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Heather Craddock
1 day ago
New blog up on the Places, Plants and People Archive Network website, featuring lots of beautiful images of Kew Gardens! By
@alyssamyers.bsky.social
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Unearthing the Roots of Kew Gardens’ History: Images of Kew | Places, Plants and People
In this blog, Alyssa Myers reflects on her PhD placement with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Historic Royal Palaces to create a finding aid of Kew’s pre-public era history.
https://collections.reading.ac.uk/places-plants-people/news/unearthing-the-roots-of-kew-gardens-history-images-of-kew/
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University of Brighton Design Archives
1 day ago
'The Ongoing Importance of Archives' Reflections from this year's undergrad placement student Lily Bunch on her time in the Design Archives, read now on our site:
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...
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Matt Houlbrook
2 days ago
Our new exhibition Remembering Humberside is up-and-running
@hullhistorycentre.bsky.social
and
@northlincsmuseum.bsky.social
. If you're lucky enough to be on Humberside it's well worth a visit. For everyone else, there's a nice write-up in The Hull Story.
www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/...
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The rise and fall of Humberside — The Hull Story
By Martin Taylor , city archivist - based on the text of the exhibition, Remembering Humberside April 1 this year was the thirtieth anniversary of the abolition of Humberside County Council. Its l...
https://www.thehullstory.com/allarticles/the-rise-and-fall-of-humberside
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Iain Wilkie
6 days ago
Thrilled to be given the 'Leader Award' for
#DisabiltySmartImpactAwards
for 2026. Thank You
@businessdisability.bsky.social
and countless colleagues along the way - especially our
#50MillionVoices
core team, trustees, volunteers, allies, employers & many people who stammer from around the world!
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Tina Morton
6 days ago
Thank you to those who have completed the UK Archive Sector Survey 2026! For those that haven’t yet, please do
tinyurl.com/UK-Archive-S...
The evidence helps us to advocate & demonstarte the social and economic importance of archives to funders & stakeholders
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Take part in the 2026 survey - Archives sector
The annual UK Archive Sector Survey is now open and will be closing on Friday 29 May 2026. The National Archives delivers this comprehensive survey every year in partnership with National Records of S...
https://tinyurl.com/UK-Archive-Sector-Survey-2026
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Richard Fallon
6 days ago
Nothing like a Mary Anning letter at the
@theul.bsky.social
@theulspeccoll.bsky.social
to close off a sunny
#FossilFriday
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Jane Ronson
6 days ago
In case you missed it, wonderful Archives Hub feature by the
@musichallsociety.bsky.social
Archive! Mimicry, music and magic: an introduction to the British Music Hall Society archive:
blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2026/03/26/m...
#britishmusichallsociety
#Archives
#BMHS
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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
7 days ago
A century and a half of history encased in more than 1,500 archive boxes After three years, conservation and cataloguing of the archives of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been completed...
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New Professionals
6 days ago
Ever wondered what the Archives and Records Association can do for new professionals working with records in the UK & Ireland? Come along and find out for yourself at our next knowledge-sharing and networking event: online, Weds 20 May:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-sfnp-c...
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Friends of the Nations’ Libraries
7 days ago
What a terrific opportunity!
careers.kew.org/vacancy/arch...
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Archives Graduate Trainee - Careers | Kew Gardens
The Archives and Records Management team forms part of the Library and Archives department. Archive staff manage Kew’s historic record of activities, as well as collections and other documents relatin...
https://careers.kew.org/vacancy/archives-graduate-trainee-610570.html
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BuffaloResearch.com
7 days ago
Yep. When you digitize old stuff, you now have to look after the original artifact *and* it's digital surrogate. "Just put everything online" is not the labor-saving flex laypeople think it is.
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#WhyArchives
? Because the past deserves a future & the future deserves a past.
#Archive30
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#WhyArchives
? For exploring, for educating, for enjoying. For empathy, for expertise, for enduring value. For evidence, for ever, for everyone.
#Archive30
#ExploreYourArchive
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DMU Archives and Rare Books
8 days ago
Wrapping up
#Archive30
, a month that’s incl. the exhibition opening & a closer look at the
#KarunCollection
, showing
#whyarchives
matter as they connect objects, stories, and context in powerful ways. Thanks for hosting
@arascot.bsky.social
🎉
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social
@dmu.ac.uk
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Royal Berkshire Archives
8 days ago
A poetic ode to archives for
#WhyArchives
this year (with thanks to O'Shaughnessy).
#Archive30
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Francesca Hillier
7 days ago
#Archive30
#WhyArchives
Without
#archives
the
#BritishMuseum
would have little idea of its history, or who has worked there over the years. Judith Stanley was 1 of the 1st female employees & in 1756 our accounts show her employment & the wages book shows she accepted her salary with a X.
