{"id":57,"date":"2016-04-12T05:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T05:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/?p=57"},"modified":"2016-04-12T05:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T05:02:27","slug":"what-is-an-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/lcosgrove\/2016\/04\/12\/what-is-an-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Archive?"},"content":{"rendered":"

My fellow classmate Riley Pendergast recently wrote a\u00a0blog post<\/a>\u00a0about an organization called The Citizens Archive of Pakistan.<\/strong> The organization is\u00a0dedicated to preserving\u00a0Pakistan’s culture, as well as educating the Pakistani community about their heritage.<\/p>\n

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What I liked about this post was that it demonstrated the essence of what archives are for. As Sheila explained to the class, an archive is\u00a0meant to preserve the culture and history of a place<\/strong>, as well as\u00a0provide sources of reference<\/strong>\u00a0for people to\u00a0look back on\u00a0when needed.\u00a0Much like what SCU’s archives are to\u00a0the student body and faculty, TCAP is\u00a0to the Pakistani community.<\/p>\n

\"\"The importance\u00a0of preserving a place or institution’s culture came to my attention as I did archival research myself. I learned so much about the history of the school through reading through flyers, journals, and other documents from decades ago. Even from just skimming\u00a0through\u00a0a couple of\u00a0issues\u00a0of The Santa Clara<\/strong>, SCU’s\u00a0student-run newspaper publication that still exists today,\u00a0I found that SCU was an entirely different place just 50 years ago. I say this in regards to many aspects, such as the clubs\u00a0that existed, the rules students had to follow, and\u00a0the student life in general.<\/p>\n

The values that SCU upholds, of course, remain the same, but it was interesting to see how the school’s culture and student life compares to how it is now. Change, after all, is inevitable. Besides, many pivotal movements and events\u00a0occurred during the past few decades, one of which was\u00a0WWII.<\/p>\n

\"\"Upon reflecting on\u00a0my archival research experience, I now truly\u00a0see the importance of archives and how they’re\u00a0necessary\u00a0for maintaing an institution’s values and roots. This is especially true when an institution, or in this case culture, is as old and as rich in history as that of\u00a0Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Images Cited:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/i.vimeocdn.com\/portrait\/7649734_300x300.jpg<\/p>\n

https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/9\/93\/Fondos_archivo.jpg<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/research\/african-americans\/ww2-pictures\/images\/african-americans-wwii-001.jpg<\/p>\n

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