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How should a country remember itself? Does it just record the achievements of its leaders in the public arena, or does it include the minutiae of the everyday life of an average citizen? For the UAE, a young country that has experienced so much change over an incredibly short span of time, this question is doubly tricky. As The National reported <http://www.thenational.ae/uae/heritage/national-archives-campaign-calls-on-uae-residents> yesterday, the National Archives is trying to broaden the way it collects artefacts to reflect all levels of society. This includes contacting 250,000 Emirati families so they can copy and record noteworthy items. One could argue that the story of a country and its people is more accurately told through this kind of material in the interstices between the better-publicised moments. http://bit.ly/1vbFk4e http://bit.ly/1vbFk4e+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra