ARHIVSKA GRAĐA FIZIČKIH LICA
ARCHIVAL MATERIALS OF PRIVATE PERSONS

Summary/Abstract: It is beyond doubt that significant archival material in Bosnia and Herzegovina exists as a property of individuals. It is very important that it is found, registered and conditions are prepared for its preservation and use, because it can contain an important documents and be a valuable source of informations for history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As a cultural and historical heritage and movable cultural good of immense value it is a source of data and informations and important link in creating an image of nation's past, since nation without past is like a man without an identity, lost and destined to wander. Therefore it is important to preserve this material for the future, either in archives or under suitable conditions in the care of material's owners. Clear legislation must give a frame to successful solutions for protection of this kind of archival material, maybe even treat this particular material with a special act, which it clearly deserves. Archival services should also strive to raise an awareness of citizens about importance of the material, as a memeory of an entire society. Duty of the archive is not only to protect archival material but to point out to importance and encourage indivuduals to gather and preserve it, because every document linked to the country's past is important. Only by mutual efforts of archives and broader community archival material will be able to get a status it really deserves.

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