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Gemma Torre
Freelance archivist PhD student in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage
ICA - SBA Conference “Creating the best business archive”, Milan 2015 June 16
INTRODUCTION
THE MEETING BETWEEN ENTREPRENEUR AND ARCHIVIST
THE CASE STUDY IN GENOA
ADVANTAGES FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
RESULTS
Historical picture by AC Attilio Carmagnani, Chemical industry - Genoa
Furthermore, it is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to obtain reliable guidelines to improve their own records management and increase their cultural interests.
Census allows the academic community to access enterprise archives.
The work explains how a research method as the census can also have positive consequences for companies themselves, which are the objects of these studies.
Old drawer-unit by Compagnia Portuale Pietro Chiesa, Human resources service for Genoa harbour
ENTERPRISE DATA
1. Name company and legal status 2. Establishment year 3. Activity 4. Productive sector 5. Headquarter 6. Other offices/facilities 7. Historical outline 8. Notable prizes
ARCHIVE DATA
9. Archival history and declaration of Cultural Heritage 10. Conservation place 11. State of preservation 12. State of arrangement 13. Instrument of records management 14. Finding aids of historical archive
note: covering dates and archival holding
I. DOCUMENTARY SECTION
15. Corporate books
16. Administrative documentation 17. Archive of human resources
18. Accounting and fiscal documentation
II. TECHNICAL SECTION
19. Technical archive
III. PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION
20. Photographic archive
IV. OTHER
21. Library / newspapers collection 22. Archival fonds 23. Limit to access
CENSUS DATA
24. Notes 25. Data of survey
Archivist’s communication skills
Entrepreneur’s personal background
availability to be involved in a census project
aptitude to cultural environment
knowledge of the market and specific business
able to shape archival classic tools to enterprises
Villa Cattaneo dell’Olmo Ansaldo Foundation – Finmeccanica Group
ARCHIVIO STORICO AMT, Atti del Seminario Internazionale “Salvaguardia e
valorizzazione degli archivi d’impresa”.
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Genoa companies with "historical status" for Chamber of Commerce
Cultural institutions in Genoa where I searched archives of ceased
companies
with archives
without archives
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The census was achieved between 2012 and 2014 It was focused on companies established before 1950 and still operative The local Chamber of Commerce gave a list of centennial companies that had been drawn up by Unioncamere for the 150th Anniversary celebrations of the Unification of Italy in 2011 Furthermore, archives of ceased companies were searched, which are retained by cultural institutions on the same territory Each archive was personally inspected by the archivist
Img. 2 E. Finollo Sas Shop of handmade and custom made clothing.
Woven pattern book, first half
of the 20th century. Reused to optimize the current pattern books.
Img. 1 Boero Bartolomeo SpA Chemical industry Paint can, 1831. Reusable for merchandising, advertisement or packaging study.
Img. 3 Figari Federico Shop of baby clothing and
embroideries
Register with drawings of custom made skirts, 1920s /
1930s. Reusable to find creative ideas
for new productions.
Img. 6 Valobra Virgilio di Guglielmo Valobra
Soap industry
Soap bars made through “in jacket” historical moulds. Reused to the evergreen
current production.
Img. 5 Ottica Speich di Andrea Donati & C. Sas
Optical shop
Picture, 1928. Reused as merchandising for
glasses microfiber cleaning cloth.
Img. 4 ICAT Food Spa Commerce of fish products
Advertising poster, 1950s.
Reused as an office decoration, reusable for advertisement or
packaging study.
The participation of a census project has also two indirect consequences :
The entrepreneur sees the historical importance of the company recognized on his territory.
The company brand could be involved in cultural projects, hoped for by the academic community.
Historical picture by Prefabbricatifoco F.lli Bisio Srl, Shop of construction materials - Genoa
Partecipation of more than 90% of companies involved
The city could be defined a “widespread archive”
Industrial heritage is still not popular enough , especially if we consider that more than 40 years have already gone by since its birth
The efficient cooperation is a force to face economic world crisis and the industrial network is possible first of all with the cultural aspects
