Refugee Archives. Theory and Practice
Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, volume 9

edited by Andrea Hammel and Anthony Grenville
with assistance from Sharon Krummel

ISBN 978 90 420 2407 6 [xiv, 197pp; 2007]

This volume gives an extensive overview of current developments in the field of archival collections relating to German-speaking refugees located in Germany, Austria, the USA, Ireland and the UK. The contributions illustrate the three interlinked areas of refugee archives, Exile and Migration Studies research and related databases and other resources. The articles investigate their interrelationship as well as the future challenges facing all three areas by focusing on larger archival holdings as well as collections relating to individuals and organisations and more recently established electronic and online resources and finding aids. The volume is aimed at researchers and archival practioners alike and should be especially useful for anyone starting out in the field.

CONTENTS:

Preface;
Introduction;
SYLVIA ASMUS: 'Ein Blick zurück und nach vorn – Das Deutsche Exilarchiv 1933-1945 und die Sammlung Exil-Literatur 1933-1945 der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek';
URSULA SEEBER: 'Von Thoor zu Wolf. Dokumente zum österreichischen Exil in Großbritannien an der Österreichischen Exilbibliothek, Literaturhaus in Wien';
HOWARD FALKSOHN: 'The Wiener Library: A Repository of Schicksale';
GISELA HOLFTER, SIOBHAN O’CONNOR, BIRTE SCHULZ: 'Resources Relating to German-speaking Refugees in Ireland, 1933-1945 – Some Initial Thoughts and Results';
JOHN SPALEK: 'Fifty Years of Exile Research in the USA: A Personal Overview';
ANDREA HAMMEL: 'The Online Database of British Archival Resources Relating to German-speaking Refugees (BARGE) in Context';
JUTTA VINZENT: 'Exilpresse digital in Support of Researching Visual Material: Images in Die Zeitung';
CHARMIAN BRINSON: ‘"Between Our Two Peoples": The Archives of the Anglo-Austrian Society and the Anglo-Austrian Music Society';
SUSAN COHEN: ‘"Now you see them, now you don’t." The Archives of the Refugee Committee of the British Federation of University Women';
ANNA NYBURG: ‘"Dein grosser Brief war ein Ereignis": The Private and Professional Correspondence of the Refugee Art Historians Hilde and Otto Kurz';
PAUL WEINDLING: 'Medical Refugees as Practitioners and Patients: Public, Private and Practice Records';
BERND KOSCHLAND: 'Tylers Green Papers – The Unique Archives of a War-Time Hostel';
ZIBIAH ALFRED: The Relationship between Oral History Collections and Community Life: Impacts of the “Refugee Communities History Project” (RCHP)';
Index.