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National archives upload

By Jean-Frédéric, symac

National Archives upload

As part of our partnership with the National Archives, and as a follow-up to the February project, 65 major documents from the French history were mass-uploaded on Wikimedia Commons, increasing the number of files to 142. It's a small number but these files have been chosen by the archivists because they are cornerstones of the National Archives. And thanks to Wikimedians work, almost every one of these 142 documents are now used on wikimedia projets. The most used being present on 23 pages (Procès-verbal of the Tennis Court Oath and Edict of Nantes).

  • Death sentence of Marie-Antoinette, (13-14 October 1793)
    Death sentence of Marie-Antoinette, (13-14 October 1793)
  • Last notes taken by Robespierre, the day of his execution (28 July 1794)
    Last notes taken by Robespierre, the day of his execution (28 July 1794)
  • Coronation of Charles X of France (29 May 1825)
    Coronation of Charles X of France (29 May 1825)
  • Telegram, partly ciphered, from Napoleon III to Empress Eugnénie (7 August 1870)
    Telegram, partly ciphered, from Napoleon III to Empress Eugnénie (7 August 1870)
  • 1875 Constitution
    1875 Constitution
  • Will of Victor Hugo (1885)
    Will of Victor Hugo (1885)

Research project with archives

The French Wikimedia chapter is part of a research project involving archives services (from Vaucluse, Tarn-et-Garonne and Tours). This project has been designed with three parties: Wikimédia France as a non-profit partner, the local archives of Vaucluse as an institutional partner and Anaphore, an archives management software company as a for-profit partner. It has been given a grant from the French government in order to work on archives metadata distribution. The project should start before the end of the year and was part of a selection of 60 projects (see the list) out of more than 200 answers to the call for projects entitled "Cultural innovative digital services in 2014 " issued by the Ministry of Culture and Communication, to encourage projects which foster experimentation around innovative, visible and valuable digital cultural content.



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