Contribute to the archive

A photograph may hold part of your story.

You may recognise yourself or someone you know, remember a place, or notice a detail we have missed. Your knowledge can add a name, a memory or another perspective to a photograph. Contributions are private and reviewed before anything is added to the public archive.

What you can share

Recognize yourself or someone you know

Tell us who appears in a photograph, your relationship to the person if relevant, and how you know.

Identify a person

Share a name or other identification and explain the basis for it.

Identify a place

Help locate a street, building, ghat, neighbourhood or other setting.

Correct information

Flag a caption, date, location or contextual statement that may be inaccurate.

Share a memory or oral history

Add first-hand recollection connected to a photographed person, place, event or way of life.

Add historical context

Share relevant cultural, social or historical information and, where possible, its source.

Something else

Send other information that may improve the documentary or archival record.

Private submission

Share information privately with the archive.

The archive's contribution email is active. Please include the photograph or catalogue reference where possible, what you know, how you know it, and whether you are willing to be contacted for clarification. First-hand memories are welcome even when some details are uncertain; uncertainty can be recorded rather than silently resolved.

Supporting references may be included where appropriate. Contributions remain private and are reviewed before any information can affect the published documentary record.

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Direct contribution address: contribute@everydaylivesarchive.com

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How contributions are handled

Care with what you share.

We review contributions alongside catalogue records and other sources, keeping a record of where information came from and any uncertainty. Sending personal information does not make it public. Identifications and sensitive details are handled with care.

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