I am writing to let you know about the ASE (Economists' Historical Archives), an initiative by the Societe Italiana degli Economisti S.I.E., the Association of Italian Economists. I enclose a brief illustration of the ASE project, of which I am the Co-ordinator. If anybody is interested, I could send further information in english. Lilia Costabile The ASE Website The fundamental aim of the project "Historical Archives of Economists" (ASE) is to provide a general guide to the manuscripts of economists, kept in Italy in repositories in libraries, in public and private archives, academies, museums, publishing houses, or at any other location. It is inspired by the idea that the development and dissemination of these "virtual archives" may lead to greater appreciation of the contribution of Italian economists to the science of economics. It is believed that this realisation cannot but increase our critical awareness and cultural depth as economists. The ASE Website has various sections can be consulted on line at http://www.cribecu.sns.it/ase/ or http://www.sie.unian.it/ The first section illustrates the birth and the aims of the project. The second gives access to the virtual archives, which form the core of the project. It contains detailed information on an initial, considerable nucleus of papers and archival funds of economists, and features, among others, the following (as authors, senders, recipients, or as authors cited by economists): Amari, Balletti, Bodio, Broggia, Cognetti de Martiis, Corbino, Cossa, Croce, Doria, Errera, Fanno, Ferrara, Galiani, Iacini, Loria, Luzatti, Martello, Messedaglia, Pareto, Sraffa, Verri. Readers have multiple access to information of interest by clicking on general indexes (funds, placenames, etc.), by using appropriate keywords (people, places, etc.). Information concerning manuscript sources is supplemented, in a further special section, by biographies of economists, such as to provide a starting-point for studying the history of economics in Italy. There is also a section with an extensive repertory of portraits of economists, and a section of links providing access to other archives and collections of papers of interest for economics.