Ararat-Eskijian Museum Research Center resumes digitization of Vahakn N. Dadrian’s archives

The Ararat-Eskijian Museum Research Center (AEMRC) and the Armenian Genocide Research Program (AGRP) announced the launch of the Vahakn N. Dadrian Archive Project.

Professor Vahakn N. Dadrian (1926–2019) was a preeminent scholar of the Armenian Genocide and instrumental in establishing the larger field of genocide studies. He lectured and published widely in the field, leading to greater international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. His unique collection of archival materials and books is of extraordinary value to those researching the origins of the Armenian Genocide, the Genocide itself and its aftermath.

Throughout his long career, Professor Dadrian accumulated a wealth of material on the Armenian Genocide throughout the different archives in the world, American, British, German, French, Armenian and Ottoman among them. His archive also contains numerous unpublished manuscripts and newspapers in various languages. Before his death, he transferred these materials to the AEMRC. The Vahakn Dadrian Armenian Genocide Book Collection is now housed in the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library located at the University of Southern California.

In 2009, the AEMRC initiated a project to digitize Dadrian’s personal notes and archives of historical documents and make them available for future generations of researchers interested in Armenian Genocide Studies.

The AEMRC announced it would continue the digitization of Dadrian’s archives, with the project expected to be completed by December 2025.