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| Archivio del '900 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Archivio del '900 |
| Established | 2014 |
| Location | Turin, Italy |
| Type | archival repository |
Archivio del '900 Archivio del '900 is a twentieth-century archival center and research institution located in Turin, Italy, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making accessible documentary holdings related to Italian and international modern history. It collaborates with universities, libraries, museums, foundations, and cultural institutes to support scholarship on figures and movements from the late 19th century through contemporary periods. The institution engages with scholars, curators, students, and the public through exhibitions, publications, and digitization projects.
The founding and development of the institution involved collaborators such as the Fondazione per la Cultura Torino, Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano, Università degli Studi di Torino, Ordine dei Giornalisti del Piemonte, and municipal authorities including Comune di Torino and regional bodies like Regione Piemonte. Early donors and partners included Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, Fondazione CRT, Fondazione per il Libro, la Musica e la Cultura, Fondazione 1563 per l'Arte e la Cultura della Compagnia di San Paolo, and private collectors associated with names such as Giulio Einaudi, Adriano Olivetti, Giuseppe Saragat, Palmiro Togliatti, and Alcide De Gasperi. The archive's creation drew on collections from cultural institutions such as Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria di Torino, Archivio Storico della Camera dei Deputati, Istituto Nazionale per la Storia del Movimento di Liberazione in Italia, and international exchanges with Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library, Library of Congress, Bundesarchiv, and Vatican Apostolic Archive.
Political, artistic, and intellectual currents represented include materials connected to Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party, Christian Democracy (Italy), Giustizia e Libertà, Fascist Regime, Resistance (Italy), European Federalist Movement, Associazione Nazionale Partigiani d'Italia, and cultural movements tied to figures such as Cesare Pavese, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Carlo Levi, Umberto Eco, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, and Mario Soldati.
Holdings encompass personal papers, organizational archives, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, audiovisual records, posters, pamphlets, and ephemera from individuals and institutions. Significant named collections include materials of Giovanni Agnelli (businessman), Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Luchino Visconti, Alberto Moravia, Claudio Treves, Antonio Gramsci, Grazia Deledda, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Enrico Berlinguer, Sandro Pertini, Benito Mussolini (related holdings), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Benedetto Croce, Luigi Einaudi, Palmiro Togliatti, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Umberto Eco (again), Elsa Morante, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Salvatore Quasimodo, Eugenio Montale, Dino Buzzati, Novecento movement, Futurism, Arte Povera, Italian neorealism, Torino Film Festival materials, and organizational fonds from Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, Confindustria, Associazione Italiana Editori, Partito Socialista Italiano, Partito Monarchico Italiano, Lega Nord (documents), Movimento Sociale Italiano, Democrazia Cristiana, and Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio archives deposited by affiliated entities.
International and transnational items connect to collections related to NATO, European Union, United Nations, International Labour Organization, Red Cross, Amnesty International, and diplomatic papers referencing Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Rome, Yalta Conference, Congress of Vienna materials held for comparative research.
Lesser-known holdings include private papers of regional politicians and intellectuals: Piero Gobetti, Ada Gobetti, Nuto Revelli, Norberto Bobbio, Gaetano Salvemini, Carlo Levi (again), Cesare Pavese (again), Mario Soldati (again), and documents from cultural associations such as Centro Studi Piemontesi, Istituto per gli Studi Storici Gaetano Salvemini, and local unions.
The archive operates with governance and advisory input from cultural foundations including Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Fondazione CRT, and academic partners such as Politecnico di Torino and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Administrative oversight incorporates collaborations with municipal bodies like Città Metropolitana di Torino and regional heritage agencies such as Soprintendenza Archivistica per il Piemonte and national entities including Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali. Staffing includes archivists trained under professional associations like Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Associazione Nazionale Archivistica Italiana, and conservators connected with ICOM, ICRM, and university departments including Università di Bologna, Università di Padova, and Università di Milano.
Public access policies align with norms from institutions such as Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Archivio Centrale dello Stato, and research services akin to those at British Library and Library of Congress. Reader services provide consultation rooms, reproduction services, and reference assistance comparable to offerings at Museo del Risorgimento Nazionale, Museo Egizio, Pinacoteca di Brera, and Museo del Cinema. Educational outreach and partnerships have been developed with Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti, Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Verdi (Torino), Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, and secondary schools coordinated with Ministero dell'Istruzione initiatives.
Digitization projects follow standards influenced by collaborations with Europeana, Digital Public Library of America, ICU (International Council on Archives), and technical support from Consorzio Interuniversitario. Conservation programs reference protocols from ICCROM, Istituto Centrale per il Restauro, and research partnerships with Politecnico di Milano materials science labs. Digital repositories interconnect with platforms similar to Archivio Storico Fotografico Italiano and collaborate with university digitization centers at Università degli Studi di Torino and Università di Pavia.
Exhibitions are mounted in cooperation with cultural venues such as Palazzo Madama (Turin), Museo del Risorgimento, Fondazione Merz, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Castello di Rivoli, Museo Nazionale del Cinema, and international partners like Centre Pompidou, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Museo Reina Sofía. Catalogs and scholarly publications are produced in collaboration with publishers and institutions such as Einaudi Editore, Laterza, Feltrinelli, Il Mulino, Giunti Editore, Jaca Book, and academic journals associated with Rivista storica italiana and Quaderni storici.
Prominent donors, subjects, and contributors whose papers are held or who collaborated include Giovanni Agnelli (businessman), Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Antonio Gramsci, Palmiro Togliatti, Luigi Einaudi, Benedetto Croce, Cesare Pavese, Italo Calvino, Primo Levi, Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Enrico Berlinguer, Sandro Pertini, Alcide De Gasperi, Adriano Olivetti, Giulio Einaudi, Norberto Bobbio, Piero Gobetti, Ada Gobetti, Nuto Revelli, Elsa Morante, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Mario Merz, Alighiero Boetti, Gianni Agnelli, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Giorgio Napolitano, Umberto Eco, Alberto Moravia, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Eugenio Montale, Salvatore Quasimodo, Dino Buzzati, Carlo Levi, Claudio Treves, Giuseppe Saragat, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Benito Mussolini (contextual materials), Movimento Studentesco activists, and various trade unions, political parties, cultural institutes, and foundations listed above.