To celebrate International Archives Week 2021 Ruth Paley and Margaret Procter, the editors of Archives and Comma, have selected a series of articles exploring this year’s theme, Empowering Archives. The articles will be free to read until 14th June 2021.

Published on behalf of the British Records Association, Archives focuses on the needs of archive users (both active and prospective) by providing information about the whereabouts, interpretation and historical significance of records in all media. It publishes essays, commentaries, case studies and reports on all aspects of the care, preservation, accessibility and use of archives.

Comma, International Journal on Archives is the chief serial publication of the International Council on Archives. Content of the journal includes congress and conference proceedings, reports and studies from ICA bodies (branches and sections) and special thematic issues. The common focus of each issue is the research, administration, and development of archives and the archival profession on a worldwide basis.

Archives and Comma articles free to read until 14th June 2021. 

EXPATRIATE ARCHIVES
TIMOTHY LOVERING

HISTORY CONCEALED, HISTORY WITHHELD: THE STORY OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ‘MIGRATED ARCHIVES’ AND THE DECADES-LONG INTERNATIONAL SEARCH FOR REDRESS
MANDY BANTON

ARCHIVES AND CLIMATIC CHANGE: HOW OLD DOCUMENTS OFFER A KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD’S WEATHER
DENNIS WHEELER

PUBLIC POLICY AND PATIENT PRIVACY: ARCHIVING PATIENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH RECORDS FROM THE AGE OF THE GREAT HOSPITAL, c.1948–1970
NICOLE BAUR | JOHN DRAISEY | JOSEPH MELLING

CITIZENS AND ACTIVISTS: A SURVEY OF THE HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE WOMEN CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR RESEARCH POTENTIAL
JOANNE SMITH

NORWEGIAN WAR CHILDREN’S WORK FOR JUSTICE – THE ROLE OF THE ARCHIVES
KÅRE OLSEN

TOWARDS ENSURING THE REALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 16 BY GOVERNMENTS IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF THE ARCHIVES
ESE EUNICE ANENENE | OLAWALE OYEWOLE

COOPERATION BETWEEN MUSEUMS AND ARCHIVES: THE MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES OF SAMOA
ULRIKE HERTEL | SINA POE

ARCHIVOS Y DERECHOS HUMANOS EN AMÉRICA. LA CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS
VIRGINIA ARIAS

INTRODUCTION COMMUNITIES OF MEMORY: IDEAS FROM THE ISLANDS ON REFIGURING ARCHIVAL IDENTITIES
ADRIAN CUNNINGHAM | EVELYN WAREHAM