| UCD Archives is a component of the
UCD School of History and Archives formed in September 2005 by merging the former School of History and Department of Archives as part of a fundamental restructuring of university units. UCD Archives' core function is the curatorship of the archives of the university and the significant institutions which predated its foundation; and of those outstanding collections of private papers and institutional archives acquired and preserved to help document the foundation and development of modern Ireland.
The mission of UCD Archives is to achieve the highest standards in the performance of its core functions:
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To identify and
preserve collections of archives, papers and manuscripts of
national significance, safeguarding the interests of depositors
and supporting the teaching and research needs of the university
and the wider community. |
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To identify and
preserve those records of the university which are evidence of
university functions and which have enduring significance, to
support administration and research. |
“History
is made with documents. Documents are the imprints left of the thoughts
and the deeds of the men of former times.
For nothing can take the place of documents. No documents, no history.”
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Charles-Victor Langlois
and Charles Seignobos, Introduction aux études historiques
(1897).
Translated by Eamon de Valera in a letter from prison
to Kathleen O’Connell, his personal secretary, 2nd February 1924, enjoining
her to safeguard his papers. |
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