What an Archive Is For

An archive becomes valuable when a reader can enter it by question, person and argument — not merely by filename.

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Correspondence

The archive proposal is persuasive, but readers should also be able to see where a later essay disputes an older one. Context must include dissent.

C. Rowan, Wiltshire 2 July 2026

Letters come from named readers, so the editor knows who is writing.