The archiving “I” : a closer look in the archives of writers
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
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identifier citation: Douglas, Jennifer. "The Archiving I: A Closer Look." Archivaria 79 (Spring 2015): 53-89.
creator: Douglas, Jennifer L.
issued: 2018-04-17T09:40:57
issued: 2015
description: In 2009, in this journal, Heather MacNeil and I published “Arranging the Self: Literary and Archival Perspectives on Writers’ Archives.” Drawing on the critical literature on life writing, the article introduced the concepts of the “archiving ‘I’” and of “coaxers and coercers” to talk about the various agents that shape an archive over time, and to argue that the creation of an archive is a type of performative act. Here, the concepts are examined in more depth, drawing on research in the archives of eight Canadian and American writers, to show how the work of the archiving “I” and of coaxers and coercers affects the development of writers’ archives and to suggest the implications for the development of theory for personal archives.
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note: The Archiving “I”: A Closer Look in the Archives of WritersJENNIFER DOUGLASRÉSUMÉ En 2009 Heather MacNeil et moi-même avons publié dans cette revue l’article « Arranging the Self: Literary and Archival Perspectives on Writers’ Archives ». En s’inspirant des écrits scientifiques au sujet du récit de vie, notre texte a introduit les concepts du « "je" qui archive » et des « cajoleurs et des contrôleurs » pour aborder les divers agents qui façonnent les archives au fil du temps et pour déclarer que la création des archives est un type de performance. Ici, les concepts sont explorés davantage, en s’appuyant sur une recherche conduite dans les archives de huit auteurs canadiens et américains, à la fois pour montrer comment le travail du « je » qui archive et des cajoleurs et contrôleurs affecte le développement des archives des auteurs et pour avancer des idées sur l’implication que cela peut avoir pour l’élaboration de la théorie sur les archives personnelles.ABSTRACT In 2009, in this journal, Heather MacNeil and I published “Arranging the Self: Literary and Archival Perspectives on Writers’ Archives.” Drawing on the critical literature on life writing, the article introduced the concepts of the “archiv-ing ‘I’” and of “coaxers and coercers” to talk about the various agents that shape an archive over time, and to argue that the creation of an archive is a type of performa-tive act. Here, the concepts are examined in more depth, drawing on research in the archives of eight Canadian and American writers, to show how the work of the archiv-ing “I” and of coaxers and coercers affects the development of writers’ archives and to suggest the implications for the development of theory for personal archives.  This article is an abbreviated and adapted version of the third chapter of my doctoral dissertation, “Archiving Authors: Rethinking the Analysis and Representation of Personal Archives” (PhD diss., University of Toronto, 203). I am grateful for the financial support of the …
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