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The Danish Emigration Archives, Birgit Flemming Larsen
The Danish Emigration Archives, Birgit Flemming Larsen
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The Danish Emigration Archives was founded in 1932 as the DanAmerica Archives.
Max Henius, a native of Aalborg and an enterprising businessman in Chicago, was the immigrant behind the Archives. It might be seen as flexibility by Danish Americans and their descendants to place their own ethnic group's source materials at a distance to themselves. It did cause some discussions at that time.
The purpose of the Archives is to preserve the history of those Danes who left Denmark to settle in foreign countries. Through the years The Danish Emigration Archives has suffered under several changes due to World War …
The Archive And History: Reflection And Anticipation, Niel Johnson
The Archive And History: Reflection And Anticipation, Niel Johnson
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Engraved on the front of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, is this statement: This Library will belong to the people of the United States. My papers will be the property of the people and be accessible to them. And this is as it should be. The papers of the President are among the most valuable sources of material for history. They ought to be preserved and they ought to be used.