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    Preserving the past: creating the Endangered Archives Programme

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    When Arcadia was established in 2001, Lisbet Rausing was concerned to use its resources to protect and advance knowledge and to establish the means of preserving that knowledge. That aim was based on an appreciation of the importance of academic and professional expertise. But the essence of the fund’s purposes was the preservation and enlargement of cultural information and awareness in their broadest senses. These aims were initially embodied in the Endangered Languages Documentation Progra..
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