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State Archives (Belgium)
The State Archives (french: Archives de l'État or AE, nl, Rijksarchief) is the institution which preserves the national archives of Belgium. It is a research institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (Belspo) under the Belgian Federal Government. The State Archives is composed of the National Archives in Brussels and 18 repositories throughout Belgium. Each repository has its own reading room, where the public can consult paper or digital archives in compliance with the rules and laws regarding the privacy of certain data. As a knowledge centre for historical information and archival sciences, the State Archives preserve of archives and of books . Karel Velle is the incumbent director-general. Administrative organization The National Archives and State Archives in the Provinces is divided into 4 departments: ;Department I - Archives in the Brussels-Capital Region * National Archives of Belgium (French: Archives générales du Royaume) (head office) * Belgi ...
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Archives Générales Du Royaume
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost alway ...
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Archives In Belgium
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of that person or organization. Professional archivists and historians generally understand archives to be records that have been naturally and necessarily generated as a product of regular legal, commercial, administrative, or social activities. They have been metaphorically defined as "the secretions of an organism", and are distinguished from documents that have been consciously written or created to communicate a particular message to posterity. In general, archives consist of records that have been selected for permanent or long-term preservation on grounds of their enduring cultural, historical, or evidentiary value. Archival records are normally unpublished and almost alway ...
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List Of Archives In Belgium
This is list of archives in Belgium. Archives in Belgium * (city archives) * Letterenhuis * Mundaneum * Liberal Archive (Belgium) * Royal Museum for Central Africa archives * State Archives in Belgium ** National Archives of Belgium ** ** Belgian National Archives 2 - Joseph Cuvelier repository ** Archives Africaines of the SPF Affaires étrangères, Commerce extérieur et Coopération au Développement ** Center for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society See also * * List of libraries in Belgium * List of museums in Belgium * Culture of Belgium * List of archives Further reading * External links {{portalbar, Belgium Archives Belgium Archives An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
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Camille Tihon
Camille Tihon (1890–1972) was a Belgian archivist and historian. Life Tihon was born in Remicourt, Belgium, on 25 June 1890. He studied at the University of Liège under Eugène Hubert and Karl Hanquet, graduating with a doctorate for a thesis on the rule of Robert of Berghes as Prince-Bishop of Liège.''La Principauté et le Diocèse de Liège sous Robert de Bergues, 1557-1564'' (Liège, 1923). From 1912 until his retirement in 1955 he worked at the Belgian State Archives, first at the State Archives in Mons and then on secondment to the State Archives in Liège, before transferring in 1919 to the Central State Archive in Brussels. Carlos WyffelsCamille Tihon 1890-1972 '' Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire'', 150 (1984), pp. 152-157. He served as head archivist of the State Archives (1939–1955), and led the efforts to recover archival material transported elsewhere in the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. After the war he also served as director of ...
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Arthur Gaillard
Arthur Gaillard (1847–1912) was the head of the State Archives in Belgium from 1904 until his death. His career as an archivist began in 1872 and he worked his way up through all the ranks of the service to become its head. He instituted the practice of publishing summary inventories of the collections, many of which he prepared himself. He is best known for fundamental work on the major institutions of the Habsburg Netherlands, in particular the Great Council of Mechelen and the Council of Brabant.Joseph Cuvelier, "Gaillard (Arthur)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' (French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the ' ...''vol. 29(Brussels, 1926), 608–610. Publications * ''Le Conseil de Brabant: Histoire – Organisation – Procédure'' (3 vols., Brussels, 1898–1902). * ''Inven ...
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Charles Piot (archivist)
Charles Piot (1812–1899) was a Belgian archivist, historian, numismatist and archaeologist who contributed 73 entries to the ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''. Life Piot was born in Leuven on 17 October 1812, and was educated in the town.Camille Tihon, "Piot (Charles)", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 32(Brussels, 1964), 571-576. He graduated from the State University of Leuven as Doctor of Law on 27 November 1834. As a lover of history, he sought a position in the State Archives, and was appointed archivist second class by ministerial decree on 7 August 1840. His rival for the position, Alphonse Wauters, became archivist to the city of Brussels two years later. On 30 April 1847, Piot was promoted to archivist first class. From 1853 until 1870 he was seconded half a day per week to the Royal Library of Belgium. He became chief of section in 1859, adjunct archivist in 1870, and archivist general of the realm in 1886. He also sat on the Commission des Monuments, the C ...
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Louis Prosper Gachard
Louis Prosper Gachard (12 March 1800 – 24 December 1885), Belgian man of letters, was born in Paris. He entered the administration of the national archives in 1826, and was appointed director-general in 1831, a post which he held for fifty-five years. During this long period he reorganized the service, added to the records by copies taken in other European collections, travelled for purposes of study, and carried on a wide correspondence with other keepers of records, and with historical scholars. He also edited and published many valuable collections of state papers; a full list of his various publications was printed in the ''Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique'' by Ch. Piot in 1888, pp. 220–236. It includes 246 entries. He was the author of several historical writings, of which the best known are ''Don Carlos et Philippe II'' (1863), ''Études et notices historiques concernant l'histoire des Pays-Bas'' (1863), ''Histoire de la Belgique au commencement du XVII ...
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Centre For Historical Research And Documentation On War And Contemporary Society
The Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (french: Centre d'Études et de Documentation Guerre et Sociétés contemporaines; nl, Studie- en Documentatiecentrum Oorlog en Hedendaagse Maatschappij), known by its combined French—Dutch acronym Cegesoma or CegeSoma, is a historical research institute and archive based in Anderlecht, Brussels in Belgium. It focusses on World War II and the contemporary history of Belgium. Since 2016 it has formed part of the Belgian State Archives. Its director is Nico Wouters. History The Centre was founded in 1967 as the Centre for Research and Historical Study into the Second World War (''Centre de Recherches et d’Etudes historiques de la Seconde Guerre mondiale'', CREHSGM; ''Navorsings- en Studiecentrum van de Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog'', NSGWO) . It was created in response to the legal acquittal of Robert Jan Verbelen, a Flemish collaborator, in 1965 as a result of insufficient documentar ...
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