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Italian Literature & Language: Archival Resources in Italy

Archives in Italy

Below is list of key archives in Italy

Archivio Centrale dello Stato (ACS) (Rome).

Archivio Storico Istituto Luce (Rome): Photographs and film footage documenting events and a changing society in 20th-century Italy, from L.U.C.E. (L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa, founded in 1924).

Centro Manoscritti dell’Università di Pavia (Centro per gli studi sulla tradizione manoscritta di autori moderni e contemporanei, Pavia)

Diacronie: Studi di Storia Contemporanea

Dizionario biografico degli italiani: Italy's national biographical resource. Entries include extensive details of relevant archival and bibliographical sources.

SISSCO: Società italiana per lo studio della storia contemporanea


Tuscan archives

Archivi in Toscana: General list.

Archivio di Stato di Siena

Gra.fo: Grammo-foni: Le soffitte della voce: Spoken word and music archive.

Lucca’s Historical Diocesan Archives (ASDLU): Focus on the Early Middle Ages.

Special Collections in Oxford

More details of special collections held in Oxford is available in this guide.

About Alessandro Carlucci

Dr Alessandro Carlucci

John Fell Fund Research Assistant
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages
University of Oxford

Library Assistant
Taylor Institution Library
University of Oxfrd