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    AGMA GIFTED EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTION OF GENOCIDE DOCUMENTATION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    09.10.2008 17:04 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Two donors, who presently wish to remain anonymous,
    have gifted the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA) with an
    exceptional collection of books and other printed material focused on
    the Armenian Genocide and its documentation, AGMA told PanARMENIAN.Net.

    The collection of several thousand rare and out-of-print books and
    other documents is slated for transfer to the AGMA in time for the
    opening of the museum in 2010. AGMA will include a complete facility
    to support ongoing research at the museum.

    The remarkable collection contains many valuable items including maps,
    photographs, and other historical evidence reflecting acquisitions,
    research, and exploration across numerous archives.

    In making their gift to AGMA, the two donors stated: "Indeed, the
    very raison d'etre of this collection is that everyone needs to know
    that there is a massive amount of documentation on what happened
    to the Armenians. At the same time, there is also ample testimony
    that they were able to overcome the attempt to annihilate them and
    to recover from such unprecedented adversity. And, all this with a
    great deal of help from the U.S.A. What better place to show this
    than in Washington, DC?"

    The donors hope that the gift will serve as an incentive for others
    to contribute relevant works as well. Collection development is
    a major objective of the AGMA library. Accepting the donation,
    AGMA Trustee and Building and Operations Committee Chairman Van
    Krikorian, said: "We are thrilled to receive this astounding gift of
    an entire library of specialized publications concentrating on the
    Armenian Genocide. The donors' monumental achievement in creating
    this collection and tremendous generosity in choosing the AGMA as
    the home for the collection represent a true match made in heaven."

    Krikorian went on to say: "This collection of works ranging in their
    coverage from the mid-1800s to the present has personal meaning
    for a variety of reasons. First, this specialized Armenian Genocide
    collection is destined to constitute the foundation of the museum
    library. Second, the donation of this entire pre-existing collection,
    along with our own Assembly and ANI materials, and in light of the
    help we are getting from the Near East Foundation and the Armenian
    Genocide Museum in Yerevan, and others, immediately puts AGMA out
    front in Washington for running the type of research center that we
    plan and need to support the museum, its exhibits and activities. Our
    donors have established a standard of sharing with this extraordinary
    donation in the same community-minded spirit of Anoush Mathevosian,
    Hirair Hovnanian, and the Kechejian family, which we hope others
    will emulate."

    The library donors are scientists with advanced degrees, one with
    Armenian roots and the other with no such roots but with a fervent
    interest in human rights, peace, and social justice. The gift is being
    made in memory of the parents of one of the scientists. They were from
    the same small mountain village in the Kharpert region of Armenia. One
    was a Genocide survivor; the other was a "gamavor" or volunteer from
    America who served in the Armenian Legion or Legion d'Orient.

    This special collection will significantly expand the holdings of
    the Armenian National Institute (ANI), which has been serving as
    the research facility of the AGMA. ANI is already the beneficiary
    of the oral history project conducted by the Armenian Assembly of
    America in the 1980s, which also sponsored in the 1990s, the first
    comprehensive collection of 37,000 pages of U.S. documents from the
    National Archives issued on microfiche with a 476-page guide to the
    documents, both published by Chadwyck-Healey, Inc. Over the years, ANI
    has also acquired important archival holdings from around the world.
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