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Kresen Kernow
9 days ago
📢 We’re recruiting for a Digital Lead here at Kresen Kernow! Do you love working at the intersection of archives, heritage and digital innovation? Are you passionate about collections management, digital archives and improving access to history?
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)
10 days ago
It's
#MapMonday
! This is a map of the
#GPO
and surrounding area issued by Hibernian Fire and General Insurance Co. Ltd, showing buildings that were destroyed or damaged by fire during Easter Week 1916. From the Inspiring Ireland 1916 project, deposited by the National Museum of Ireland.
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Christopher Hilton
10 days ago
TNA job klaxon! Records Specialist - Family History: deadline, 7th May...
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Gwent Archives
11 days ago
People end up working in archives from a variety of different backgrounds. For
#ArchiveBeginnings
we asked some of our team to share their own backgrounds of how they ended up working here.
#Archive30
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Francesca Hillier
10 days ago
#Archive30
#ArchiveBeginnings
The earliest document on the foundation of the
#BritishMuseum
in the
#archives
, this is a 1738 extract from the Will of Arthur Edwards relating to the Cotton Library (1 of the 3 founding collections). Dudley Ryder, Attorney General, gave his advice & signed the document
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Royal Berkshire Archives
11 days ago
Whether it’s milk or dark, a bar or a box, everyone likes a bit of chocolate! For
#ArchiveFoodandDrink
we’re sharing the results of this chocolate eating survey, completed by Reading Festival Chorus members in 1997 🍫 Happy chocolate eating! 📸 D/EX1225/10/12/5
#Archive30
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Norfolk Record Office
12 days ago
This map shows the route of the Norfolk Marathon in a souvenir programme from the 1980s. The route shows Kelling Hospital, Blickling Hall and Aylsham Market Place, amongst other landmarks.
#londonmarathon
#norfolkmarathon
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Francesca Hillier
13 days ago
The
#britishmuseum
#archives
holds the business records of William Duesbury of the Derby China Co, founded in the mid-18th C. It includes the records of the Bow & Chelsea Porcelain Manufactories - here are some documents & designs from the papers.
#Archive30
#BusinessArchives
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Lucy Munro
20 days ago
As a supplement to the piece in The Times Literary Supplement (
@thetls.bsky.social
),
www.the-tls.com/regular-feat...
, here’s a (rather long!) thread on Shakespeare’s house in the Blackfriars, what we knew, and what we now know, with some links to key documents. (1/20)
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A man of property
Just outside the City of London, in the secluded streets once occupied by the monastic precinct of the Black Friars, is an unassuming warehouse building
https://www.the-tls.com/regular-features/commentary/a-man-of-property-essay-lucy-munro
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Derbyshire Record Office
13 days ago
With nearly 1,000 #BusinessArchives—some dating back to the 1500s—DRO is ideal for researching local industries, from coal and lead mining to engineering and cotton manufacturing. Explore our business archive guide to see what we hold and how to access it:
recordoffice.wordpre...
#BusinessArchives—some
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Finding Derbyshire Business archives
A guide to finding the archives of Derbyshire businesses. Derbyshire Record Office holds nearly 1000 collections for businesses and trades across the county and city of Derby, primarily for the 18t…
https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2021/03/10/finding-derbyshire-business-archives/
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Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre
14 days ago
Our volunteer Maya has been helping us complete the last stages of cataloguing the archive of Howard & Sons, a chemicals company operating in Uphall, Ilford from 1897 to 1980. Here she is marking business invoices with their unique reference numbers.
#BusinessArchives
#ArchiveVolunteers
#Archive30
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Tina Morton
14 days ago
Please do take part if you can, having this data is so valuable in making the case for archives.
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Melinda Haunton
14 days ago
Always interesting looking at evaluation data. It's worth saying: if you're a UK archive working on digital preservation and need support on getting started, creating digital asset registers, offering digital access or advocating for preservation, here you go:
www.dpconline.org/digipres/pro...
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Novice to Know-How: Online Digital Preservation Training - Digital Preservation Coalition
https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/prof-development/n2kh-online-training
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Gwent Archives
15 days ago
People are the heart and soul of archives. Through our collections we can find hundreds, or more likely thousands, of snapshots into human experiences and emotions shared by so many people. Love, grief and friendship are just a handful of human experiences which we can find in our collections.
