History of Everyday Life Database

The Database of the History of the Everyday (HELD) is intended for lay scholars, students, scientists, and anyone with an interest in the history of the everyday. It contains hundreds of sources of a personal nature, such as correspondence, diaries, memoirs, etc. The goal of the project is the digitization of individual egodocuments and their preliminary preparation in the form of a brief summary as well as the provision of basic information about each text. The sources are available online at https://ddvd.kpsys.cz/ and may also be borrowed in the reading room of the library of the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

The Database of the History of the Everyday (HELD) is one of the outputs of a long-term international scientific research project undertaken by the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna, the Institute of Czech History at Charles University, and the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The collection that served as the foundation for the database dates to the beginning of the 1990s, and its creation was primarily the work of sociologist Jana Losová and historian Milan Hlavačka. Today, the collection is institutionally anchored within the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Currently, a collection campaign is underway to expand the original collection with new texts. Should you be interested in making a contribution to the database, please contact the team by email at ddvd@hiu.cas.cz.

Contact

Mgr. Bc. Lenka Křížová, Ph.D.
e-mail: krizova@hiu.cas.cz