives, consisting of the written, audio, and visual records of projects and exhibits sponsored by the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, including the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Contains general collections and grant information

Southern Folklife Collection - These holdings, at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, document all forms of Southern musical and oral traditions across the entire spectrum of individual and community expressive arts, as well as mainstream media production. Generally describes the manuscript and sound recording holdings.
Meta Description: [ The Manuscripts Department administers virtually all archival material held by the UNC-Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library. The Department has four components: the Southern Historical Collection, long known for its strong collections of antebellum plantation, Civil War, and Reconstruction South... ]

Southern Mosaic - The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection including nearly 700 sound recordings (102 of which are performed in Spanish), fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502 mile trip through the Southern United States collecting folksongs. Contains a virtual journal of the trip, with text, pictures and sound.
Meta Description: [ The John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip is a multi-format ethnographic field collection which includes nearly 700 sound recordings (102 of which are performed in Spanish), fieldnotes, dust jackets, and other manuscripts documenting a three-month, 6,502 mile trip through the So... ]

UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive - The collection includes sound recordings of folk, ethnic, and non-western classical music. The site includes a selected list of current collections.

Wesleyan World Music Archives - Basic information on the collection and staff.

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