“ I'm accustomed to reading Georgian and Victorian letters and sometimes you simply know in your gut that a blithe sentence is covering up a deeper emotion. Sara Sheridan
“ Our archives are treasure troves - a testament to many lives lived and the complexity of the way we move forward. They contain clues to the real concerns of day-to-day life that bring the past alive. Sara Sheridan
“ We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory stored neither in our genes nor in our brains. The warehouse of this memory is called the library Carl Sagan
“ Without archives many stories of real people would be lost, and along with those stories, vital clues that allow us to reflect and interpret our lives today. Sara Sheridan
“ I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good. Sara Sheridan
“ Social and cultural history is often comprised of whatever diaries and letters remain and that is down to chance and wide open to interpretation. Sara Sheridan
“ Let us save what remains: not by vaults and locks which fence them from the public eye and use in consigning them to the waste of time, but by such a multiplication of copies, as shall place them beyo… Thomas Jefferson
“ Archive material is a fabulous starting point - individual documents are like signposted roads, heading to a variety of intriguing possibilities. Sara Sheridan
“ You can tell a lot about an area from its library, and I'd never discount the usefulness of town archives. Hester Young
