The role of heirs in the transmission of the archive

Cardinale, Eleonora The role of heirs in the transmission of the archive. JLIS.it, 2019, vol. 10, n. 3, pp. 71-82. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

L’intervento intende proporre una riflessione sul ruolo ricoperto dall’erede nella trasmissione della memoria del soggetto produttore ai posteri. Tra chi raccoglie e costruisce la memoria del produttore mettendo in salvo le carte, sebbene poi possa intervenire con il proprio punto di vista, chi dona in più tempi, chi riordina, chi seleziona e omette dei documenti, l’erede concorre a restituire una determinata narrazione, un preciso ritratto del defunto. Le considerazioni e gli esempi proposti sono tratti da archivi di letterati.

English abstract

This contribution proposes a consideration on the role played by the heir in transmitting the memory of the creator to posterity. Among those who collect and construct the memory of the creator by saving the documents, although they can then partecipate with their own point of view, those who donate more then once, those who arrange, those who select and omit documents, the heir contributes to return a specific narration, a precise portrait of the deceased. The proposed considerations and examples are taken from literary archives.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Personal archives; Literary archives; Digital archives; Libraries; Donations
Date deposited:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
Last modified:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48573

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