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Ελληνικό Λογοτεχνικό και Ιστορικό Αρχείο (ΕΛΙΑ-ΜΙΕΤ)

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English : Various Collections (Διεθνής)

Περιγραφή

Greek : Σημαντικό μέρος των συλλογών του Ε.Λ.Ι.Α. καταλαμβάνουν τα εφήμερα τεκμήρια, έργα εικαστικού ενδιαφέροντος, καθώς και ένας μεγάλος αριθμός επιστολικών δελταρίων. Σειρές τεκμηρίων του Ε.Λ.Ι.Α. έχουν εκτός από ιστορικό και εικαστικό ενδιαφέρον: χαρακτικά, έργα τέχνης, λιθόγραφες παρτιτούρες και διαφημίσεις και άλλα. Η συλλογή των 180.000 επιστολικών δελταρίων (καρτ-ποστάλ) του Ε.Λ.Ι.Α. με πάνω από 50.000 τεκμήρια αμιγώς ελληνικού ενδιαφέροντος θεωρείται από τις πλουσιότερες της Ελλάδας. Η θεματολογία περιλαμβάνει κυρίως τοπία, πόλεις, δρόμους και μνημεία της Ελλάδας, ώς τον Β΄ Παγκόσμιο πόλεμο, απεικονίζοντας μια πραγματικότητα που έχει χαθεί ανεπιστρεπτί. Στη συλλογή υπάρχουν σε ικανοποιητική πληρότητα οι σειρές των μεγάλων ελλήνων εκδοτών όπως των "Πάλλη & Κοτζιά", "Ελευθερουδάκη", "Στουρνάρα", "Φέξη" και "Ασπιώτη".

English : Ephemera, items of visual interest, along with a large amount of post cards, comprise a quite important part of E.L.I.A.’ s collections If we attempted to give a definition to these items we would say that ephemera are objects, which were made with a specific function in mind, without any intention of making them last beyond their usage. This is exactly where their scarcity lies. Special items, antiquities and unique objects of high craftsmanship or great historical importance usually end up in museums. What about the tickets a conductor issued on early horse-drawn carts? What did they look like? What did a packet of cigarettes, a water bill, the lottery ticket for the benefit of archaeological ruins look like? What did a 1906 liquor label or a leaflet with greetings from the distributor of a newspaper in 1898 look like? We hardly know anything about all these ephemeral objects, although they were produced in huge quantities and played quite a significant role in everyday life. Their study however helps to shed light and give insight about the conditions and habits of life in the past to anyone who researches them. Many of these ephemera were saved purely by chance, stuck between other sheets of paper in an archive. They survived that is, due to the negligence of their user to dispose of them. Perhaps they had been kept for another purpose? As a page marker, or for sentimental reasons like the cinema ticket kept by someone reminding him of a date with his sweetheart. Thus over the years, countless collections of phenomenally insignificant everyday items have come into being: labels, tickets, bills and receipts, correspondence paper and advertisements. Despite their lowly standing and hardly memorable for their construction, they somehow manage to shed light on the period they belong to, often in surprising ways. These obscure, mundane objects that so silently make up the structure of our lives on a practical, social and personal level can reveal the habits, preferences, needs and wants of an entire generation. Collections such as these deserve to become chief sources of information to researchers. Individuals who possess these kinds of "ephemera" should save and preserve them. They should not be regarded as useless scraps of paper but as significant items for aiding research. Scientific interest in these collectibles is relatively recent. E.L.I.A. may be considered a pioneer not only in locating and preserving these objects, but also in utilising them in a variety of research projects, publications and exhibitions. In this way, it contributes to the understanding and reproduction of the period’s climate in an essential way, as for example with the “Athens at the turn of the Century” exhibition. A series of items at E.L.I.A. have historical as well as visual interest: engravings, etchings, works of art, musical scores with lithograph covers and advertisements, and much more. The collection of 180,000 post cards at E.L.I.A., 50,000 of which are related exclusively to Greece, is considered one of the most comprehensive in the country. The topics usually include landscapes, towns, roads and Greek monuments dating from up until the Second World War - pictorial testimonies of a world that once existed, never to return. The collection contains a comprehensive series of various series issued by significant Greek publishers such as Pallis & Kotzias, Eleftheroudakis, Stournaras, Fexis and Aspiotis.

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