TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bastian, Jeannette A.
TI  - Owning memory: how a Caribbean community lost its archives and found its history 
T2  - Contributions in librarianship and information science
SN  - 031332008X
AV  - CD3985.V5 B37 2003
U1  - 027.07297/22 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Westport, Conn.
PB  - Libraries Unlimited
KW  - Archives
KW  - United States Virgin Islands
KW  - Memory
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - 06.90 archives and archive science
KW  - bcl
KW  - fast
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Archiv
KW  - gnd
KW  - Kollektives Ged achtnis
KW  - Archieven
KW  - gtt
KW  - Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap)
KW  - swd
KW  - Jungferninseln
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-96); A Community of Records --; How the Virgin Islands Lost Its Memory --; Reconstructing Whose Memory? Writing History --; A Community Constructs Its Memory: Commemorations --; "Go Back and Fetch It": Owning History
N2  - "Written from an archivist's perspective, this book examines the relationships between archives, communities, and collective memory in the United States Virgin Islands, a former colony of Denmark. Because the historical records of the Virgin Islands reside primarily in Denmark and the United States, Virgin Islanders have had limited access to the primary sources of their history. This has affected their ability to write their own history and construct a collective memory. Archival expert Jeannette Bastian illuminates the story of the United States Virgin Islands and its search for its memory, including an exploration of how the community has formed its memory-to-date and the role that archives have played in this process; Interwoven throughout is a broader analysis that considers the place of archives and archivists in helping communities find their history."--Jacket
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003054609.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003054609.html
ER  -