WHEN AND WHY IS A COLLECTION “HIDDEN”? AWAKENING INTEREST IN THE HORNUNG PAPERS AT WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE.

The article discusses a collection known as the Hornung Papers held at the British West Sussex Record Office, and that portion of the collection that had been digitized and available at the British National Register of Archives (NRA). The author calls the collection a hidden collection, discusses the records of the sugar industry company Hornung & Co. Ltd., and barriers to the cataloging of the collection. The author argues that the digitization of the Hornung Papers collection alone will not bring prominence to its existence.