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UK Archive Sector Leadership
15 days ago
The online application system for Archive Service Accreditation has now re-opened! The revised application form reflects changes implemented as part of the 2023-2025 accreditation review. Explore the revised standard and instructions for applying here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
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Digital Preservation Coalition
15 days ago
📢 New course launch! We’ve added #N2KH: Advocacy to our learning pathway - supporting digital preservation practitioners to advocate for #DigitalPreservation, communicate its value, and build support within their organizations. Learn how to make your case […]
[Original post on digipres.club]
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Dr Jessamy Carlson
16 days ago
One of my MLitt students is doing their thesis on potential applications for AI based noise reduction of archival recordings of speech. If this is your area of interest, there is a survey here they’d be grateful for contributions to
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/sou...
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Archives Sound Processing Survey
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/dundee/sound-processing-survey
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UK Archive Sector Leadership
16 days ago
Here’s our regular reminder of upcoming events with spaces still available! These events cover community and volunteer engagement, support for filling in the UK archive sector survey, the new Inclusive Archival Practice Network and more! Sign up here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
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Daniel F Gosling
16 days ago
An absolutely cracking example of Elizabeth I's Great Seal. TNA E 355/3. Fun fact, I found this in the first series I listed when I started working at The National Archives [E 355]
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1...
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RCPSG Heritage
16 days ago
Love this plan for the Belvidere Fever Hospital, Glasgow (c.1874). The hospital was primarily for the treatment and care of patients with infectious diseases
#ArchivePlan
#Archive30
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Dundee City Archives
17 days ago
Many people will recognise this #ArchivePlan of the old Olympia. These were drawn up in 1994 and show the various pools and slides. Were you ever brave enough to go on the Cannonball? You can read more about the old Olympia here:
dundeecityarchives.w...
#ArchivePlan
#Dundee
#Archive30
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Francesca Hillier
17 days ago
There are lots of plans in the British Museum archive including these, from a guidebook in 1961, a from a design plan for the new building in 1838, & from a suggested design by Charles Barry for the new reading room in the 1850s.
#Archive30
#ArchivePlan
#britishmuseum
#archives
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI)
17 days ago
Happy
#MapMonday
! This drawing of Carrickfergus town is an annotated plan showing town walls, dwellings, church, and monuments. Deposited in the DRI by the Royal Irish Academy as part of the 'OS200: Digitally Re-mapping Ireland’s Ordnance Survey Heritage' project:
doi.org/10.7486/DRI....
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Derbyshire Record Office
17 days ago
Arguably, an archivist is trained to throw things away, that is to identify which records should be permanently preserved and which should not. Visit our blog for more #AboutAppraisals and the archivist's role in selecting records:
recordoffice.wordpre...
#AboutAppraisals
#Archive30
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Salvation Army International Heritage Centre
17 days ago
#AboutAppraisals
We received a very large transfer of architectural plans of Salvation Army buildings last year. Some plans are in very poor condition, while many are duplicates or show only minor details (like door handles). So we are appraising them to keep the most relevant examples.
#Archive30
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Archifau Prifysgol Bangor University Archives
18 days ago
#dyddllunymap
#mapmonday
Sale plan of Llandudno and environs Dyddiad/Date : 1849 MC/3/179
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UK Archive Sector Leadership
17 days ago
We’re delighted to share the Government’s vision for archives in England:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...
Baroness Twycross, Minister for Museums, Heritage and Gambling, and Lords Minister, officially launched the new vision at the M&S Archive at University of Leeds on Friday (1/3)
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Derbyshire Record Office
18 days ago
Here’s a short video showing what digital preservation involves. In this case, a file only works from a CD and can’t just be copied to our network—so we have to convert it into a playable format.
#Archive30
#DigitalPreservation
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Derbyshire Record Office
19 days ago
When our Conservation Team have been busy packaging a collection, it's hard not to think of Christmas or birthdays!
#ArchivePresent
#Archive30
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Francesca Hillier
22 days ago
#Archive30
#ArchiveConservation
Here is an image from the restoration & conservation of the Round Reading Room ceiling, part of the Great Court millennium project, & an original design drawing for the windows by Sydney Smirke from 1856.
#britishmuseum
#archives
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New Professionals
23 days ago
We're looking for a training officer to join our committee for the UK & Ireland's community of new
#archives
andÂ
#recordsmanagement
professionals. Find out more about the role here:
tinyurl.com/SfNP26TO
. Apply to
[email protected]
by 24 April.
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Barts Health Archives
22 days ago
It's one month until View Day at St Bartholomew's Hospital, which means one month till our next
#Archives
Open Day! Drop in between 11am-3pm on Wednesday 13 May to see original records and objects, including some featured in
#OurHospitalThroughTime
, and find out more about our collections
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University of Brighton Design Archives
22 days ago
Our Preservation & Digital Resources Coordinator Sirpa Kutilainen co-leads the HVAC Shut Down Group which explores sustainable conservation and preservation measures that can be applied to the GLAM sector. Read more here
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/
#archiveconservation
@arascot.bsky.social
#archive30
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